I was screwed
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From: Lake Hartwell, GA
If you are still losing oil and the adverse conditions are not improving, ignore my response about the TPS and follow the advice of the others with focus on injector o-rings.
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If you had to put that much oil in it, that means they treated your truck like a regular gas car and only put 5-6 quarts in it. Surprised it started at all.
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From: Douglassville, PA
Yeah, I don't think it would have started. I'm more thinking it went somewhere then it quit.
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From: Chino Valley, Arizona
put 6 gallons in tbe back and left for our 300 mile trip. Get there and it was still on the full mark. To thus day it hasn't done that again. I never fixed anything.
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Tuned
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From: Lake Oconee Putnam Co. Ga
Hey guys I just got back from a trip from filling up my truck with fuel and driving round trip about 60 miles to my hunting property. I shut of my truck off several times and it started back up right away!!! You guys were absolutely right!!!! I don't know how to thank you guys enough for your knowledge and support through this horrible situation, I was literally panicking thinking tthey had ruined my 7.3. The truck ran great. Again thank you all !!!!!!!!!! p.s. I have 0 EBP with new sensor and pipe. Always something.......
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From: Eastern Washington
Most of these that I've had die due to loss of oil were about 9-10 qts low. Thats pretty close to how much you added.
You would have seen an external leak by now.
Grab a couple gallons of oil and take a long drive, as suggested above. See if driveability improves and recheck your oil.
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From: N.GA Mountains
My experience is it takes 2.5gals low to shut down during an active leak (injector o-rings or external HPO leak, etc)
Did shop report it stolen yet?
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From: Lake Hartwell, GA
Disregard the comment strikethrough above... Mark reminded me the keys were in the ignition.
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From: Douglassville, PA
I guess you missed the part where the truck was left unlocked with keys in the ignition.
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Hey guys I just got back from a trip from filling up my truck with fuel and driving round trip about 60 miles to my hunting property. I shut of my truck off several times and it started back up right away!!! You guys were absolutely right!!!! I don't know how to thank you guys enough for your knowledge and support through this horrible situation, I was literally panicking thinking tthey had ruined my 7.3. The truck ran great. Again thank you all !!!!!!!!!! p.s. I have 0 EBP with new sensor and pipe. Always something.......
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Tuned
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From: Lake Oconee Putnam Co. Ga
Yeah the manager called me yesterday around 11 a.m. and asked if I had picked up the truck. I couldn't help myself so I played him for a little while saying that I thought they had taken it to a 7.3 mechanic. He said that the person that was supposed to take it got sick so they couldn't. I then asked how I would have taken it if they had the key inside the building and the truck locked. He told me that they left the vehicles in the lot unlocked so that the windows would not get broken if someone wanted to steal somethhing out of them. I guess they would rather someone steal the vehicle without a broken window!!!!!! I finally told him that I got the truck and that I wanted the $ 170 that they had charged for the service that they didn't do and that I would never darken their doorway again.He agreed and cut me a check.I deposited the check this morning. Thanks to you guys I will never have to deal with these guys again!!!!