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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 10:14 AM
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I'm looking on craigslist list run across 97 3/4 7.3 liter.it looks in good shape but guy says its got high pressure oil system problem that causes hard starting and idle.stay away or could this be a easy fix?thanks all.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2012 | 08:19 PM
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I had this, it turned out to be a bad IPR ($180) on my 2000, but I used AE to find the problem first.
 
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Old Oct 7, 2012 | 03:55 PM
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tugly likely nailed it. i dunno what else it would be..
 
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