joshbuys

Can I be the first to say "I Told You So"!?

IIRC It was in the 2008 master dtc chart, but not in the 2009 or 2010.

We saw one through the shop a while back, another tech was working on it, but I had the chance to put my ear on it to confirm his thoughts since it was such an odd noise, replaced the LP (fixed vane) turbo only to find the noise was still there. After some questioning of hotline and more investigation, found # 3 intake lobe on camshaft was ground off, he ended up having to put in a short block.

3486 x 25 = 87,150 = driven more than idled, completely acceptable per the warranty action notice.

We have a spiff in our shop where we have a 'pull board' which has 100 squares on it, under the paper on each square is a dollar amount anywhere from $5 - $100. Every 2 hours of upsale you get a pull, this is our incentive to inspect the vehicles since we don't get paid to do an inspection. Boss man keeps track of the pulls and we do them every Friday. Naturally the lube techs usually have the most pulls! But I usually still get a bit out of it. Better than nothing I suppose!

I HAD ONE ONCE WHERE THE SPRING WASN'T SEATED IN THE HOUSING PROPERLY THAT ANOTHER TECH HAD JUST INSTALLED AS KEITH(FORDRACER) SUGGESTED, MADE A FUNNY NOISE, AND PRESSURE WAS, IIRC, AROUND 150 PSI. REPLACED THE SPRING SINCE IT WAS NOW BENT IN A FUNNY SHAPE AND PROBLEM WAS GONE. NOTE: THIS WAS ON THE OLD STYLE REGULATOR, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE YOU COULD DO THE SAME WITH THE NEW, I HAVEN'T HAD THE PLEASURE OF DEALING WITH THE UPDATED ONE.

+1 - LOOSEN THE Y-PIPE AT BOTH MANIFOLD CONNECTIONS AND IT GIVES YOU PLENTY OF ROOM TO REMOVE THE PUMP COVER WITHOUT HAVING TO BEND ANYTHING.

I suppose you don't replace the o-rings or seals either?!?! They come in the 9T514 turbo mounting kit along with the bolts, WSM states it is necessary to replace every time, and I've personally seen the oil drain tube o-rings leak on a truck when the tech working next to me didn't replace them. THIS IS A SIMPLE CASE OF FOLLOWING PROPER PROCEDURE AND NOT HAVING TO DEAL WITH COMEBACKS OVER SOMETHING STUPID

depends on elevation, when I was in california (near sea level) my readings were normally 400 - 425 psi on a 6.0, now I'm in Wyoming (about 5000 ft above sea level) and my readings are around 350 psi on a good engine.

I've seen a few with soot that looks like oil also. Just make sure to check everything at this point and verify that there isn't also a turbo issue....Got one in my bay now that has a severely blown egr cooler - coolant coming out the tail pipe AND what looked to be oil. Me being the cautious one told the customer this truck may also need a turbo, but I need to inspect it when I remove it and we'll get back to them. They said go ahead and do it as needed. Got the turbo off late friday and wouldn't you know, the shaft is practically seized in the center housing and lots of oil residue! The shaft still sits centered in the housing, but is very tough to spin by hand.

+1....Not sure what they were thinking on that one!!

Our lube rack used to only use 'torque-sticks' when installing wheels - and didn't go back and check them with a torque wrench. I asked them several times if the 'torque-sticks' were calibrated to their impact guns, and they looked at me like I was stupid, even mentioned it to the SM a couple times. Then one day, a car came in for an oil change and tire rotate and wouldn't you know.....it made it out of the parking lot and about 200 yards up the road....where the right rear departed from the vehicle! Turns out the lube tech failed to even tighten those lug nuts beyond starting them with his fingers. Needless to say, they are now required to check them with a torque wrench!!!!

You do need to use the bolts, just not the spacers - ALWAYS USE NEW TURBO BOLTS WHEN REPLACING/RE-INSTALLING THE TURBO!!!! And the rest of the bolts in question are exactly as Greg said. Everything in the kit should be used on an 03/early 04, and the only *extra* parts on a late 04 and up should be the 3 spacers. The turbo pedastool was re-designed for the later build 6.0s and the spacers were incorporated into the pedastool.

I've also seen a short in the pump harness on a vehicle with the updated gasket/harness already installed, remember, just because it falls out of the build date or has already been repaired with the update, doesn't mean the updated part can't fail! We should always make sure to KISS. I have to agree with Keith, sounds like a sticking VCV/PCV or shorted ground on one might be a good contender on this one.

Alright, got the battery in it, finally got a chance to go through this thing, found a fuel leak at the rear fuel return line junction block - waiting for parts - I suspect the fuel system is becoming vapor locked, I'll let you know how it goes next week sometime when my parts show up.

My understanding from previously dealing with Isuzu is that each injector is tested and coded according to how much it can flow in a given time period (Isuzu uses a 30 digit code of letters and numbers). If you were to put together a set of "matching" injectors you can have a better running engine - just like matching flowrates on a performance engine. Perhaps you won't notice a difference when first installing injectors, but will it prevent the pcm from properly compensating injector on times for different flow rates? YES IT WILL!!!! As much as we like to complain about how the engineers have designed this or designed that, THEY'RE NOT IDIOTS! If Ford wanted 'idiots' engineering stuff for them, they'd find a team of monkeys!

IQA is new to the 6.7L on Fords. I dealt with it on Isuzus at my old dealer, and like everyone else here has said, I've forgotten to program the new ones and it ran fine.

That's kinda what I was thinking....I've seen guys do that on the current power strokes too though!

Agreed, but on the other hand, this is a POWER STROKE, and all POWER STROKES previously released 'til now have been numbered 'odd' bank, 'even' bank. I don't mind so much, but it's just been easy to remember - all ford diesels are this way, all ford gassers are that way. Just gonna have to retrain the brain!

Why did they have to go and change the cylinder numbers?!?!

Stock option is the naturally aspirated 3.5L, and there's a 3.5L ecoboost option, stock front wheel drive, available all wheel drive. In the debut on the Official Ford Police Interceptor site, they said they plan on developing a "utility version" also and will be releasing more details on that later this year. Personally I think the smaller car with the ecoboost and all wheel drive will be a great improvement for our officers!

Got a '94 Econoline ambulance 7.3L IDI (non turbo) has a hard start hot. Previously had a hard start at all times, the county shop replaced glow plugs and controller and now has a hard start hot after about a 1 hour hot soak, if you try sooner, it fires right up. County shop replaced lift pump and injection pump with no improvements. Fuel is pulsing out fuel lines at injectors when loosened. Found one battery only has about 390 cca - will have a new one tomorrow. I'm kinda at a loss on this one, haven't worked much on the old 7.3's at all! Any tips/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

It's supposedly been moved to the 'TOOLBOX' tab of the pts screen, but from what I've seen, IT'S NOT THERE!!!!

ONLY THING I CAN FIND IS A 'PRODUCT INFORMATION BOOK' IN THE SERVICE TIPS TAB IN OASIS. FMCDEALER MESSAGE DATED MARCH 8 SAYS TECHNICIANS WILL RECEIVE A 'COFFEE TABLE' BOOK WHEN THEY ATTEND CLASSROOM TRAINING FOR THE 6.7L. BUT I CAN'T FIND IT ON LINE ANYWHERE.

WE'RE SUPPOSEDLY GETTING ONE MONDAY SOMETIME - I'LL BE INTERESTED IN GETTING A LOOK AT IT - HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE ONE IN PERSON YET.