Non reversable flash?
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From: VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
BowTieHatr, thanks for your reply. As I have read alot of these forums I have come to respect your (and others) comments. I get the feeling you are very knowledgable about these trucks. Is this a flash I should request my dealer to do and if so is there a flash "#" associated with it??
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From: iowa
Originally Posted by levi'sford
The tech told me not to use Rotella and stick with Motorcraft. He brought up the foaming properties. I will try that too, although we use Rotella in the other 2 6.0's with no problems. He said the injecters don't like the foamy oil (not a direct quote). LOL Levi
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From: VA
Okay, I gotta ask..... I've got a '06 350 PSD (engine build 11/22/05). The last time the dealership had the truck was 9/06 (for a waranty claim). Should I call them up and schedule an appointment to get this latest flash or not. Thanks for the advice.
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From: Sunny SOCAL!
My 06 F350 PSD was just in the shop last week for it's 15,000 mile maintance and no flash was reported anywhere on the paperwork so I am assuming no flash was done.
Wouldn't they know by running your vin if a flash needed to be done?
Wouldn't they know by running your vin if a flash needed to be done?
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From: iowa
Aaron they should if it was a recall, but unless you are reporting a problem that is corrected by a TSB it won't come up as it's not needed unless the problem is the complaint. An open recall will show up when they run the VIN but not a TSB.
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From: Florence,SC
Originally Posted by EARLYTIMES
BowTieHatr, thanks for your reply. As I have read alot of these forums I have come to respect your (and others) comments. I get the feeling you are very knowledgable about these trucks. Is this a flash I should request my dealer to do and if so is there a flash "#" associated with it??
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From: Florence,SC
Originally Posted by monsterbaby
Just to expand on what someone else told you. I actually had one ford tech tell me that not only should I use motorcraft oil (for some different reason, can't remember his exact reasoning) but that to get the proper motorcraft oil I had to buy it from a Ford dealer because the stuff they sell in parts stores and wallmart is different. Does that give you an idea of the BS they are trying to push off on you?
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From: Florida
i have seen the oasis report for my truck and it does show it was brought in for cold start issues, but i think this was well before this latest flash was released, could you guys post what we would see on the oasis report for each year. if you have that info. i was thinking of bringing mine in, you have me convinced,
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From: Sunny SOCAL!
Originally Posted by monsterbaby
Aaron they should if it was a recall, but unless you are reporting a problem that is corrected by a TSB it won't come up as it's not needed unless the problem is the complaint. An open recall will show up when they run the VIN but not a TSB.
I guess I was a little confused because I have seen people post on here about having flashes done even though they did not want them.
So for clarity: a "fix" flash will be done if the problem is presented to the dealer (and there is a flash for it), a "recall" flash will be done if your vehicle fits the "recall criteria" regardless of complaint or not?
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From: Adrian, Mi
Originally Posted by blockmanjohn
Believe it or not, the reason he gave me for not doing it if there were no cold start prblems was the fact that many drivers compained about the noise the engine made after shut down. I,m going back with a cold start complaint. Thanks for the info, John
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From: VA
Well, I took my truck in yesterday for the injector flash. Took them about an hour and a half. When I got the truck back they had placed a letter on the dash explaning the work that was done and that after shutting down the truck I will hear a buzzing sound coming from under the hood. It went on to say that this was normal.
I will say that I'm not "annoyed" by this sound. It sounds similar to the fuel pump buzz, but much softer. I shut down the truck and just walk away and not even give it a second thought.
I haven't driven the truck enough to see if any new issues have come up but well see. The dealer did tell me that there were no other flashes for my truck other than the injector flash so I guess that's good news.
I will say that I'm not "annoyed" by this sound. It sounds similar to the fuel pump buzz, but much softer. I shut down the truck and just walk away and not even give it a second thought.
I haven't driven the truck enough to see if any new issues have come up but well see. The dealer did tell me that there were no other flashes for my truck other than the injector flash so I guess that's good news.