Doing EBPV Cleaning, found Surprise!

[srob817]

Well I figured I mine as well clean this bad boy because I just bought the truck and wasn't sure if it had ever been done. So I remove the sensor and tube. Pull the tube out for inspection, found a big *** Hole on one of the bends! Well time to replace it. Luckily one of the local ford dealers had it in stock on $42, put it on and everything else back together. Pretty easy fix, hopefully I will get better MPG's. What else would a hole in the EBPV tube cause besides bad fuel mileage?

[ttyR2]

Conceivably, the EBP sensor would register lower pressure and tell the PCM to close the EBPV more. Bad for performance.

[srob817]

Yeah the truck feels like it has better pickup. Throttle response seems better as well.

[400kStroker]

I had this a few years ago. Had a breakdown out of town for another reason, and they also scanned a code for exhaust backpressure sensor. I checked before making another trip and researched what the ebpv was and how it worked and was amazed at how much more pep the motor had once it was opened. I have since deleted the whole darn thing.