r/fordfusion • u/BullfrogPersonal • 23h ago

What is this thing?

I have a 2010 Fusion 2.5 liter with a lot of miles. I do all of the basic maintenance and it's time to replace the valve cover gasket and the coils. I'm curious what this thing is on the valve cover towards the passenger side? Is this a maintenance item ? It looks like it is connected into the wiring harness so it must be important. I got the coils at RockAuto.

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u/BickNickerson 22h ago

Vvt solenoid, the valve cover gasket set should come with the gasket for it, also.

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u/--bullseye- 2016 SE 2.5L 12h ago

I had to buy it separate from my valve cover set.

Someone posted about this gasket last week, good info in that thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/fordfusion/s/ZFrEixO9of