Injector seals in!!
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no i did not i replaced the glow plugs i changed them last winter so i just ohm checked them and they were all good.
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rings I think are ok
what about valve seals are they know to go bad on these motors, mine only has 155k
can anyone give me some stuff to check, I used alliant injector o rings from riffraff not the crap from local auto part stores and theres about 400 miles on the truck since the injector o ring replacement
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thanks, I'm not sure if injectors themselves can cause oil consumption but I might aswell check them, still no oil in my tailpipe so I think the turbo is fine.
rings I think are ok
what about valve seals are they know to go bad on these motors, mine only has 155k
can anyone give me some stuff to check, I used alliant injector o rings from riffraff not the crap from local auto part stores and theres about 400 miles on the truck since the injector o ring replacement
rings I think are ok
what about valve seals are they know to go bad on these motors, mine only has 155k
can anyone give me some stuff to check, I used alliant injector o rings from riffraff not the crap from local auto part stores and theres about 400 miles on the truck since the injector o ring replacement
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Yes I liberally put oil all over when installing the o rings and before I put them back into the head
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Well after some searching on powerstroke.org in one thread the guy had injectors that were failing internally and burning the oil
Is this possible? If so there's really no way to tell which one is there? I don't have the money to replace all 8, if I have to I would like to order from riffraff diesel do they sell good stock injectors?
Is this possible? If so there's really no way to tell which one is there? I don't have the money to replace all 8, if I have to I would like to order from riffraff diesel do they sell good stock injectors?
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ok so before i spend over a grand trying to diagnose my oil consumption, is there anyone that thinks this could be my problem after reading through my thread? that the injectors are leaking internally and burning the oil?
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Have you ever checked for blow by? Why a grand trying to diagnose? You could have the injectors cleaned and tested, then if there is an issue that can go towards your choice?
Riffraff Diesel: 7.3L HEUI Injector Flow Testing
Riffraff Diesel: 7.3L HEUI Injector Flow Testing
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Have you ever checked for blow by? Why a grand trying to diagnose? You could have the injectors cleaned and tested, then if there is an issue that can go towards your choice?
Riffraff Diesel: 7.3L HEUI Injector Flow Testing
Riffraff Diesel: 7.3L HEUI Injector Flow Testing
1+ grand = cost of 8 new injectors
I dont really have the option of getting my injectors cleaned/ flow tested, I need my truck every single day, I have no one to give me ride and no one to borrow a vehicle for a few days, plus my work schedule is awfull
is there some type of test ford could do to tell me if one of them is failed internally? like with one of their scanners or computer software
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Is the truck starting ok? Is the truck running ok? It's just consuming some oil and giving a little smoke when cold right? 154k miles! Have you considered that it could have excessive guide wear and bad seals? Also takea good look at each exhaust port use an inspection mirror, look around the manifold to cyl. Head flange for oil residue if you see any residue coming out of a port than you have a problem with that cyl. Be it valve guide seals or rings or burnt piston, that's where you will need to look. But what I'm trying to say mainly is that some times as our engines get older and wear they will start to consume oil and smoke a little when cold, if it's manta was kept up perfectly it does not happen till much higher mileage! But skip a few oil changes run with the air box lid not seated it will happen sooner! Your engine may be just old and acting it's age! I hope this makes sense? Monty's looking at me like I'm nuts! Oh well....
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Is the truck starting ok? Is the truck running ok? It's just consuming some oil and giving a little smoke when cold right? 154k miles! Have you considered that it could have excessive guide wear and bad seals? Also takea good look at each exhaust port use an inspection mirror, look around the manifold to cyl. Head flange for oil residue if you see any residue coming out of a port than you have a problem with that cyl. Be it valve guide seals or rings or burnt piston, that's where you will need to look. But what I'm trying to say mainly is that some times as our engines get older and wear they will start to consume oil and smoke a little when cold, if it's manta was kept up perfectly it does not happen till much higher mileage! But skip a few oil changes run with the air box lid not seated it will happen sooner! Your engine may be just old and acting it's age! I hope this makes sense? Monty's looking at me like I'm nuts! Oh well....
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154k should be nothing for these engines, but I understand where your coming from with the poor maintenance, a low mile engine thats abused really acts like one with high miles