6.0 Block Heater
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I needed a new cord so I did a search and found this thread. I would like to chime in on this. There is another thing that can help on those cold mornings,,,,you can cycle the key at least three times (waiting for the glow plug light to go off each time) and that will help to warm the cylinder for combustion. Also, the injectors will have a hard time firing with low voltage (which means the engine might crank, but without enough power to fire the injectors, it wont start. I would suggest that if it doesnt even act like it wants to start on the first 5 seconds of trying, go ahead and get the batteries up to voltage, rather than draining them all the way before you jump it or charge it. Hopefully this helps someone out there.
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Norm
Cold weather! Started up alittle sluggish and ran 2 blocks then lost all power. Tried to restart and wouldn't, got towed back to the house and figured it was a fuel issue and changed out fuel filter's, topped off fluids, and added Lucas Injector Cleaner. Plugged in heater cord over night 30's over night and still won"t start today! Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated!
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I sould suggest get some of the power service 911 in the red bottle and open up your upper fuel filter housing and put some in there, then put the rest into the tank. sounds like you are gelled up. I would suggest using Howes fuel treatment (or QMI fuel treatment is good stuff too). Hopefully its not a hpop problem (high pressure oil pump), sounds like the 911 in the red bottle is what you need. I keep one in the truck at all times in the winter (though oddly enough I have never had to use it). I am pretty liberal with the Howes in the cold(I actually use it year round, just much lighter in the summer and it has worked for me for 370k so far).
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Just as an FYI: This is in the 6.0 TECH Folder regarding heater cord routing.
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Heater Cord vendor web site
Need help finding web site to buy the aforementioned eng heater cord. Been doing this trying to find web site. Could one of you great Ford people please place your recommended site here for all us neanderthals to see. Thanks and think of me when I start busting knuckles threading the cord.
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