Is this air intake y pipe dent comes with the car?

[Ellison Brown III]

No dents should in that part. Wonder how it got there. Possibly can heat it up to push the dent out. I’ve had great success with a heat gun popping dents out of bumpers.

 

[kjf1]

You should take one off the tube going to the turbo inlet and look inside...

 

[mwar99]

No dents should in that part. Wonder how it got there. Possibly can heat it up to push the dent out. I’ve had great success with a heat gun popping dents out of bumpers.

Mine is like that from the factory as well. It appears to be intentional and you are not going to heat that up and push it out. Its a thicker, and harder, plastic than a bumper cover. As posted earlier from someone else: When I first saw it I went on an F150 forum and it appears there is an additional coolant tank there for the power boost engine. The dent is so the tank fits there. They also posted a link to the discussion. It's a cost cutting measure to not have multiple parts for a similar engine.

 

[XeBeast]

My 2023 had the dent.

 

[5280tunage]

Seems to me like that might create some turbulence. intentional or not, doesn't look right from an aerodynamic perspective.

 

[nationalgallery]

My 22 Platinum has that as well. It is clearly the design of the part: any impact that could create that kind of deep depression would deform (and/or destroy) the shape and surrounding area of the pipe. The rest of the pipe is perfect in mine, as well as all the other photos posted here.

 

[SyndicateZ]

It was reported internally at Ford that a number of intake pipes were dented during production but Ford has found that the affected parts cause no performance issue and continued to install them at the factory.

 

[Rednecked]

It was reported internally at Ford that a number of intake pipes were dented during production but Ford has found that the affected parts cause no performance issue and continued to install them at the factory.

Cheap mother frakers

 

[99WhiteC5Coupe]

It was reported internally at Ford that a number of intake pipes were dented during production but Ford has found that the affected parts cause no performance issue and continued to install them at the factory.

How did you verify or determine this information?

 

[LazSlate]

It was reported internally at Ford that a number of intake pipes were dented during production but Ford has found that the affected parts cause no performance issue and continued to install them at the factory.

LOL so the exact pipe used on the powerstroke F150 which has a coolant tank mounted above it and needs this dent for clearance, the pipes just happened to have the mistake dent in the exact spot. LOL

These pipes are injected molded and its literally impossible to have a defect like that.