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Old Dec 10, 2010 | 02:01 PM
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poor truck

early 03 f-250 sounds like a dead cylinder runs rough grayish smoke when idled up cranks every time not a hard start . starts straight up high rpms while running down the road
 
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Old Dec 10, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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i love this little truck need it back up in working order any help would be greatly appreciated
 
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Old Dec 10, 2010 | 02:14 PM
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Could you provide some information about your truck? Mileage, last oil and fuel filter change and what brand you used of both? Can you get it code scanned?
 
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Old Dec 10, 2010 | 03:19 PM
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By all the imfo you've given, sounds like it could be a Nissan Diesel from the Dominican Republic. Thats how they run, it is normal! lol
 
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Old Dec 10, 2010 | 04:22 PM
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Any codes? Sounds like a bad injector but have your codes read.
 
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