The IDI Myth Thread....
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LOL. Mine did to until after this latest spout with the Power steering cooler. It had rubbed together for 28 years and leaked so bad. So after fixing that, I broke the freakin hose barb off the pump, so I had to get a new rear for it. Now it don't leak. One down, several more to go. 
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Myth, the IDI shouldn't leak oil.
The former NASA rocket scientists then working for International Navistar researched and came to the conclusion that cause of the general laziness of Ford owners and long life span of their engine that something had to be done. So to reduce the need for oil changes they designed a large oil capacity, little need for oil, and a system to automatically expel the dirtiest oil. Then in an attempt to make the truck last as long as the engine they designed a system to coat the truck in oil expelling the waste oil at highway speeds to best distribute it evenly over the truck.
The former NASA rocket scientists then working for International Navistar researched and came to the conclusion that cause of the general laziness of Ford owners and long life span of their engine that something had to be done. So to reduce the need for oil changes they designed a large oil capacity, little need for oil, and a system to automatically expel the dirtiest oil. Then in an attempt to make the truck last as long as the engine they designed a system to coat the truck in oil expelling the waste oil at highway speeds to best distribute it evenly over the truck.
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Myth, the IDI shouldn't leak oil.
The former NASA rocket scientists then working for International Navistar researched and came to the conclusion that cause of the general laziness of Ford owners and long life span of their engine that something had to be done. So to reduce the need for oil changes they designed a large oil capacity and a system to automatically expel the dirtiest oil. Then in an attempt to make the truck last as long as the engine they designed a system to coat the truck in oil expelling the waste oil at highway speeds to best distribute it evenly over the truck.
The former NASA rocket scientists then working for International Navistar researched and came to the conclusion that cause of the general laziness of Ford owners and long life span of their engine that something had to be done. So to reduce the need for oil changes they designed a large oil capacity and a system to automatically expel the dirtiest oil. Then in an attempt to make the truck last as long as the engine they designed a system to coat the truck in oil expelling the waste oil at highway speeds to best distribute it evenly over the truck.
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Just read through this thread and am loving every bit! Very helpful, glad to knowi have a forum I can get help from now just need to find a guy who knows idi's like racin or any of the other knowledgeable vets on here that lives some where by me in Texas
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