Bosch T500
Constant white smoke at idle is a telltale sign of injector and high-pressure oil pump troubles. After taking care of the injectors, it was time to hook up with Terminator Engineering for a new oil pump.
With these Fords, a project like this can really be time-consuming, especially when it comes to removing the high pressure oil pump that is located below the fuel filter and on the top of the V and not really easy to get to. We were careful and used a disconnect tool to pop off the oil lines for the quick disconnect fittings. I
In order to get our core charge back we didn't want to break the seal on the fittings. The T500 by Terminator retails at around $460 with a $200 core charge and when installing, "You want to make sure the gear is on the teeth instead of just shoving it in," warned Campbell. "If you don't check this, you could end up cranking and cranking and not know why it won't start when you get done."
Terminator Engineering remanufactures and tests, one by one, all of its pumps by hand. With this kind of quality control, no wonder all T500 pumps come with a no-questions-asked, two-year warranty. The difference in the stock high pressure oil pump and the T500 is the modifications that allow for better oil volume and flow, which in turn mean higher injector control pressures with less work being done by the pump. Better volume means higher injection pressure; and higher injection pressures mean better atomization, which means better power, performance and mileage.
The T500 is basically a modified stock high-pressure oil pump and it is designed to be a direct bolt-in replacement to your stock pump, which is always nice.