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I haven't voted yet, but when I pick up my '04 Excursion tomorrow, I will check with the dealer, and see if the EGR was functioning or not. It was connected. On Fathers day, had the CEL come on. Dealer said it was an EGR code, and replaced the valve. Last week, CEL came on again. Dealer couldn't look at it until yesterday. Around town didn't notice anything different, but coming back from Canada on Tuesday, noticed a power lag, until turbo spooled up all the way. Sounds similar to others here. Dealer just called and told me he was replacing the turbo, and the EGR (again).

For the record this is an '04 Excursion (8/03 built date), 30,822 miles, totally stock.

Tim

 

Keith, where is this info on the 'hickup'? TIA

I had this on my '04, the dealer tried several things, ended up with a new turbo--which has an awesome whistle--but did not solve the problem. Not sure if the 'hickup' is gone, but the power sure isn't there.

Anyways, can't really vote in the poll, only had 1 turbo replaced and I personally don't believe it was bad. A little history on it, because it is similar to Rosco's issue in this thread.

Last March ('05), this truck wouldn't move until warmed up. Couldn't get over 1K RPM's no matter what. Idiots at my original dealer said nothing wrong. Brought it in for a reflash about a year later (they already neutered the T\H) and I told them "I have 2 other 6.0's that will move when cold, I don't want the truck back until fixed." All of a sudden, they found 3 bad injectors. Kept it over night to make sure and found a 4th bad injector. (Same idiots ruined the hydraulic pump and couldn't fix the AC, so I had to bring it back to them 3 more times before it actually ran right again) Truck ran like brand new or brand new engine installed for about 2-3 months, then it starts all over again. Had a little more power than the first time, but still wasn't like the 2-3 months in between. Brought it to another dealer, explained that the problem started all over again and it hiccupped when cold and the problems I had with the other dealer. I have no idea how else to explain this noise, because I have never heard anything like it from an engine before. I was very nice and explained that I know that Ford is putting them in the middle and basically screwing them over by making them deal with customers that have problems but they can't fix them properly without Ford's permission.

Anyways, they test drove it, couldn't find anything wrong with the injectors. Told them I have 2 others that run fine, this just started happening all over again-please fix it because I'm not picking it up until you do. So they try the incompetent hotline's advice, end up replacing the turbo after a couple other things that were installed and removed when it didn't fix it. Supposedly, the hotline told them a 'new way of reflashing', whatever that means. The tech told the service manager that it was 100% better. I picked it up and if anything, it is more sluggish now than before, even when warmed up. I have not had time to bring it back, yet. I also don't know if the 'hiccup' went away, I don't usually drive this truck. It sure isn't any better when cold. I am convinced it is injectors again, but they are 'within spec' so they won't do anything.

Any ideas?

Sorry for the epistle and a little hijacking, but it's pretty close to the actual thread title.


PS EGR was unplugged.