6.7 Caught on fire!

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Jul 24, 2013 | 06:07 AM

01EX

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6.7 Caught on fire!

I was traveling down the road the other day and went past a 2012 or so 6.7 in flames. Are there issues with the new 6.7 and catching on fire?
If so are there any posts I can read. I tried to do a search but no luck.

Jul 24, 2013 | 06:29 AM

Hdslider

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1st ive heard.

Jul 24, 2013 | 07:35 AM

Byram

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Back in 2010 or 2011 there was somebody - maybe on FTE or it could have been PS Nation that had one cook - I cannot remember details...

Jul 24, 2013 | 07:56 AM

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I have not heard of one burning. That would ruin one's day!

Jul 24, 2013 | 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Byram

Back in 2010 or 2011 there was somebody - maybe on FTE or it could have been PS Nation that had one cook - I cannot remember details...

I think this is the guy from PSN.....

Jul 24, 2013 | 11:15 AM

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That's the 1st one i've seen or even heard about. One thing for certain, the guy doing the video is an ambulance chaser.

Jul 24, 2013 | 11:19 AM

CarlT100

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It certainly burned. The implication in the video that the fire was electrically caused.

Jul 24, 2013 | 01:57 PM

CarlT100

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Surely glad you got the batteries disconnected. What was shorting out?

Jul 24, 2013 | 02:29 PM

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https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-man-down.html

This was the thread, but I'll give you the suspected cliff notes.
Voltage regulator in the alternator failed and made the alternator charge to it maximum output continually...this sent way too much current through out the entire electrical system.

Damage:
New alternator
Main wiring harness
under hood fuse panel
in cab fuse panel
main wiring harness
2 batteries
PCM
BCM
new battery cables and alternator cables
HUGE BILL (covered by Ford...thankfully. I had around 38k miles or so I think at the time.)

Jul 24, 2013 | 02:44 PM

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they don't have a fuse or fusable link in the alternator output? thats scary.

Jul 24, 2013 | 03:03 PM

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There is a fuse for alternator output at the high current BJB..... 275 amps

Jul 24, 2013 | 03:08 PM

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SavageNFS

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Exactly

The tech never could positively explain what happened. As long as they had it and as hard as he worked on it, I just accepted it. I have 18k miles since then and I have never looked back