Im looking at getting a 7.3idi
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Im looking at getting a 7.3idi
Hey guys I'm Geoff
So Im looking at getting a 1988 f250 4x4 auto. it has 275,000 on the truck and 60,000 on the motor that is out of a 93 f450. He says that it does leak a little coolant and he doesn't know where from and the timing needs to be slightly tweaked. F 250 Diesel 4X4
Is there anything that I need to know about these engines/trucks? I messed with a couple of 7.3 PSD in my highschool auto class a couple of years back and a good friend of mine has a 6.9 with 500,000 on the original motor so I know they are strong but are there any week points that I need to look out for.
On a side not about my friends truck, one day the two of us filled two water bottles with water out of the water filter, and the truck was and is still running. I found that pretty impressive, just thought I would share.
So Im looking at getting a 1988 f250 4x4 auto. it has 275,000 on the truck and 60,000 on the motor that is out of a 93 f450. He says that it does leak a little coolant and he doesn't know where from and the timing needs to be slightly tweaked. F 250 Diesel 4X4
Is there anything that I need to know about these engines/trucks? I messed with a couple of 7.3 PSD in my highschool auto class a couple of years back and a good friend of mine has a 6.9 with 500,000 on the original motor so I know they are strong but are there any week points that I need to look out for.
On a side not about my friends truck, one day the two of us filled two water bottles with water out of the water filter, and the truck was and is still running. I found that pretty impressive, just thought I would share.
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looks alot like this truck YouTube - mikes 7.3 idi killin the ozone one mile at a time
so i be care full looking at it if the pump was maxed up all the way there i very good chance the pistions may be metled to a serten point
so i be care full looking at it if the pump was maxed up all the way there i very good chance the pistions may be metled to a serten point
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rust isn't that bad but yes Ill make sure I ask the guy if he has messed with it. He says he just put the motor in over the winter so if that is the same truck, which I doubt it, it could be a different motor.
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yea look at the video and the cl ad its got the same dent on the passnger side just saying be very carfull they might have took the heads off seem the pistions startedd to melt and are trying to off load it see if it has a pyrometer guage and if so ask him what it runns wile he drive if he say anything over 1200 run any cause them when the pistion start to melt
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The coolant disaperring bothers me, and for what the truck is IMHO that 2250 is about 1k too high
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that is kinda what Im thinking. There are plenty of places it could be going and many of them may not be an easy fix.
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