[corvair]

Anyone had a problem with the short blue hose connecting from the turbo to intercooler tube blowing off ?
Pulling a 12,500 lb trailer and hitting hills with steady high boost really did me in. I feel the clamp on the tube side being centered between the white lines is not in the right place. Closer to the edge of the blue hose and the tube, I feel this is a better hold and then you can see where the end of the tube is when it`s clamped.
I`ve since raised several hoods on 6.0`s and found everyone`s was ready to pop off being clamped between the lines, and the end of the tube was under the clamp.
This of course will be with the help of some steady high boost pulling. The tube has a grove about 1/2" from the end and the hose has a raised area inside that sets in the grove.
This problem seemed to be popular for the Tow Truck`s Memorial weekend in Az.

 

[SOCAL]

Yep more than a dozen times. I even lost the clamp a couple of times. Ford finally installed the upgraded hose and so far so good.

 

[ToddPSD]

In blew mine off the other day, left a nice little dent in my hood. Kinda looks like a nipple. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/phoney.gif

 

[fpizzo]

Me to...
I cleaned and re-installed the hose and clamp...drove the truck for a few miles and re-checked it...it has already slipped off about a 1/2"...
I haven't even towed with it yet...so it's off to the dealer...

 

[PSDPlayer]

When I put the "package" onto my truck this happend to me too. The best part was the laughing we all did looking at the odometer. It was a brand new 05 CC Dually Lariat Auto with 600 miles. I drove it for a week while waiting on the parts to come in. On went the MAC intake, Magnaflow 4" downpipe back exhaust, and a Diablosport Predator. Due to a mix up with RPM outlet I had gotten an Excursion exaust by accident, so I kept the 4" DP and they sent me the correct rest of the exhaust. While waiting for the rest of the exhaust I ran the truck with just the downpipe for a couple of days. All I can say is holy SH*T.

With the tuner installed, the whistle from the downpipe is REDICULOUS. So I fired it up and went on a little test drive. First gear the truck takes off. SHIFT. Second gear truck lurches forward again. Third gear. BOOM. Truck falls on its face. So we limp back to the house to check out the destruction. Sure enough we are blowing the hot side tube at the intercooler. So I called a buddy of mine who happens to be a FoMoCo powertrain engineer.

He mentioned to me that they had come out with an updated hose and clamp, then a special service message. The service message was to remove tube and completely clean to remove oil residue. Then scuff end of pipe with a coarse sand paper. Apply contact spray adhesive. Allow to become tacky. Install hose coupling to tube first out of vehicle and tighten the clamp. Then put the hose back into the vehicle and reconnect the other ends to the turbo and the intercooler. He said this could be done to either end depending on which one is blowing off. So I did all this and retested.

All I got was a much louder boom when it blew off. I now have the dent in the hood as mentioned above. Next simple solution I found. Remove turbo discharge tube. Get out medium sized Ballpean hammer. Using the round edge of the hammer, flare the pipe outwards to create a 1/8 or 1/4 inch lip around each end of the pipe. Put the hose clamp on the pipe first. Use a little silicone spray to lube the pipe to slide the coupling over the lip. Allow enough of the silicone coupling onto the pipe to get enough to put the clamp on it. Put the clamp as close to the lip as possible. Reinstall both couplings onto metal tube before putting the discharge tube back into the truck.

Now truck runs like a raped ape and I couldn't be any happier. Truck now has a little over 3000 miles with no hose problems whatsoever.

 

[ViperKiller]

My brothers truck had the same problem while pulling a hill. Reinstalled and continued to blow off. For the time being we bought a new coupler, although I still did not trust it. Not the cheapest fix, but ended up installing a Banks technicooler. The couplings use a different texture/type of rubber that has much better grip and take some real elbow grease to get on. No problems since, and I plan to do the same when I get some money.