I am looking at an 2002 FX4 (or something similar) 7.3 Super Duty that seems to have been through a few owners over the past years and one thing that has followed it via (a friend who is a dealer looked it up) seems to be this "hard start" issue. It was discovered initially a few years ago - per a dealership but even when I started it, it seemed like the engine was hard to turn over - almost like the batteries were low - but they were not. When my friend researched and said it was a hard start issue - he couldnt' tell me what that is, has anyone heard of this year having a hard start issue - is this something that would make you not buy the car based on the possibility it would lead to bigger issues?

 

Moved to the 1999 - 2003 7.3L Power Stroke Diesel forum.