that sucks to hear....reason 2,483 i change my own oil....

 

I think most of us are in agreement that you need to get it filled up and run it. No offense to your son being a helicopter mechanic but I'm sure he's not up to par on the way the heui injection systems work.

 

Curious if it's feasible or worth the time but would it help if u opened the oil rail plugs and turned it over would it help bleed the air or screw it up worse?

 

With a system that runs high pressure that's the last thing you want to do. It runs between 500-3000ish psi.

I heard one guy ask a similar questions about my 6.7 that runs at 25k psi, completely different systems. It's not a dumb question if you don't know or understand what's going on within it. You could hurt yourself/someone bad enough to not feel the pain if you get what I'm saying

 

I do that every time I pull and install an injector, one head at a time. With the 42 pin connector off, I pull the ICP sensor from the left head and crank until I get a little oil out of the port, then replace the ICP sensor and pull the furthest forward rail plug I can get to easily and do the same thing. I also bleed the air out of the fuel rails by loosening, but not completely removing, the test port plugs one at a time and turning the key on until some fuel seeps out from the threads. It probably doesn't need to be said, but don't do either of these things with an injector out . . .

 

Guys I hear ya load and clear here

And yes I thought about it when the boys woke me up to tell me about the truck.

I noticed the truck was running a little rough / off par the last 2 miles as I was pulling up home. I was too tired to look into it at that moment and just parked it.

I'm thinking the truck was running off the bottom of the pan, sucking some air, pulling a 10K trailer on a 104F July afternoon, through no fault of my own due to the shoddy workmanship from a Corporation that pushes these young mechanics to cut every conceivable corner to rake in a profit and still doesn't pay these kids a livable wage

Your Damm Straight an oil sample is being pulled and tested by an independent lab

The symptoms of the rod knock are also right in line with scorched / scarred crank bearings starved for oil on a hot day that cooled off and were restarted again.

The oil analysis will tell the tale

 

Is it running smooth again or still banging like a couple of hot teens in the back seat of a Ford LTD?

 

You have nothing to lose by filling the oil and running it for awhile. as has been stated your engine may not be damaged. There are many stories on here of engines running low enough on oil to produce the symptoms you are describing without any damage. Give it a try.

 

"Inquiring minds want to know"....like has been suggested time and time again, fill'er up and let'er run. You think it's toast, but it may not be...so what's the harm?

 

Filling in for my sense of humor that I seem to have lost?

 

any updates??

 

Guys - I'll keep you posted

Because there is a "claims adjuster" representing the national chain store Ford Fleet Service will not be inspecting the engine until next week. At that time once an oil sample is taken, they will refill the engine with oil and finish diagnosing the truck's engine.

 

Ford Fleet Service gave my truck a "Clean Bill of Health"

Said there was NO metallic substance in the oil sample. The cause of the leak has been attributed to a Failed Oil Filter Gasket (ya right) and Ford Fleet changed the filter and oil.

Of course I set my Banks 6 Gun up to Warp 6 and 'punched it' all the way home just to make sure

 

Memories from my youth.

 

So all is good in 7.3 land again? Good to hear if yes!