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Sep 18, 2003 | 12:22 AM

sthorne

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2001 F150 crew engine failure

09-16-03, 8:00pm purchased a 01 f150 crew lariat w/120k miles. At 8:28pm it died & would not start for about 20 minutes. Bought from dealer but contacted the previous owner who said simular problem was an oil filter screen getting clogged causing the engine to heatup and shut down.

Dealer found no problems today (17th) but don't yet know what the prev owner said. Anyone know about this? I'm in the dark.

Sep 18, 2003 | 06:02 AM

LxMan1

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2001 F150 crew engine failure

I know that they will drop every other cylinder if they get so hot so that the ones that aren't firing act like a air pump to help cool the engine. It should have done this before it shut down. I don't know if it will shut down from low oil pressure or not.
Jimmy

Sep 18, 2003 | 11:37 PM

jonmech

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2001 F150 crew engine failure

oil filter screen (do you mean oil pick up tube?)won't overheat the engine, but it will lock the engine up. something has to be wrong with youe cooling system or electrical problem.

Sep 19, 2003 | 03:15 PM

455 Jet

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2001 F150 crew engine failure

I thought that it was an option to have the engine safety cooling. (fire every other cylined for cooling) Is this on every model?

Sep 19, 2003 | 06:37 PM

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2001 F150 crew engine failure

I don't believe it has ever been an option, but has been standard on the V8's for several years.

Sep 19, 2003 | 07:00 PM

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2001 F150 crew engine failure

WOW 120k on a 2001

my 2001 sport trac only had 23k on it when i turned it back in april

Sep 30, 2003 | 02:10 PM

sthorne

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1st, yes the oil pick up tube(screen) as descibed to me. The dealer said the oil pan had metal shavings in it which were sucked up by the oil pu tube which clogged the screen and ended up shutting the engine down. Unknown if from oveheating or what.

Dealer took possession of the '01 and I bought an '02 supercrew lariat fx40 with only 8k miles on it. Love that truck.