2000 7.3 powerstroke
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2000 7.3 powerstroke
I’m 17 I picked up a 2000 model 7.3 it leaked a little oil when I first got it I figured it was a rear main seal after further review it wasn’t lol. I was having problems with white smoke on startup like white blue smoke like it was burning oil. And eventually it kept getting worse to where it would run weird at takeoff sometimes and puff out smoke. It is tuned and I have a 10 blade wicked wheel on it. But I figured it’s the turbo seals because the turbo would surge real bad if I stepped on it. So I took it apart rebuild the turbo started it and it started pouring oil out. Took it apart again and the return o ring was not on right due to me fighting with the uppipe. So I fixed it added some oil started her up and it was leaking way less but still leaking worse then it did when I first bought it. I had overfilled it with oil on accident so I just thought it was spitting it out of some kinda overflow. I drove about 3 miles and broke down I checked the oil it wasn’t reading in the dipstick. So then I got a new non ebpv pedistal. And I put it on and it didn’t change anything I also changed the turbo orings as well but it still leaks the same as it did before the new pedistal. I’ve tried putting assembly lube on the o rings nothing works
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Welcome.
I think we’ll need some more details before we can help. Photos of the leak? How did you make sure it was leaking from the pedestal?
High pressure oil lines can cause a large leak.
Our 7.3 won’t run when too low on oil, so the quitting while out of oil is normal.
I think we’ll need some more details before we can help. Photos of the leak? How did you make sure it was leaking from the pedestal?
High pressure oil lines can cause a large leak.
Our 7.3 won’t run when too low on oil, so the quitting while out of oil is normal.
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