Was good to see you again Tom, at least that hack Marty has a wood stove in there...lol He put the fog lights on mine that evening, he is still a hack but he did get the lights on...ha ha

 

Just found this thread. WOW. Pardon me while I scurry out to my barn and change my coolant AND my oil.

 

After dropping $3700 on a new turbo, 2 replacement injectors, orings seals etc... oh and labor. I am hoping to get my truck back today or tomorrow....

X,
reps to you cause I dont think I would have had the patience to do all that you did... when I heard "pull engine" I was thinking hummmm 2011 PSD??? hahaha.
As far as the "Stealership" goes they wanted to pull my engine because of corrosion on the oil pan... I said no and got a die grinder and some jb weld on steroids and buttered that baby up hahaha.

Best thread I have ever seen on here!

 

Glad you had time to read it. Whoever had the truck before me never took care of it and it's been a year of repairs, but I'm gaining on it .
Tom

 

Yeah he told me he put them on. Worked out good since he forgot I had them already.I was up in New York over the weekend and man that truck was sounding strong on the hills.

 

Thanks for reading. Service is key and CHECK that Coolant. It's so easy and cheap to do That cavitation is nasty stuff .

 

Yeah this definitely tested my patience. What I have learned is that all the 7.3's have common problems but keeping up on the service gives you a heads up that something is failing. I have a small leak now which I think is the power steering pump . It looks like it's coming out of the cap ? That pump is on an angle and the top of the cap has fluid in it . I'll get it .
Hope you get your truck back on the road .

 

Good deal Tom, have you noticed much diff running the syn oil in the engine? I've got it for my next O/C.

 

YES definitely !!! Temps at 20 degrees I dont even have to plug it in . Starts right up and just humms . Very happy with it

 

Good deal bud

 

I tested everything Tom said besides fuel pressure. Forgot to put the gauge on before we went for that drive and you were trying to get out of there so it was no biggie.

Anyway... I can't post an excel spreadsheet so I will just post the numbers at the bottom of this post.

The fuel drain O rings which appear to be leaking now is something your son can definitely do. It's 4 torx bits and 2 O rings. Don't bother changing the O ring for the regulator OR the one for the fuel bowl heater... do the fuel bowl heater next time you/we do a filter change because you have to unplug the little connector inside. The regulator threads are NOTORIOUS for breaking off. So don't touch it unless you HAVE to. So toss those 2 in the glovebox.

As for the 5w... especially since I do oil changes several times a week now for various reasons on many trucks... I think I would honestly run it all year long OR at the very minimum run the valvoline 15w40 (or insert favorite 15w besides rotella) once the temps started staying above 50. Just plan ahead for when the stuff goes on sale and buy enough to get you through winter. It's only 20 bucks more PER oil change then the cheapest 15w (rotella) or like 10 bucks more then valvoline, motorcraft, etc... I have made many believers in the 5w in this cold weather. I used to run Rotella in my personal truck and then whatever anybody wanted on customers trucks... but since I actually have a shop now, do more oil changes and see many many different setups from mild to wild... I am definitely not a Rotella man anymore. Granted I do oil changes every 1500 miles so I didn't have the same experiences as everyone else did lol.



Time Injector Control Pressure (PSI) Injector Ctrl Pres DC (%) 04:11:22.069 10.55
04:11:22.317 494.94 10.55
04:11:22.869 483.06 10.55
04:11:23.349 535.1 23.05
04:11:23.805 1479.17 31.25
04:11:24.269 2031.24 34.37
04:11:24.749 2452.08 38.67
04:11:25.317 2626.86 38.67
04:11:25.837 2685.13 38.28
04:11:26.349 2642.14 37.89
04:11:26.925 2599.71 37.5
04:11:27.462 2570.3 37.5
04:11:27.958 2549.37 37.11
04:11:28.437 2560.12 37.11
04:11:29.041 2671.55 39.84
04:11:29.535 2769.97 39.84
04:11:30.038 2795.43 40.23
04:11:30.594 2810.13 40.23
04:11:31.085 2822.58 39.84
04:11:31.539 2782.42 40.23
04:11:32.101 2800.52 40.23
04:11:32.585 2798.26 40.23
04:11:33.090 2810.13 39.84
04:11:33.593 2816.92 39.84
04:11:34.083 2827.67 39.84
04:11:34.590 2831.63 39.84
04:11:35.091 2850.86 36.72
04:11:35.584 2515.43 36.33
04:11:36.038 2541.45 35.94
04:11:36.543 2312.36 19.92
04:11:37.035 1505.75 17.58
04:11:37.542 1256.3 17.58
04:11:38.041 1213.31 17.19
04:11:38.539 1182.2 16.41
04:11:39.041 1138.08 16.01
04:11:39.549 1121.11


The bolded parts were WOT. Great numbers for high mileage pump on STOCK truck.

 

That is absolutely astronomical in price.

 

Hey Marty looks like everything @ WOT psi ^ 2800 with a 40 o/o dc or less would be good #'s for my truck with the miles on it ?

 

What would you consider a good price?

 

Yes...

Ummm less. LOL