Bad injector, bad ICP, bad cylinder - what to do?
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Bad injector, bad ICP, bad cylinder - what to do?
2001 7.3 Powerstroke 171K miles
I finally got to do the compression check on my suspected bad cylinder. It came out at about 100 lbs. Hard to tell for sure since the gauge wouldn't hold the pressure so I had to eyeball it while the wife cranked the truck. The others on that bank all checked out around 300 lbs. The battery was pretty low so cranking was not up to snuff - don't know if this would affect the results or not.
I had the truck checked out at the shop and they told me the injector in that cylinder is bad, and the ICP is bad. The question I have is would replacing the injector and ICP do any good at this point? I don't have the time/money right now to put a new engine in but I do need to get the truck to another destination, about 1,000 miles away. Once it is there it will be parked until I can do the engine.
The truck will actually run, but does poorly on gas mileage and power. Would doing the injector and ICP help my cause of getting it one last 1K miles? Thanks in advance for any help/advise. I know this is one of those "no-win" questions but I gotta ask.
Also, once I do get to fix it do you believe a whole new engine is required? I believe the exhaust manifolds are bad (warped) as well. If I took the engine out and had the cylinders bored and put in a new set of pistons, turned the crank, replaced bearings, etc. do I need to have the heads rebuilt or could I just put the heads back on assuming they check out OK? If I don't have them rebuilt any issues with mating surfaces to the block?
I finally got to do the compression check on my suspected bad cylinder. It came out at about 100 lbs. Hard to tell for sure since the gauge wouldn't hold the pressure so I had to eyeball it while the wife cranked the truck. The others on that bank all checked out around 300 lbs. The battery was pretty low so cranking was not up to snuff - don't know if this would affect the results or not.
I had the truck checked out at the shop and they told me the injector in that cylinder is bad, and the ICP is bad. The question I have is would replacing the injector and ICP do any good at this point? I don't have the time/money right now to put a new engine in but I do need to get the truck to another destination, about 1,000 miles away. Once it is there it will be parked until I can do the engine.
The truck will actually run, but does poorly on gas mileage and power. Would doing the injector and ICP help my cause of getting it one last 1K miles? Thanks in advance for any help/advise. I know this is one of those "no-win" questions but I gotta ask.
Also, once I do get to fix it do you believe a whole new engine is required? I believe the exhaust manifolds are bad (warped) as well. If I took the engine out and had the cylinders bored and put in a new set of pistons, turned the crank, replaced bearings, etc. do I need to have the heads rebuilt or could I just put the heads back on assuming they check out OK? If I don't have them rebuilt any issues with mating surfaces to the block?
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