Fuel in Coolant
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Fuel in Coolant
Well, it started this morning. Turned the key and the truck sounded like a lope tune and was blowing white smoke. After I good smell of the smoke it smelt like unburnt fuel to me. My first inclination was a bad IDM, WTF, LOL, fancy sensor acronyms ICP blah blah maybe Glow plugs, probaby not glow plugs. Anyways I get home from work and pop the hood and sure enough there’s fuel in the coolant reservoir and it’s all cracked to hell and what not. So now its looking like injector cups and all the other good crap that comes with that: tools, o rings, will power, sore back et al. Now I’m thinking if I’m taking injectors out maybe I should do an injector upgrade, keeping in mind I have an 2002 with PMRs and no money. I mean damn when I drove home from fishing last night the truck was running great. What am I up against y’all, drop knowledge bombs on me.
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Cups
Tool to remove and seat
Lock tight retaining compound
something to clean the inner walls
Injector Orings
Dog House O rings
Glow plugs (budget permitting)
8 Gallons of coolant/ 4 conc. (do I need to drain it all, like block plugs)
New degas bottle
valve cover gasket (maybe?)
quart of oil for injectors
torque wrench
Hybrids (I’m dreaming)
What am I missing?
Tool to remove and seat
Lock tight retaining compound
something to clean the inner walls
Injector Orings
Dog House O rings
Glow plugs (budget permitting)
8 Gallons of coolant/ 4 conc. (do I need to drain it all, like block plugs)
New degas bottle
valve cover gasket (maybe?)
quart of oil for injectors
torque wrench
Hybrids (I’m dreaming)
What am I missing?
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I’ll leave them be and just do the O rings. I still have a steering box that’s shot and front leaf springs that have reverse camber.
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So now its looking like injector cups and all the other good crap that comes with that: tools, o rings, will power, sore back et al. Now I’m thinking if I’m taking injectors out maybe I should do an injector upgrade, keeping in mind I have an 2002 with PMRs and no money. I mean damn when I drove home from fishing last night the truck was running great. What am I up against y’all, drop knowledge bombs on me.
An oldie but a goodie: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...aning-pdf.html
Cups
Tool to remove and seat
Lock tight retaining compound
something to clean the inner walls
Injector Orings
Dog House O rings
Glow plugs (budget permitting)
8 Gallons of coolant (do I need to drain it all, like block plugs)
New degas bottle
valve cover gasket (maybe?)
quart of oil for injectors
torque wrench
Hybrids (I’m dreaming)
What am I missing?
Tool to remove and seat
Lock tight retaining compound
something to clean the inner walls
Injector Orings
Dog House O rings
Glow plugs (budget permitting)
8 Gallons of coolant (do I need to drain it all, like block plugs)
New degas bottle
valve cover gasket (maybe?)
quart of oil for injectors
torque wrench
Hybrids (I’m dreaming)
What am I missing?
Start searching for injector/cup replacement threads and get your read on. I had several handy that I printed out when I did mine.
If they are OEM front springs they will be flat or have a slight negative camber.
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Cups
Tool to remove and seat
Lock tight retaining compound
something to clean the inner walls
Injector Orings
Dog House O rings
Glow plugs (budget permitting)
8 Gallons of coolant (do I need to drain it all, like block plugs)
New degas bottle
valve cover gasket (maybe?)
quart of oil for injectors
torque wrench
Hybrids (I’m dreaming)
What am I missing?
Tool to remove and seat
Lock tight retaining compound
something to clean the inner walls
Injector Orings
Dog House O rings
Glow plugs (budget permitting)
8 Gallons of coolant (do I need to drain it all, like block plugs)
New degas bottle
valve cover gasket (maybe?)
quart of oil for injectors
torque wrench
Hybrids (I’m dreaming)
What am I missing?
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Dang! I knew I forgot something.
I’ve done the flush procedure and really dreading doing that again, not cuz it’s hard but cuz it just takes forever. I’m going to drain the radiator tonight and see how contaminated the cooling system is and let it drip for a day or two and then determine just how much I’m going to flush it. The degas bottle has about an inch of diesel on top.
I’ve done the flush procedure and really dreading doing that again, not cuz it’s hard but cuz it just takes forever. I’m going to drain the radiator tonight and see how contaminated the cooling system is and let it drip for a day or two and then determine just how much I’m going to flush it. The degas bottle has about an inch of diesel on top.
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I wouldn't skimp on flushing the system. The diesel is circulated throughout the cooling system now and can wreak havoc with some rubbers, i.e. heater hoses, radiator hoses. It is time consuming but I feel it is necessary.
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Instead of upgrading injectors I’m going about this as smart as possible. I’m going to do a turbo rebuild and replace my leaky up pipes. I’m staying away from any power adders larger exhaust housings none ebpv pedestal etc. I’m in it for the long haul now. This could be a long project but I think I can come out of it under $1,000 bucks with all quality parts from RiffRaff. I’m at about 1200 now but that’s including the 500 deposit for the cup tool and I might not end up needing certain things.
Whats really going to suck is doing this in my driveway and dealing with weather and just having things apart exposed to the elements. If it rains I mean yeah the hood will be shut but there’s still humidity and crap right?
Whats really going to suck is doing this in my driveway and dealing with weather and just having things apart exposed to the elements. If it rains I mean yeah the hood will be shut but there’s still humidity and crap right?
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