Picked this up from Tousley ford parts. They have the best prices on the internet, and even with overnight shipping it cost me way less than any local dealer and no tax to boot.





DEF heater/sender assembly





DEF heater/sender interior





DEF heater/sender bottom inlet screen view





DEF heater/sender top view


And I found this video on youtube from ford, talking about the DEF system and service procedures.

 

Also found this alldata page that talks about the DEF system and reductant heater assembly.Ford

 

Good pics of the system.

 

Thanks for sharing the pics. In a perfect world, all of this emissions related crap would be covered for the life of the vehicle.

 

It's barely covered at all.

This part is only covered under the 3/36. I passed 36k about 4 months after getting the truck.

 

I know and that is the problem. Sorry it happened to you man.

 

In a perfect world soot would still be soot and diesels would still get good mileage with great power and 500,000 mile life spans.

 

Well, soot still is soot, and my truck gets decent mileage and has great power. Now that last metric, 500K, is the only questionable part...

 

I read a article from the epa a while back saying that all emissions equipment is designed to last the life of the vehicle 100k. Talk about out of touch.

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Those EPA guidelines are from back in the 1980's...

 

Not so sure. look on the 6.4L forum under my signature about july 2012 for the EPA study on bio diesel impact on DPF equipped engines. Their conclusion:" bio diesel does have a negative impact on the DPF equipped diesels but the test vehicles were tested to 200,000 miles which is twice the life expectancy of a diesel engine". or go to EPA.gov and foillow the trail of millions of dollars they spent to get soot classified a hazzard to health. I think the real problem was gasser drivers were complaining about seeing trucks make black smoke and soot while they were having to put up with all the emissions requirements. Then the EPA went to work to elimoinate the preceived problem. had we just stayed off the go pedal in the 90s we might all still be driving 7.3s.

 

200000 miles twice the life expectancy of a Diesel engine.. Are you serious? Maybe in a old VW rabbit from the 80's..The old Detroit 60 series in the truck I drive at work has almost 900000 and it is still going strong.. I've heard of 5.9 cummins and the old 7.3 going 500000.. Even the POS gm 6.2 can go over 200000 miles if cared for

 

You bet that is right. In fairness to the EPA (why the f*** would I want to do that) the vehicle they tested was a sedan. But I promise that is a very close quote from the report. And these are the individuals who make decisions that have cost citizens millions upon millions of dollars and chased many good jobs to China. They did a good job early on when they cleaned up places like Birmingham Al. I lived there in 1972 and 3 and I can tell you it was troubling. But since the 90s they have been picking the fly crap out of pepper. And stand by, they will be comming for your lawn mower and other gasoline yard tools next.

 

How easy/hard is it to replace the unit?

 

It's not bad,for me dropping the shield and getting the connectors off the def tank were the hard parts.

Took me about 2 hours total last weekend.