No boost!
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Laughing Gas
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From: FLA
Originally Posted by Tim Lamkin
The VGT actuator, on the turbo housing....I think
Also you are right and I guessed right. It's the one I thought it was and it is called the EVRT/VGT Control Valve.
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Laughing Gas
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Originally Posted by SBV45
The VGT control valve is hydraulically (oil) controlled. Are there any other issues like rough running, cutting out, etc.?
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Laughing Gas
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Originally Posted by w00t
mine does that too. i just pull over, turn it off and restart. fixes it every time. my truck never sits more than a day and i drive it about 2000 miles a week. not too worried about it right now because it fixes easily. other than that the truck runs great.
btw its an 03 psd drw with the predator 65hp tune. it did it before the chip was put in as well. it only happens about twice a month maybe. i just attribute it to bad diesel.
btw its an 03 psd drw with the predator 65hp tune. it did it before the chip was put in as well. it only happens about twice a month maybe. i just attribute it to bad diesel.
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From: LOCASH
Originally Posted by w00t
mine does that too. i just pull over, turn it off and restart. fixes it every time. my truck never sits more than a day and i drive it about 2000 miles a week. not too worried about it right now because it fixes easily. other than that the truck runs great.
btw its an 03 psd drw with the predator 65hp tune. it did it before the chip was put in as well. it only happens about twice a month maybe. i just attribute it to bad diesel.
btw its an 03 psd drw with the predator 65hp tune. it did it before the chip was put in as well. it only happens about twice a month maybe. i just attribute it to bad diesel.
Man you guys seem to be more forgiving than I am... I would never just let a problem like that go withoug getting it fixed... Id feel like an IDIOT driving peope down the road in a new vehicle and say "wait Ive got to pull over and restart it to get the turbo to work correctly"... Id deal with it on a used car but not new... seems crazy..
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Originally Posted by Kenwood
Man you guys seem to be more forgiving than I am... I would never just let a problem like that go withoug getting it fixed... Id feel like an IDIOT driving peope down the road in a new vehicle and say "wait Ive got to pull over and restart it to get the turbo to work correctly"... Id deal with it on a used car but not new... seems crazy..
You are right Kenwood but if it is a simple fix I can do I will do it just to keep the dummies out from under my hood creating other problems like they have done on my last three trucks. All different dealers also. Now with that said, if disconnecting the batteries and resetting the PCM did not cure it, I will take it in. I had planned to take it in for the #2 cylinder inbalance error but then it seems to have gone away also and I have driven it over 400 miles since resetting everthing. I originally drove it home from the dealer and it had the #2 cly error. I reset it, drove it about 100miles and it was back. Everytime I cleared it, it would come back usually within 50 miles but the motor ran like a top so I was hesitant to let anyone mess with it. Who knows maybe it is the Rotella 10w-40w I am using now that cleared it up. OH boy here goes another oil thread...
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Originally Posted by purplewg
My truck had been sitting in the garage for a couple of weeks. Mainly due to the hurricanes here. The last time I used it I had to pull the stock trailer over to the market so I put the 45HP version in. When I got home I did the reload to 65HP. I had started it but not driven it since. Saturday morning I fire it up to head up to the farm, hit the interstate and no boost! I'm thinking what the heck is going on. I drive the interstate about 5 miles then pull over, lift the hood look around, don't see anything, turn it off, start back up and it is better but I can tell it's not right. After about 30-40 miles the power seemed to be back, the EGT's dropped about 100 deg. Seems to be back to full song except the mileage is down about 3MPG's. I read where you can go up and down with Pred tunes without doing a complete reload which is what I did. I guess I need to start from scratch and see what happen's. Should I go back to factory tune and start all over? Suggestions?
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From: FLA
Originally Posted by mlrconsulting
Mine does the same thing. You can turn it off and restart and it works fine. Has been back to the dealer 3 times. They have tried several things but have not correctes the problem to date. It has also blown the top tubo hose off once and this week it ruptured the bottom hose. My dealer is scheduling an engineer from Ford in in a cople weeks. Hope he can find the problem. 04 F350.
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