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Ford F-150 Expansion Tank 2011-2014

  1. The Achilles' Heel - Aluminum Expansion Tank R&D, Part 3: Production

    The Achilles' Heel - Aluminum Expansion Tank R&D, Part 3: Production

    This 2011-2014 Ford F-150 Aluminum Expansion Tank is now on sale! Check it out here!

    With the airbox back in and all the bolts tightened down, we could step back and admire the fruits of over a year's labor. Sometimes, the best compliment a product can be given is that the owner doesn't even think about it. That's exactly what we want to hear about our 2011-2014 Ford F-150 expansion tank.

    If you've been the owner of a 2011-2014 F-150 for the last year, chances are you've found a puddle of coolant under the front driver's side of your truck at least once. It's even more likely that you've found the source of that leak to be the quick-disconnect on the bottom of your stock coolant expansion tank. If I've done my job well enough, you've hopefully also heard that Mishimoto has been working on a solution to that very problem. It's been a long time coming, but we're finally ready to present that solution to the world.

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  2. The Achilles' Heel - Aluminum Expansion Tank R&D, Part 2: Design Plans

    The Achilles' Heel - Aluminum Expansion Tank R&D, Part 2: Design Plans

    The Ford F-150 is an exceptional truck; affordable, tough, surprisingly fast and strong enough to effortlessly haul you and your payload over a mountain range. It's so exceptional that as soon as you open the hood, you will probably be disappointed.

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    The problem of crumbling 2011-2014 F-150 expansion tanks has reached such daunting scale that some owners are on their third tank, and others have started buying spares because there's a good chance that the stock tank will break again.

    I imagine this would dull the excitement of owning an F-150; leaving your house in the morning to find that coolant has spilled all over your driveway. Or finding that your driveway is dry, but as soon as you set off, the expansion tank cracks and leaves your coolant strewn out over the next mile, because it

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  3. The Chink in the Armor - Aluminum Expansion Tank R&D, Post 1: Stock Review

    The Chink in the Armor - Aluminum Expansion Tank R&D, Post 1: Stock Review

    It goes without saying that the cooling system routed throughout the engine bay of any vehicle works best when the coolant stays in the system. It's one of the main design requirements in fact. If that sounds familiar, that's because this same statement was made about the Ford 7.3 Powerstroke's expansion tank, which begs the question, is there a chink in the armor of Ford's self-proclaimed tough built trucks?

    While most of the F-150 is "Built Ford Tough" the factory expansion tank doesn't exactly live up to that standard.
    While most of the F-150 is "Built Ford Tough" the factory expansion tank doesn't exactly
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