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Old 12-20-2006, 04:09 PM
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The GP's I purchased from OReilly's are about 2 inches shorter than the originals. Did they screw up or is this a new style?
 
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Old 12-20-2006, 04:11 PM
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screwed up. they are for the older 7.3 diesel. I would just get the ones from ford or I hear that autozone has ford GP's
 
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Old 12-20-2006, 04:17 PM
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Okay my last question for the day... My originals are oily as hell... I did remove all oil from around them before removal. Any thoughts? Can you check compression on a diesel? Thanks again.
 
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callmebobvilla,
yes, the one from auto zone are the ford gp in the ford package and all. Good luck.
 
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you want to stay with the ford part on this cause there are some crappy after market products out there that can break off and damage your piston (as I have seen in other posts)
 
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Right-o. What a bunch of *** clowns those guys are.
 
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the oil is just residue from pulling them out more than likely. You can test compression but it requires a high pressure gauge, atleast 500psi, and an adapter that goes in the glow plug hole
 
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Old 12-20-2006, 05:06 PM
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if they aint zd-11's made by motorcraft they would not go in my engine nor should they yours.....
 
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