picked up this 2001 powerstroke yesterday. 212k miles. Dealer had it for sale for $13,500. A guy bought it had it for a week and brought it back on a tow truck. Said it quit running. Dealer gave him his money back.
I found it still listed and called on it. Dealer said (in a thick Russian accent) truck not for sale have engine troubles. Then asked me make an offer. So I drove up and looked it over. He told me he thinks head gasket( no oil in the reservoir, no antifreeze in the engine) oil level wasn't even on the stick. Oil all over the side and underneath. Tail pipe full of oil. I looked in the passenger wheel well and backed out shaking my head. He says what do you see, I said cracked block joking around, he said you give me $8000. So i went with it, I told him $6000 and he said no. So i said ill pass and got in my truck and left. He called me a few minutes later and said $7000. I agreed and said ill be back Saturday. So i went home talked it over with mecahnics at work and the 3 of us concureed at what the problem may be.
So long story short i went up with a trailer and another truck. Filled the engineup with oil, filled up the hpop and put fresh batteries in it. I started it up and drove it up on the trailer.........The dealer was ready to crap himself. So now I'm at home trying to remove the turbo! Its shot, side to side well over a 1/2" of play. Fingers are crossed this is the only issue. So its got a huge lift, wheels and tires (tires are new) smoked lights with strobs installed. new alternator, water pump, banks down pipe. pillar gauges , drilled and slotted rotors, new calipers and pads all the way around and a few other things. body is straight as a arrow with rock chips along the bottom.

 

Nice, hopefully it isn't too much to get it up and running. I think you may have stolen one.

 

right now everything points to turbo failure, fingers crossed

 

Mine would still make over 30psi but smoked bad usually on decel. It had over a 1/4 inch of end play when I swapped to the 38R.

Check out this video.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post15592832

 

Yeah I ain't getting much out of this one, it's pumping the engine oil out as fast as I could put it in.

 

I see your in Maryland as well. I bought this truck from up in Finksburg.

 

Are you planing on a turbo rebuild or are you just going to replace it with a new one? any pics of the carnage?

 

You got yourself a hell of a deal, we had a guy come in ( I can't remember exactly I didn't work on this one) who blew a seal in the turbo and was dumping oil out of the tailpipe, thinking it can be that. Also oil all under the side of a 7.3 is usually the dip stick adapter going.

 

So why was there no anti-freeze in the engine? You mentioned new water pump, maybe they did not put the gasket in properly?

 

Depends on what this one looks like on the inside.

 

Dip stick looks good. Fingers crossed its just a turbo seal

 

there was no antifreeze in the oil pan.

 

Finksburg isn't too far from me, about 45 minutes. They like their trucks up there. I am in Baltimore County.

 

did you bend the fenders on the trailer loading it? think you went past max weight limit on that haul. lol

 

Beautiful truck! Nice find, hopefully it's an easy fix..