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BrunoWilimek

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About BrunoWilimek

  • Birthday 07/03/1959

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  • First Name
    Bruno
  • Last Name
    Wilimek
  • Location
    Ontario Canada
  • Dealership Name
    Polito Ford Lincoln Sales Ltd
  • Interests
    Camping, 4-wheeling, exploring ghost towns, spending quality time with my family

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  1. I second that. 2 examples. 1: I had the pleasure of replacing the EGR cooler on one that another tech removed and then was off at school and customer needed it back ASAP. My arms are not long enough. and 2: called a 3.5 ecoboost one for a replacement of one injector with 158,000km on it. The intake bolts were so rotten that intake had be broken into pieces to remove it. One of the injectors seized in the head and most of it came out, but will need head removed to continue. Grr.
  2. Just camped this past long weekend with my friend who has as his tow vehicle the above listed F350 dually. It's in great shape and he only uses it to tow his fifth wheel camper. It starts great cold and if re-started immediately when hot also. However, it has a long crank if left to hot soak for even a few minutes. When it starts, it runs rough for only a few seconds, then smooths out and runs well. Does anyone remember these old gems and have an idea what could be the issue? My memory is not the best for these 7.3's and we don't have the gauge set at our dealership to test the fuel system. Thanks in advance.
  3. Sorry I did not get back sooner. Thanks for the replies. I just got back from camping with my friend and family and he asked again about a different turbo. The Banks is only listed up to 93, so I assume it's not meant to replace the 94 factory turbo. I will mention about rear end gears as it is a 2WD. Thanks again.
  4. Just got VC off. Several loose rocker arms, loose pushrods, low pushrods(1 inch gap to rocker arms), several pushrods almost off their valves. Calling it for a complete engine at this point. Service manager wanted to avoid having truck in 2 pieces as customer stated he was going to put a Cummins in it if it needed a motor. He changed his mind, now have cab fully lifted and new motor here, just waiting for install kit that is back ordered til the cows come home. I did pull the head and found the cause, though. The roller lifters flat spotted on the cam and when clearances got too great, lost contact with the pushrods/rocker arms.
  5. Just got VC off. Several loose rocker arms, loose pushrods, low pushrods(1 inch gap to rocker arms), several rocker arms almost off their valves. Calling it for a complete engine at this point. Also found the rubber boot for the AFE air cleaner to engine duct was rotted at the flexible bellows, with a hole in it and gritty dirt inside next duct. This is the second AFE inlet boot that has had this issue. Don't know the root cause, but suspect the performance chip was at least partially at fault.
  6. Thanks for the replies. When time permits(shop very busy this week)I am going to remove the VC. Have to do it with only a partial cab lift as per service manager.
  7. Customer was driving when he heard a bang, then had no power. I did a relative compression test and found #2 cylinder was low. An actual compression test shows zero compression in cylinder #2 and popping heard through the air intake. Truck has been modified with a tuner, exhaust is straight pipe and has AFE air cleaner and ducting. EGR system is still in place. The glow plug came out OK and tip looks good. I drained the oil and fished through it with a magnet and found no metal. Truck has almost 300,000 km on it. I just replaced the low pressure fuel pump, secondary fuel filter and fuel pickup recently and removed an aftermarket inline fuel pump/filter/separator from ahead of the factory pump. The low fuel pressure warning message had been coming on for a year before that, until one day the owner killed the batteries trying to start it. He has an aftermarket oversize fuel tank as well as a bed mounted tank. The reason for the aftermarket fuel pump/filter/separator was that he was using his own special blend of bio-diesel in it. Has anyone run into an intake rocker problem on the 6.7? I am thinking if I go further, that I want to lift the cab to ease access to the head. What are your thoughts on that?
  8. I was told that if you took out the filter, depressed the valve at the bottom and air tested it and it gurgled out the filter housing that the pump was bad, so agree with that being likely cause.There was another way to test the pump by graphing pressure output that would show an irregular pattern that would mean the pump was bad, but don't remember the pids to view now.
  9. Success . Head gaskets were both leaking at centre two cylinders. Replaced them, water pump and front cover. Had to turn heat temperature down at idle.
  10. Fuel quality or failed fuel pump? Remove secondary fuel filter cap and see if it will refill reservoir. had one with similar issue and pump was faulty and it would only suck enough fuel to run, but not enough to run well.
  11. That's what it was. The fitting closest to the driver's side was leaking. Not too bad a job when the upper intake is out of the way. Thanks Gents. I knew i could count on you.
  12. Well, truck came back-finally. Owner had a heart attack last February and didn't need the truck fixed until just recently when it got colder, and again, not heat at idle. This time, coolant was down slightly and there was a white coolant stain on the reservoir along with a bit of liquid coolant around the cap on the top of the reservoir. I also pulled the water pump, and although the impeller is tight on the shaft, there is the start of cavitation on the front cover behind the water pump. The head gaskets are definitely leaking as well. It has an egr delete kit on it also. Going to replace the front cover, head gaskets and the oil cooler. I will keep you posted on the results.
  13. Thanks, guys. Will check it out when it comes back next week.
  14. Got 2 of these now. Leaking and running down left side of bellhousing adapter to drip at bottom of oil pan near drain plug. follow external stain up and can't see where it starts. Looks dry in valley and at rear of left head. Anyone found a source for this? It did not drip when rad was pressure tested, so must be a slow seep.
  15. This is from the shop manual: Overview The 3.7L (4V) is a V-6 engine with the following features: Dual overhead camshafts Four valves per cylinder Sequential Multi-Port Fuel Injection (SFI) Composite upper and lower intake manifold Aluminum cylinder head An aluminum, 60-degree V-cylinder block Timing chain driven coolant pump Twin independent variable cam timing (Ti-VCT) An electronic ignition system with 6 ignition coils Apparently, you are dealing with a real dumbass. I wonder sometimes if they hire former insurance company representatives who are told to deny, deny, deny to save the company money.
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