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Sep 26, 2019 | 11:04 PM

Rick0225

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Lessons learned

I recently acquired an 03 F-250 super duty with 207,000 miles on it from a youngster that lost control on a wet road and took out 45 feet of wood fence. I replaced everyting from the grill to the fan stator. The truck ran great! After approximately 5 weeks of driving (2,900 miles) I had the oil changed. Went with full synthetic. On the way back home it let out a very slight cough, just once and ran fine the rest of the way home. 2 hours after parking it I was leaving again and it seemed to be a bit hard to start. I backed out took off down the road and it seemed to fall on its face. No power. Limped it back home and here I am $3,700 later with new hpop system, injector seals, new turbo, new Y pipe, EGR cooler, oil cooler, OPR, oil pressure sensor and all the rest of the whistles and bells. The 150 dollars of full synthetic now lives in one of Homer's buckets waiting to be recycled. Now can anyone tell me what the torque specification is for the stand pipes on an early 6.0?
Advice and/or words of wisdome are welcome.