On my 08 F250 6.4L i just got back from bringing the wife to work and as I pulled in the garage the check air filter message came on. I was hitting small to a bit over foot deep finger drifts for about 40 miles both ways plus a solid 6"s deep on our gravel road for 2 miles. The snow is heavy grainy snow. The air filter is completely plugged up. I didn't have much problems on my 5.4L but my 4.6L is horrible for snow plugging it up. I do have the winter front on which from the way I was reading the manual should have helped with this problem. Does anyone have any ideas on how to help alleviate this. What do the guys with plows do so they don't plug filters. Thanks for any help. I can't imagine this filter is cheap the way it looks and can't let my pickup just sit cause we have snow.
6.4L air filter clogging with snow any ideas
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Looks like its coming up through the fender. There is so much stuff under the hood its hard to exactly route it but got a bad feeling its like my 4.6L F150 that pulls from around the headlight then through the fender. I was wondering about snowmobile air intake stuff. Were did you get it from I'm guessing like the material the intake on the hoods is made from on a M. Were did you get the material from.
I know on the Duramax they have a bulletin to fix this. They put a different lid on the airbox for winter. It draws the air from under the hood rather than the fender. Might check with Ford and see what they say. The GM trucks are covering the fix under warranty. It took me 2 months to get the parts though...backordered.
Looks like Fords bulletin was to put the winter front on which didn't help much. I don't know if drawing under hood air would help much either cause there is snow around the outside of the air box to. This is the worst kind of snow for this problem to today light grainy snow.
Blah blah blah. Thanks for the help full info.
The fix is supposed to be a grill cover, new air filter if the old one is ruined and a new filter minder sensor. I do not think this will solve the problem because the position of the air intake has not changed. Our dealer was supposed to get the department this "fix" but I have yet to hear from them after ~two months. Since I do not believe it will work anyway I have not pestered them about it. My fix is a bunch of towels placed in the grill and under the hood and around the air box. Should not be necessary but it works and as you can see I probably take more snow to front of a truck than most.
Also, spare me the Blue Oval B.S., I know for a fact that the 'Maxi-pads' and the Dodges that move snow have the same problem. Take care...Jeff
Also, spare me the Blue Oval B.S., I know for a fact that the 'Maxi-pads' and the Dodges that move snow have the same problem. Take care...Jeff
Thanks inverted I'll give that a try. You definitely got more snow on the front then mine has seen.
These are great trucks and the snow ingestion has been my only real complaint, otherwise this truck is a plowing animal with the 6-spd. My personal truck is also an '08 F-350 with the 6.4 and a long bed. I suppose the 'update' may work okay in trucks that are just driven in the snow rather than plowing. I can see that driving in light powder snow can still get through the grill cover and into the air intake. The grill covers were supposed to be standard for trucks sold in snow/cold weather states. Good luck...Jeff
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6.4 draws from the inner passenger fender. Your fender shroud is supposed to deflect the snow, water, mud, etc., from the road. I would start by checking to see if something came loose or looks outta place.
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