Rough until warm 7.3

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Aug 20, 2019 | 06:15 AM

Rose88racing

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Rough until warm 7.3

I have a 2000 7.3 and it runs sluggish until it gets warm and then it's like a light switch smooths out and runs great. Any ideas what to look for?

Aug 20, 2019 | 06:49 AM

cleatus12r

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Injectors. ..

Aug 20, 2019 | 07:07 AM

Rose88racing

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Need to pull and clean or service or replace?

Aug 20, 2019 | 07:48 AM

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Yeah, injectors. How many miles on them? I had the same thing going on, replaced them all.

Aug 20, 2019 | 08:39 AM

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Yeah, injectors. How many miles on them? I had the same thing going on, replaced them all.

285k never turned a bolt on truck...lol, Also have oil in valley of intake and looks to be running down backside of bellhousing. Truck has only had 1 oil leak since ive owned it and that was on drivers side oil pan area a round tube in the cold winter time would chunk out a little oil. Still need to fix that also

Aug 20, 2019 | 10:14 AM

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You can give your injectors a more life if you shim them. I used this kit and comes with everything to shim them including tools.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/94-03-7-3L-...ss!79821!US!-1

Aug 20, 2019 | 10:52 AM

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308K mils on mine, and it's been doing the same thing for 60K-75K miles. I have the shim kit, but haven't found my ROUNDTUIT yet. I just let it idle until all the injectors are firing (only an extra 1-5 minutes for where I live (it's an ambient temperature thing).