Ford Ecoboost 3.5 VCT Phaser Cold Start Rattle replacement Gen2 Part 1 

Treat yourself with a pliers like “Christmas tree” removal tool if you do this job so often. Thank you for the content!

I have a 2013 Ecoboost with 180K, it started to startup rattle at 150K after the truck sat for more than 24 hrs. SOLUTION: On startup, push gas pedal all the way to floor, crank for 2-3 seconds, truck wont start but, will pump oil up to phasers and then stop cranking after the 2-3. It will then start up normally with no rattle. Found this on RU-vid, IT WORKS!

Please set up a payment link. I want to donate some money as an appreciation for this 3.5 ecoboost content. I just purchased 19 Expedition Limited on insurance auction, and sure enough there is a rattle on cold start😟 Before I had 2007 Expedition with exact same issue(( I got stuck on a road-trip with my family (holiday weekend). I had to fly my family back home, rent a hotel for a 3 days, as there was no mechanic available to replace the sprockets as well as waiting on parts. In addition the job cost me $3200. I would assume that 12 years is enough to fix the sprocket issue for such grand automotive company company or take responsibility and release a recall! I would use this 2019 Expedition for a couple of years, but Ford NO MORE just because the way they treat their customers! Lexus or possibly Grand Wagoner would me my next choice)

I got a 2019 3.5 EcoBoost with 71,000 miles and had rattling noises at start up recently. And now while I'm driving seems sluggish and in traffic when coming to a stop it shutters like gonna shut off. Only way that I counter is to pit in manual and shift as I'm going. But have to have it over 2000 rpms to keep the engine light from coming on and blinking. When stopped I throw it in neutral and high idle it. Need to find a solution so help..... haha. Thanks for the video. Very intuitive and detailed. Good job

Any chance you have a part list of your repair, or a kit you'd recommend?

Do you recommend that a person pay for any other parts while the tech is in the engine, say a water pump for example. My 3.5 has 53k and will be getting g repaired under warranty.

2019 F150. Did not have rattle at 30k, 40k, and 50k dealer checkups. Each time dealer told me they were not recommending re-flash unless a problem due to trucks coming back right after with other problems (shudder). Truck had 59600 mi when rattling started. Called dealer for appointment to check, earliest was a month out and he told me not to worry as long as they saw it before 12/31/2022. Now another dealer and FMC tells me that is BS, needs new VCT and no warranty coverage available because over 60k.

Help, I have a 2021 F150 2.7 with phaser cold start rattle at 1,400 miles. Am I doomed to have problems with this engine? Dealer told me it's a 1/2 day job to replace a phaser ( hard to believe). Can I expect to have oil leaks and other problems or is this usually pretty successful? I'm definitely trading it in before the warranty is up. Is Ford offering an extended warranty when they have to tear an engine apart with so little miles?

at the dealer they changed the vct's but they gave me the truck with a very high vibration what could it be?

Do you have the part numbers of what is changed? Thanks for the video.

Where do I get the special tools you use in both videos? Thanks... My wife bought a 2019 Expedition with 60k miles 3 months ago. It was a rental. The Carfax showed the ECU was reprogrammed and when she first got it there was no rattle. Rattle is real bad now. I told her I wouldn't buy it but told her if she bought it to buy the extended warranty. The truck is going to the dealer Monday. I normally work on all my own vehicles once out of factory warranty but shes working in another state currently and I can't get to it.

i have a 2018 f150 55k miles and yep to go in to the dealer on 7-27- 2021 drop off day before,, (puyallup wash.) just really disappointed, but i do have the extended warranty but still i should have looked at youtube before i bought IT??? can you say class action

Sir, good afternoon. Hope this comment finds you well. Which crowbar are you using to take out the Christmas Trees? I got a set of pliers and they ain’t cutting it. Much thanks in advance for your attention to this and have a great day!!

I just got all the parts and the two intake Cam‘s look different, the guy at ford said it’s fine do you think this is ok

Question for you, is all the maintenance discussion about changing the oil more frequently (every 3-5k), and towing less to none really have any impact on this issue, or is it just a poor design by Ford? I’m curious to just get some feedback from a real Ford mechanic that is doing this all the time. Thanks!

Great video... what is it that actually causes the rattle on these phasers??

How much you think it cost to fix this?

Aren't you getting paid to repair these? What's the problem? Thanks for the video!

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Watching this video made me worry. Cause your pretty ruff taking the parts off.