diesel problems please help!!!!
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From: Dickson usa
diesel problems please help!!!!
i have a ford f250 diesel it an 1989 with just a 7.3
not a powerstroke it starts but has know power it
used to have some oil in the radaitor now it can't hold
any water the last time i drove it it quiet on me and it
started right buck there was a huge cloud of smoke when i
cheked the water it was all gone all the water ran back
into the pistons i thing it has a crack head or a blown
head gasket has anybody else had this problem ?what do you
think the problem is please help thanks JED
not a powerstroke it starts but has know power it
used to have some oil in the radaitor now it can't hold
any water the last time i drove it it quiet on me and it
started right buck there was a huge cloud of smoke when i
cheked the water it was all gone all the water ran back
into the pistons i thing it has a crack head or a blown
head gasket has anybody else had this problem ?what do you
think the problem is please help thanks JED
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From: Twin Cities, MN
diesel problems please help!!!!
first you might want to post it under diesels
I had a simular problem the oil inner cooler on the driverside blew a seal so the oil pumped into the raidator.
check your oil level, see if your water went there
I had a simular problem the oil inner cooler on the driverside blew a seal so the oil pumped into the raidator.
check your oil level, see if your water went there
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From: washington
diesel problems please help!!!!
CAVITATION
I hate that word! But anyways Diesels and all of the 7.3L fords had problems with Cavitation. This is where the water eats through the cylinder wall causing little pin holes in the cylinder. The first symptons of this are small specks of oil in the water. Then what will happen is loss of power until eventually the piston gets hydrolocked. I had this happen to a 7.3L that I was working on and I know of PLENTY that the same problem has happened. The problem is usually the #7 cylinder. Pop the head off of the passenger side and take a mirror to stick down the #7 cylider, or the second one from the rear, And you should see some pin holes in the wall.
Eventually you will turn your truck off and the #7 cylinder's piston will end up below the holes. This will cause the water to come in and will lock up your engine.
The fix to this is a new $5000.00 engine!!!! Ouch but thats what I had to do! And I did it my self!
I hate that word! But anyways Diesels and all of the 7.3L fords had problems with Cavitation. This is where the water eats through the cylinder wall causing little pin holes in the cylinder. The first symptons of this are small specks of oil in the water. Then what will happen is loss of power until eventually the piston gets hydrolocked. I had this happen to a 7.3L that I was working on and I know of PLENTY that the same problem has happened. The problem is usually the #7 cylinder. Pop the head off of the passenger side and take a mirror to stick down the #7 cylider, or the second one from the rear, And you should see some pin holes in the wall.
Eventually you will turn your truck off and the #7 cylinder's piston will end up below the holes. This will cause the water to come in and will lock up your engine.
The fix to this is a new $5000.00 engine!!!! Ouch but thats what I had to do! And I did it my self!
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diesel problems please help!!!!
I'm afraid I have to agree, although I remember it being number 8 cylinder. Pull the glow plugs on no. 7 and 8, crank it, (STAY OUT OF THE WAY THE COOLANT WILL COME OUT LIKE A ROCKET)that will tell you for sure.
