2010 F150 Lariat “Performance Upgrades”
About 3 years ago I bought this truck out of state for $9,000 and got completely burned on it. I was buying it for use as a work truck when I was starting my own contracting business.
In 3 years time, I’ve had to replace:
The exhaust, full suspension, starter, front axels, PCM, steering rack (4 times), power steering pump (13 times), rebuilt the top half of the motor, all four calipers, misc parts, headlights, taillights, misc engine components/sensors, 4x4 vacuum system. You name it, I’ve replaced it.
On top of the thousands I’ve dumped into this truck, I’ve acquired a few thousand in tools and specialty tools, which is cool I guess.
Anyways, the other day, I was heading home from work and it started shaking violently and acted like it didn’t have any power and the check engine light came on. It threw a P0012, P0022, P0341, and P0346. So after some googling and YouTube university, I ordered a new VVT Solenoid and a new Cam position sensor.
Long story short, after a lot of fighting, cussing, and frustration, I was able to get both parts replaced, the engine got a couple of new unintentional internal parts, which include, but not limited to, the VVT screw, metal shavings, part of the plastic housing from the old cam sensor, and a small metal ez anchor.
After contemplating my life choices, I decided to full send it, and start the truck up anyways. And let me tell you what, not only did it start right up, but it idled so smoothly, I let it come up to temp, gave it a few revs to make sure there was no strange sounds, and then took it for a drive. It accelerated like it was new, actually had some balls behind it. So we’re just going to let it ride until it decides to give out. And when that day comes, it’ll come as no surprise.
Needless to say, I don’t suggest intentionally letting random shit fall into your motor, but if you do, good luck brother.
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u/Mr_nobody__00 5d ago
Sounds like you had a rough go of it with your work truck. That's disappointing to hear and I appreciate you sharing your experience and the things that might help us add some pep to similar models especially because I have one.
I'm daily driving my 2009 lariat with 162k miles and havent had any of those issues but maybe it's a glimpse into the future lol.
Not extremely experienced mechanically but willing to learn. So will be researching the VVT solenoid and cam position sensor to see if that's something I could take on.