fuel in coolant
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fuel in coolant
Hi guy's
I posted this in the wrong forum the other day.
I have fuel in my coolant, and from searching older threads it's pointing to replacing injector cups, and the O rings.
I'm going to have to farm out the work to a shop. I live in a condo with no garage and from reading on the process it might be a job out of my comfort zone.
my question is these are the stock injectors with 160k should I be thinking of having them re built while they are out?
Thanks
Rich
I posted this in the wrong forum the other day.
I have fuel in my coolant, and from searching older threads it's pointing to replacing injector cups, and the O rings.
I'm going to have to farm out the work to a shop. I live in a condo with no garage and from reading on the process it might be a job out of my comfort zone.
my question is these are the stock injectors with 160k should I be thinking of having them re built while they are out?
Thanks
Rich
#2
Completely up to you. Some injectors start to have problems around these miles, others last twice as long.
The big thing to keep in mind is since you're paying for the labor, is it worth the savings in labor to go ahead and do it now? The injectors will already be removed during the cup change process, so no additional labor if you put in new injectors now. If the original ones start to go out next month, you're looking at about the same labor to go in and do it all again.
I would have them go ahead and replace the glow plugs while they're in there. Just be sure to use the Motorcraft ones, not the autolite ones.
The big thing to keep in mind is since you're paying for the labor, is it worth the savings in labor to go ahead and do it now? The injectors will already be removed during the cup change process, so no additional labor if you put in new injectors now. If the original ones start to go out next month, you're looking at about the same labor to go in and do it all again.
I would have them go ahead and replace the glow plugs while they're in there. Just be sure to use the Motorcraft ones, not the autolite ones.
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Oh... and ask the shop if they are comfortable with doing the cups with the heads and engine left in place. Some of these guys want to start pulling hardware out of the hood before starting on cups, but that's just their way of racking up the bill. Be adamant about it - the engine stays put and whole, or take it to somebody who's not trying to rip you off.
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