Is it normal to have power loss in heavy sand?

I have a 6.2l Ford Raptor 2011 and When I go off road on dunes and I really need to step on the gas, I sometimes get a power loss instead of power gain whenI have the traction control enabled.

That I understand. BUT the problem is that I also get a power loss in these circumstances with the traction control disabled and that worries me .....

When I go on a little heavy dunes I sometimes get power loss (reduction) when the going gets tough. This happens when in 2x4 with Diff Lock, off road mode and Traction Control disabled if the dunes a flat but heavy and fluffy.

I get the same power loss if on a long dune climb but in 4x4 with Diff Lock, offroad mode and Traction Controll disabled

So what is going on here?

Make sure trailer sway is off too.

I have had mine in some pretty heavy duty SC sand pitts lately and have not experienced any of this power loss you mention???

Make sure you shift down. I ran into the same issue at the Texas Raptor Run.

I noticed at TRR when in offroad mode, shifting manually work alot better than auto...

-Greg

It is definitely annoying...manual shifting should fix the issue. Make sure traction is off and you are in offroad mode.

check trailer sway, and yes shift manually

yeah the trailer sway will cause issues, the rig will feel slugish due to the fact you are running in sand and the extra drag will cause the truck to feel heavy. there should be no power loss. make sure you press and hold the off road button till it dings and you get a message. if you just press it it will still have some baby sitters enabled. and make sure the sway if off. even if you have the off road complety off the sway will still cause issues.

I do make sure the off road mode is engaged but the Raptor engineers say the car was well tested in sands in California and even in Dubai.

Could it be that the air filter needs cleaning?

alman said:

I do make sure the off road mode is engaged but the Raptor engineers say the car was well tested in sands in California and even in Dubai.

Could it be that the air filter needs cleaning?

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well dont ask us, just pop ur airbox open on check your filter lol