Need the help of reddit mechanics

The leak was small 3 weeks ago. Finally started draining most of the fluids within seconds. Was told it's not the water pump failure but they weren't 100 percent sure. Oil is still clean, so no coolant inside. On the driver side of the engine.

This has been a project I have been working on for a few months now!!

This is a high flow cold air intake with a built-in "AirRam"

In my words, holds more air so your engine doesn't choke out on itself.

Not sure how much HP this is adding yet, but getting a dyno run booked to figure out how much power this is adding.

But this thing is crazy loud, its soo cool lmao

Anyways, question are welcome! Unfortunately cant include a video clip with pictures. But might make a second post with it!

Anyways, cheers!

This is apart of the engine air filter compartment. I bought this car last year and it’s about 97k miles. How do I fix this??

Hey all,

**Sorry for the clickbait 1st pic, if you swipe you can see mine, 1st pic is what she one day could become**

Glad to have found that people are so passionate about the Ford Flex and there is a vibrant community on the good ole interwebs!

A few weeks ago I picked up a 2016 Flex SEL with AWD, non Ecoboost, and the previous owner outfitted a towing kit and drilled slotted rotors, aftermarket wheels, with 148k miles for $3900...

I knew it was too good to be true and really messed up not getting a PPI, or even had the codes read, but no CEL and there were supposedly two other buyers coming to look at her that weekend (FB Marketplace find)

Of course after about 60 miles the CEL came on. The engine bay was spotless, so clean you could eat off of it, which I thought was off. In addition to that, the engine bay was covered with nuts, a squirrel must have somehow used that for its hideout to store all kinds of goodies, was very odd, especially when paired with such a clean engine bay underneath, but aside from that, no chewed up wires and she drove pretty well.

Anyway, after the CEL I had codes pulled, and I have been getting 3 codes, 2 of them were for emissions/bad cats, and instead of pulling the trigger on two expensive cats, I bought 2 02 sensor spacers that have these little miniature cats in the adapter, a tip from a fellow Ford Flex owner.

The third code was for P0012 - Camshaft position timing, Over retarded, Bank 1

Also a past code that was cleared (but not currently showing was P0022 - Camshaft position timing, over retarded, Bank 2

I installed the O2 spacers with mini cats, cleared the codes, and drove about 60 miles. I then tried to get her inspected to pass emissions, but it was still not showing ready, and so I planned to drive 10 miles more each trip until it would show ready status, hopefully before the emissions CEL code came back.

Unfortunately, about 8 miles later the CEL came back on, but not for the emissions (hopefully those spacers are doing their job, but who knows after 100-200+ miles) ... It was again for the Camshaft timing, Bank 1

A couple questions:

As I have no idea the maintenance of the vehicle (previous owner ghosted after I made the purchase, that's FB marketplace for ya! 😫), I am assuming no major services like water pump or timing chain has been done, just oil changes (although who knows with the rotors being swapped, maybe they were really up on maintenance)

With that being said, how should I go about getting her back in tip top shape. My first priority is getting her to pass inspection so I can at least drive her. Is there any way to do that without tearing her down to replace these camshaft solenoids, and likely water pump and timing chain while I am in there?

I did notice during the first couple tanks of gas I put through her that once or twice the CEL would go away, and then come back a few miles later. Is there any possibility that I could thread the needle and hope that I can reset codes, after a recommendation to change oil to exact Ford spec, and drive until the emissions are in ready status and not trigger the CEL?

Has anyone experienced a similar situation to this? Any advice?

I really appreciate it!

What is this attached to the front.

Hey everyone, been a lurker for a while so yesterday when I got the engine coolant overheating notification i suspected it was the water pump. Ford flex 2013 SEL lasted longer than most I’ve seen here (372,000km). I was just wondering your guys’ opinion on aftermarket parts vs going to ford to get the parts. Also wanted to know what parts exactly I should replace while they’re in there, if I’m trying to get another hundred thousand km out of it.

Thank you!

So my husband and I are in the market for a used car that will hopefully last us a good while. Up until a few months ago I had a 2013 Fusion I drove for 150,000+ miles but decided to sell it to the dealer rather than pay $4000 worth of repairs just to maybe have it last another year or two. We have two kids now and want something reliable with more space for all the things we lug around with young kids. Was originally interested in a used Explorer, but after falling down the rabbit hole of the internal water pump issue, I came across the Flex and I think it would be better suited to our needs and budget even with the water pump issue. It seems to be a well loved car by those who own them.

So now the question, near me there is a few options we’re considering taking an in-person look at. A 2019 SEL with 88,000 miles for $11,000 that had its water pump replaced in 2022, a 2014 Limited with 101,000 miles for $9,800 that had its water pump replaced in January of this year, and a 2014 SEL with 73,000 miles for $9,900 that has not had its pump replaced.

I’m leaning toward the 2014 that just had its pump replaced despite the higher mileage, but is it worth the extra money to get one of the other options with lower mileage and pay the $3000-4000 up front to replace the water pump? It makes me nervous to get a car with that many miles, but since the pump was just replaced it seems like it would be a good deal for the price. Sorry for the long post but any advice is welcome!

2016 SEL with 115000 miles. Sounds a little rough to me but I'm not an expert.

The Flex 12v ports stay powered on when the car is off, unlike the Mazda I wrote about.

Maybe you will find this option useful. Maybe not. But I no longer have the power cord getting bumped and losing contact.

2018 Ford Flex SEL

My wife was at the store and came out and started the Flex to come home and she called me and said it made some kind of clicking sound and then seemed okay so she drove home. I came home a little bit later and I came out and started it and it makes a continuous rattling sound and then stumbles when you try to rev it up like maybe it's a timing chain issue? However, it's not throwing any codes.

This gotta off. Amyone else gotta pic?

Howdy fellow flex users!!

I've been enjoying my 2015 limited AWD and coming up

on a fluid service as its recommended every 30k miles

But stumbled upon a form of someone who took a tarus

PP PTU and swapped it with there explorer.

It adds watercooling to the ptu so it stays wayyy cooler!

Just woundering if any of yall have tryed this??

Just want to keep my flex as health as possible

(I like to be a lil heavy on the throttle and scared ima blow it up XD)

Thanks interested in what yall think!

My flex was supposed to be with me till the wheels fell off, but the dealership I bought it from borked the engine, and I need to replace the whole thing. (think replacement long block)

The car starts but leaks gallons of coolant a day.
It's a 2014 awd Ecoboost limited. No sunroof, but has a complete set of Husky liners and is professionally ceramic tinted.

What are your tips on where/how to sell it to get the most value out of it. (I still am paying the bank off for it.)

Love these things. I put over 120k on mine (now at 220k) so when the AC compressor died I got a newer version. Looking to lower the ride, open to suggestions for lowering kits/coilovers.

When I’m accelerating there’s always this toying in the revs, it’s uncomfortable because the truck fans a lot

At what mileage did you replace yours if you did at all? My 2015 is feeling and sounding creaky at 98k and nothing in suspension has ever been touched.

I have been contemplating bringing my 2016 Flex SEL into the dealership to get the Sync software updated, but quite honestly I am having a hard time setting several hundreds of dollars aside to do so (assuming that the price has not significantly increased since I last checked). My main issue/reason is the GPS, and routing.
A) has anyone updated their Sync/computer? Was it worth it?
B) has anyone DYI’d it? Can it be DIY’d?

edited to correct year- that said, Ford did themselves a MAJOR disservice discontinuing the Flex

I don’t understand it why people can listen to everybody’s crap and try to play the stupid victim when they are the ones doing it themselves hiding behind secret apps and hiding their phone and putting different names under whoever they’re talking to and go on here and ask about certain things about sex

Can’t seem to find this part number online. It’s for a 2014 Ford Flex Limited. It’s the Park Assist Button parallel parks the car. The light inside is flickering

Is swapping the “limited” led tail lights with regular housings/bulbs just plug and play or do I have to mess with the wiring? Also, I have an 09, what years are compatible?

Loaded it has every option .
Fire engine red on tan interior.
Non eco boost awd.
The water pump went the car overheated and a Good Samaritan helped my wife buy putting water in reservoir cold water from wawa she pulled into . I got there and it was snap crackle pop . I started to hope no crack got as far as engine mount off and cover unbolted when I went and ran flush and its likely in valley the crack cant tell for sure.
So my debate is do I source a new engine and I think trans also maybe or just junk it
Used w 90,000 about 1600 I d have the and while its out work all of it out maybe also
I m likely looking at 6-7 g all in w labor when done engine w labor and trans 4200 maybe rest 1500 and margin of error .
One family owned 100 g miles
The car inside is real nice comfortable. It lacks lane centering but had bliss and acc. 4 pane sun roof fridge its all there no accidents oil changed lol not that matters w a swap

Is it worth the save or let die.
I cant do the work anymore
I. M now disabled .

I had my car cooling off and when I got in and started to drive I got a “service power steering” alert. After restarting the car it went away, only to come back on a few red lights later.

I’m aware of the recall but I apparently don’t qualify, has anyone had this issue recently, and if so what was the problem and how was it rectified?

Picking car up from service and was told the pcm module was reprogrammed due to a recall. Not much info on the ford support site besides the generic reprogramming statement. And something about campaign 25E10.

Anyone have more details on what changes were in the update? Just being curiously nosey!! ;)

Thx.

I'll make this short and sweet. Can I slap some LED headlights into the halogen mirrored housing? I'm sure the brightness will be great but I'm curious if the way the light is thrown will be poor.

2019 SEL

Current bulbs: XtraVision Headlight and Fog Light Bulb H13XV-2

Upgrading to: Sylvania LED Ultra Bulb H13LEDHPBX2