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Air takes a longer road through this engine than most owners expect. It starts in a fully enclosed factory airbox on the passenger side and runs to the variable geometry turbo, which sits in the valley between the cylinder banks. The turbo lives there because the 6.7L Powerstroke uses reverse-flow heads: fresh air enters on the outside of the heads and exhaust leaves toward the valley. From the turbo, a hot-side charge pipe carries compressed air to the charge air cooler. Ford built that cooler as an air-to-water unit instead of a large air-to-air core. A separate low-temperature coolant loop keeps it cool, which let Ford shrink the cooler by roughly 75 percent. That same secondary loop also serves the fuel cooler and the transmission fluid cooler. The cooled air then runs through the cold-side pipe into the intake manifold. For 2020, Ford switched to a new composite two-piece lower intake manifold, part of the third-generation update that took the pickup engine to 475 hp and 1,050 lb-ft.
What fails and why
The weak spots on this system are the charge-air parts. Boost leaks at the charge-pipe couplers and cracked factory pipes show up on every 6.7L year, 2020-2022 included. They can happen at any mileage, and trucks that tow a lot see more of them. Here is what each problem looks like:
- Coupler leak: a hiss under boost, oily residue at a coupler, low power, high EGTs and a P0299 underboost code.
- Cracked or blown charge pipe: a sudden loud whoosh, an instant loss of boost and limp mode. The stock plastic pipe can crack or rupture under high boost on 2015-2022 trucks.
- Oil in the system: the crankcase ventilation carries oil mist into the charge air, leaving an oil film in the cold-side pipe and intercooler and oil weeping at the couplers. It builds with miles and idle hours.
- Sooty MAP sensor: the MAP sensor on the 2020-and-later intake collects soot over time, most often on high-mileage trucks.
Before you buy parts for a suspected leak, have the charge-air system smoke tested. It finds the leak faster than chasing a hiss by ear.
Stock replacement vs. upgrade
If a factory pipe cracked, a stock-style replacement puts you right back where you started: plastic. Metal pipes are the usual fix. The Banks Boost Tube System replaces the factory charge pipes with the stated goal of preventing factory pipe failure, and S&B sells hot-side and cold-side pipes for the same job. A leaking coupler on a sound pipe is a smaller repair: a new boot or silicone coupler and a solid clamp.
On the clean-air side, a cold air intake makes sense when you want more airflow into the turbo. S&B claims about 39 percent more airflow from its 75-5140 with the cotton element and about 37 percent with the dry one. Banks claims about 36 percent more mass airflow from its Ram-Air 41849. For the charge air cooler itself, Mishimoto's air-to-water intercooler is a direct fit with a bar-and-plate core, and Mishimoto claims 22 percent more airflow than stock and a 40 lb-ft gain with no other mods. If you live where CARB rules apply, check the paperwork first. S&B states the 75-5140 is 50-state compliant on 2020-2026 F-250 and F-350 trucks. Mishimoto's executive order for its intercooler covers only 2017-2018 trucks, so it does not cover a 2020-2022.
What we carry
Everything on the intake side that we stock for these Super Duty trucks lands here:
- Cold air intakes: S&B, Banks Power, AFE Momentum HD, No Limit Fabrication and the Wehrli Custom Fabrication 4-inch intake kit with air box.
- Intercooler piping: hot-side, cold-side and full pipe kits from S&B, SPE Motorsport, Pacific Performance Engineering, Mishimoto, WCFab and XDP.
- Intercoolers: the SPE Motorsport Booklung billet intercooler and air-to-water intercooler kits from PPE and Mishimoto.
- Filters and wraps: S&B replacement elements and filter wraps, Banks and No Limit Fabrication elements, and the S&B Precision II cleaning and oil kit.
- Boots, couplers and clamps: S&B silicone couplers, a PPE silicone hump coupler, No Limit Fabrication turbo hose boots, SPE retainer clips, XDP adapter O-ring seals and BD Diesel high-torque clamps.
- Intake manifold and sensor parts: the PPE Zilla intake manifold and turbo inlet kit, SPE intake manifold gaskets, and MAP sensor spacers from PPE, S&B and SPE.
- Emergency shutdown: BD Diesel positive air shutdown valves, including the E-PAS listed for 2020-2025 Powerstroke trucks.
Fitment notes
Intake kits split at 2020. A kit built for a 2017-2019 truck should not go on a 2020-2022; the Banks Ram-Air 41849, for example, is listed for 2020-2022 only. Emissions coverage can change with the truck too: S&B's CARB coverage on the 75-5140 is stated for the F-250 and F-350, and the same kit on an F-450 has no EO.
Every 2020-2022 pickup runs the standard-output engine. The High-Output 6.7L arrived with the 2023 redesign, so skip any pipe marked HO, such as the S&B 83-2005 or SPE S100222, and skip pipes built for 2023-and-later cab and chassis trucks, such as the S&B 83-1012. Banks boost tubes fit 2017-2026 non-HO pickups but not 2023-and-later cab and chassis trucks. The F-350 through F-600 chassis cabs share this engine but are separate products, so check the listing before you order for one. When in doubt, verify by VIN, use the fitment checker on the product page, or call us.
Frequently asked questions
How do I know if my 2020-2022 6.7L has a boost leak?
Listen for a hiss under boost and look for oily residue at the charge-pipe couplers. Low power, high EGTs and a P0299 underboost code point the same way. A smoke test of the charge-air system is the fastest way to find the exact spot.
Why is there oil inside my intercooler pipes?
The crankcase ventilation system sends oil mist into the charge air. Over miles and idle hours it leaves a film inside the cold-side pipe and intercooler and can weep out at the couplers. Finding some is common on this engine, so clean it out whenever the pipes are off.
Is a cold air intake legal on my 2020-2022 F-250 or F-350?
S&B states its 75-5140 is 50-state compliant on 2020-2026 F-250 and F-350 trucks. The same kit on an F-450 has no CARB EO. For any other intake, look for an EO number that covers your exact truck and year, or call us and we will check it with you.
Do 2017-2019 intake parts fit my 2020-2022?
Some do and some do not. Many charge pipes are sold for 2017-2026 trucks, but cold air intakes split at 2020, and the 2020 trucks also got a new composite two-piece lower intake manifold. Read the year range in each product title and order the 2020-2022 version where there is one.
What cools the factory intercooler on the 6.7L?
Coolant, not outside air. The factory charge air cooler is an air-to-water unit fed by the engine's secondary, low-temperature cooling loop, the same loop that cools the fuel and transmission fluid. That design let Ford make the cooler about 75 percent smaller than an air-to-air unit.
Not sure what fits? Call the shop at the number in the header, or use the fitment checker on any product page. We install everything we sell.