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[tom19382]

Hi Everyone, I have been searching for a while now and I finally found the an SHO with everything I want...all except the wheels. My favorite wheels are the "flower" style SHO rims. I'm going to pick up the car on Monday. Does anyone out there know of a source for a set of the flower wheels aside from paying $450 each?
Also, what is everyone's thoughts on those PCV oil catch cans? I've been reading a lot of info on them. Does anyone know if installing one of those would void the factory warranty? It seems like a catch-22 if it would void the warranty. On one hand, if you don't get the catch can, you risk damaging your engine over time. If you do get one, you may help prevent damage to the engine, but you risk losing your warranty coverage. I'd love to hear if anyone else has had any experience with thier cars.
Are there any local members on here? I am in SE Pennsylvania in Chester Couny. I'd love to meet some other SHO owners. Thank you all for your help!

 

[SHOdded]

Welcome to the community, Tom! What yr SHO is yours? A catch can helps reduce the need for cleaning the turbo intake piping and cleaning the intercooler, while greatly reducing the chances of ingestion into the intake and possibly hydrolocking the engine. Also will help reduce if not eliminate carboning on the back of the intake valves.

What I would do first is inspect the parts mentioned, see if the problem even exists on your SHO. Most SHOs do not have an issue. If yours does, clean everything up, then get the oil changed immediately to a quality, low volatility full synthetic oil. Also check the valve covers to see if they are composite (black) or aluminum (silver). If composite, the latest design (improves baffling and reduces PCV issues) is likely already installed. If the back valve cover (in particular) is aluminum, then it would benefit from the update (there is a TSB on it, if you have warranty remaining, would be good!).

FordTechMakuloco has mentioned that his favorite solution to the PCV problem is a catch can, but in a very recent video also mentions the possibility of warranty coverage issues while demonstrating a catch can install on an F150

 

[slacker]

Hi Everyone, I have been searching for a while now and I finally found the an SHO with everything I want...all except the wheels. My favorite wheels are the "flower" style SHO rims. I'm going to pick up the car on Monday. Does anyone out there know of a source for a set of the flower wheels aside from paying $450 each?

Which wheels does yours have?

 

[tom19382]

Which wheels does yours have?

The ones it has now have 5 polished silver spokes with a black spoke in between each one.

 

[tom19382]

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Welcome to the community, Tom! What yr SHO is yours? A catch can helps reduce the need for cleaning the turbo intake piping and cleaning the intercooler, while greatly reducing the chances of ingestion into the intake and possibly hydrolocking the engine. Also will help reduce if not eliminate carboning on the back of the intake valves.

What I would do first is inspect the parts mentioned, see if the problem even exists on your SHO. Most SHOs do not have an issue. If yours does, clean everything up, then get the oil changed immediately to a quality, low volatility full synthetic oil. Also check the valve covers to see if they are composite (black) or aluminum (silver). If composite, the latest design (improves baffling and reduces PCV issues) is likely already installed. If the back valve cover (in particular) is aluminum, then it would benefit from the update (there is a TSB on it, if you have warranty remaining, would be good!).

FordTechMakuloco has mentioned that his favorite solution to the PCV problem is a catch can, but in a very recent video also mentions the possibility of warranty coverage issues while demonstrating a catch can install on an F150

Thank you so much for your reply. That video is one of the ones I originally watched that got me concerned. I am picking up the car on Monday, so I'll take a look at the valve covers then. The car does still have some of the factory warranty remaining and I plan on getting an extended ESP plan online at least up to 100k miles. It's a 2014 with 32k miles on it. If it does still have the aluminum valve covers, will the dealer replace them with the composite covers under warranty even if there aren't any problems yet or does something have to be wrong before they'll do it? Thank you again for all of your help!

 

[SHOdded]

Depends on the dealer, how nice they are and on you, how convincing you are about making the case for a replacement rear valve cover (firewall side). Express to them your concerns about PCV system and blowby, as acknowledged by Ford in their TSBs (carry printed ones with you just in case). Check for pooling oil in the intake tubes, intercooler etc because if there is pooling stuff there, that makes your case that much stronger. Also keenly observe any signs of blue smoke and/or oil smells out the exhaust. Warranty work really isn't well-paying for the dealership, so the better you make the case, the easier they can justify to Ford.

Emissions warranty would PROBABLY cover it out to 70/80K, just past the powertrain warranty, and you have a bit of time to consider the ESP, which I personally consider to be a great deal, especially when purchasing from online dealers.

 

[slacker]

The ones it has now have 5 polished silver spokes with a black spoke in between each one.

What size tires do those take? I have the flowers now but I'd much prefer the ones you have.

 

[JimC]

What size tires do those take? I have the flowers now but I'd much prefer the ones you have.

Mine are 20" - same as he described so I imagine that he has the same wheel.

 

[tom19382]

Depends on the dealer, how nice they are and on you, how convincing you are about making the case for a replacement rear valve cover (firewall side). Express to them your concerns about PCV system and blowby, as acknowledged by Ford in their TSBs (carry printed ones with you just in case). Check for pooling oil in the intake tubes, intercooler etc because if there is pooling stuff there, that makes your case that much stronger. Also keenly observe any signs of blue smoke and/or oil smells out the exhaust. Warranty work really isn't well-paying for the dealership, so the better you make the case, the easier they can justify to Ford.

Emissions warranty would PROBABLY cover it out to 70/80K, just past the powertrain warranty, and you have a bit of time to consider the ESP, which I personally consider to be a great deal, especially when purchasing from online dealers.

I picked up the car on Monday and it's very clean inside and out. It does appear to have the aluminum valve covers though. Do you know which tubes should I remove to look for the oil pooling?

I also plan to replace the PTU fluid this weekend too. Does the RDU fluid need to be changed just as often? The car has 32k miles on it.

Thanks again for all of your help!

 

[tom19382]

What size tires do those take? I have the flowers now but I'd much prefer the ones you have.

The wheels it has are starting to grow on me, so I think I'm going to keep them after all!