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you not using it that would be for the second element for a high beam.
Turned out it was a bad wire a few inches back from the plug. They changed out the plug and now all is well...with the MAF sensor anyways. Still isn't building any boost. The diesel tech I talked to said that he is almost positive the vanes are sticking, and he said that he cleans them out on the side if I don't want to pay the Ford price. So whenever I get back from the beach next Monday I'm gonna drop it off at his house and let him do that. But until then I have yet another little tiny nagging issue. My passenger side back window won't roll up. It won't roll up from either switch. If one switch is bad, will it cause both to not work, or am I looking at a new pw motor?
It's a 2003 right? Did you perform the adaptive turbo relearn?
The PCM that's in it right now has the original 03 strategy...before they started doing the relearn strategies on the 03s. But I also have another PCM that has the strategy with the relearn and I tried doing it on it and it won't work either.
But it's weird, with the original computer the VGT duty cycle pretty much stays on 15% no matter what (other than at first startup) when reading on my insight. But the newer computer with the relearn strategy reads numbers exactly like it's supposed to (as if the vanes are functioning normally) but they both drive the same. They are both dumping every bit of boost they build out of the air box.
But somebody on another thread said that the VGT duty cycle percentage was only a reading for where the vanes SHOULD be and does not represent where they actually are. So it was my understanding that if they were stuck, the VGT duty cycle would give no indication. But it's weird that both computers give different readings with the turbo acting no differently for either one.
So I talked to the guy from Ford a little earlier and he pretty much said that if I want him to do it it'll be about 2 weeks before I get my truck back because he's backed up on side work. But...if I want to take my turbo out myself and just let him clean it and then me put it back in, he can have it back to me overnight. But from what I understand from reading the stuff in the tech folder about cleaning the turbo, getting it in and out is the hardest part. So I'm thinking I'll just save my money and do it all myself.
But what all do I need as far as replacedment parts go in order to do this....I know there's certain gaskets and what-not, so I wanna make sure I have everything.
There's a kit 03-07 Trbo Hrdwre kit w/ 3M pads Ford PN: 4C4Z-9V424-AA International PN: 1870713C91 which has the cleaning 3m pads and turbo mounting parts. If you haven't had the turbo off yet, the rear bolt is tough. SOAK it in PB blaster overnight. If you don't have any bolt extractors, this kit from Sears works nicely. You can use the 10mm for just the bolt or the 13mm (I think) which will fit over the bolt and spacer to remove the bolt if you happen to strip it (common occurrence). Use a 10mm 6-point QUALITY socket. I cut the handle of a 3/8" ratchet then used a pry bar and hammer to break it loose. I needed the bolt extractors on mine as I stripped it.
Some folks replace the marmon clamps and the turbo drain tube pn: 6C3z-9T515-a.
There's a kit 03-07 Trbo Hrdwre kit w/ 3M pads Ford PN: 4C4Z-9V424-AA International PN: 1870713C91 which has the cleaning 3m pads and turbo mounting parts. If you haven't had the turbo off yet, the rear bolt is tough. SOAK it in PB blaster overnight. If you don't have any bolt extractors, this kit from Sears works nicely. You can use the 10mm for just the bolt or the 13mm (I think) which will fit over the bolt and spacer to remove the bolt if you happen to strip it (common occurrence). Use a 10mm 6-point QUALITY socket. I cut the handle of a 3/8" ratchet then used a pry bar and hammer to break it loose. I needed the bolt extractors on mine as I stripped it.
Some folks replace the marmon clamps and the turbo drain tube pn: 6C3z-9T515-a.
Thanks man. My drain tube was replaced when I did my EGR delete so I'm good on that. But is it possible that it's my VGT solenoid or no? And if not, would I be better off doing the REBUILD or RECONDITIONG?
If your turbo's been off before then it should come out pretty easily. I have no idea about the VGT solenoid, but the cleaning is pretty straight forward although I didn't enjoy it one bit!
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