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Lost Need Serious Help
Ok In March I Bought A 2004 F-350 Srwcrew Cab 4x4 Lwb Truck With 4.10 Gears It Ran Great I Have A Couple Problems Now Though 1.] If I Kick It Down Coming Up A Steep Grade With Or Without A Load It Will Over Heat Spewing Water From The Driver Side Temp Guage Goes Up And Check Gage Lite Comes On 2.] I Was Driving Yesterday And The Out Put Hose From The Turbo To The Intercooler Blew Off I Put It Back On Checked The Clamps And Blew It Off Again Within 100 Yds Clamp Appears To Be Good No Cracks Or Etc Any Help Would Be Greatly Appreciated 139,000 miles
Last edited by FIREFIGHTERHFD61; Jun 18, 2007 at 05:22 PM.
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If you have less than 100,000 miles the engine is still under warranty, let the dealer take a look. My guess is your turbo is overboosting causing excessive cylinder pressure which stretches the headbolts and releases hot exhaust gas into the cooling system which overheats the engine.
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Is the truck stock?
I would agree with either head bolts, head gasket problem.
Also check TSB 06-3-8 as this sounds like your water problem. Go to top of this screen and go to full text TSB.
Also check TSB 05-13-5 for the hose problem
I would agree with either head bolts, head gasket problem.
Also check TSB 06-3-8 as this sounds like your water problem. Go to top of this screen and go to full text TSB.
Also check TSB 05-13-5 for the hose problem
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The Truck Has 139000 Miles And Is All Stock Except For A Predator Programmer Which Has Only Been Set On 65 Horsepower Mode
Would Stretched Head Bolts Or A Bad Head Gasket Cause The Turbo Hose To Blow Off
Also The Truck Gets Horrible Fuel Milage 10.5 Without The Programmer 12.5 Mpg With The Programmer I Know The Gear Makes Up For Some Of This But Is This Normal
Would Stretched Head Bolts Or A Bad Head Gasket Cause The Turbo Hose To Blow Off
Also The Truck Gets Horrible Fuel Milage 10.5 Without The Programmer 12.5 Mpg With The Programmer I Know The Gear Makes Up For Some Of This But Is This Normal
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Originally Posted by FIREFIGHTERHFD61
The Truck Has 139000 Miles And Is All Stock Except For A Predator Programmer Which Has Only Been Set On 65 Horsepower Mode
Would Stretched Head Bolts Or A Bad Head Gasket Cause The Turbo Hose To Blow Off
Also The Truck Gets Horrible Fuel Milage 10.5 Without The Programmer 12.5 Mpg With The Programmer I Know The Gear Makes Up For Some Of This But Is This Normal
Would Stretched Head Bolts Or A Bad Head Gasket Cause The Turbo Hose To Blow Off
Also The Truck Gets Horrible Fuel Milage 10.5 Without The Programmer 12.5 Mpg With The Programmer I Know The Gear Makes Up For Some Of This But Is This Normal
Turbo hose blowing of is a TSB as bigredtruckmi indicated. But if you are overboosting the intake, this will happen premature.
Running a 10000# truck with 4.10 gears will never get you good Fuel Economy. 10.5-11 would sound right to me. You are getting the other 2 mpg from the increased horsepower the tuner is supplying.
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Also, if you are replacing your head studs, you should go with ARP Head Studs. Especially if your decide to keep the predator.
I would highly recommend talking to Matt at LIPD. 1-888-229-0502. He can supply you with the head studs and a real SCT XCal2 tuner that won't give you issues like this.
I would highly recommend talking to Matt at LIPD. 1-888-229-0502. He can supply you with the head studs and a real SCT XCal2 tuner that won't give you issues like this.
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The 4:10 gears will hurt the mileage. My 04 with 3:55 gets around 18 if I keep my foot out of it and run under 70.
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Originally Posted by FIREFIGHTERHFD61
The Truck Has 139000 Miles And Is All Stock Except For A Predator Programmer Which Has Only Been Set On 65 Horsepower Mode
Would Stretched Head Bolts Or A Bad Head Gasket Cause The Turbo Hose To Blow Off
Also The Truck Gets Horrible Fuel Milage 10.5 Without The Programmer 12.5 Mpg With The Programmer I Know The Gear Makes Up For Some Of This But Is This Normal
Would Stretched Head Bolts Or A Bad Head Gasket Cause The Turbo Hose To Blow Off
Also The Truck Gets Horrible Fuel Milage 10.5 Without The Programmer 12.5 Mpg With The Programmer I Know The Gear Makes Up For Some Of This But Is This Normal
FYI if they have to do head gaskets, pray that there are no star burst patterns on the pistons, cause if there are then you will not be covered by warranty as this is one of the signs of using a "chip/inlilne module"
Good luck