Troubleshooting Cheap Trucks
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Troubleshooting Cheap Trucks
I got lucky and bought a 1993 Ford F250 with 235,000 miles on it and the engine was supposidly blown and losing coolant pretty cheap. I checked the engine and ran it for a 1/2 hr and am not losing oil or coolant. But I do have a series of other problems.
When the dipstick is pulled while the engine is running it is blowing oil out of the tube. Why and/or is this normal or bad? Next the truck is hard starting warm or cold. Its got good batteries. All the glow plugs are new and cycle correctly, clicking after the light goes off, and the voltage drops during the cycle. I believe the injectors are the origninal gray ones and some do leak. I was told the compression could be low too. What can I do to fix hard starting.
My next question is a curiosity one, my transmission shifts hard and sometimes locks into gears occasionally. Is it possible to switch the ZF 5 speed for a newer 6 speed? Thanks for the help!
When the dipstick is pulled while the engine is running it is blowing oil out of the tube. Why and/or is this normal or bad? Next the truck is hard starting warm or cold. Its got good batteries. All the glow plugs are new and cycle correctly, clicking after the light goes off, and the voltage drops during the cycle. I believe the injectors are the origninal gray ones and some do leak. I was told the compression could be low too. What can I do to fix hard starting.
My next question is a curiosity one, my transmission shifts hard and sometimes locks into gears occasionally. Is it possible to switch the ZF 5 speed for a newer 6 speed? Thanks for the help!
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From: sisters or.
Try cleaning or replacing CDR might help the blowby it is the crank case breather .Also the hard start is probably caused from air getting into your fuel lines. Replace the o-rings and caps on your injectors,this is probably where fuel is leaking and the air is getting in.Both of these things are typical and normal maintenance.hope this helps
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Could be over full of oil too...... but I would think the oil would come out the dipstick tube when running.......Your the first person I've ever heard of anyone pulling the stick running....... I believe the engine is clockwise rotation so it flings oil up the pax side on rotation...... exactly where the dipstick tube is located.
What fluid is in the ZF 5speed now......... supposed to be ATF synthetic.
What fluid is in the ZF 5speed now......... supposed to be ATF synthetic.
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Try cleaning or replacing CDR might help the blowby it is the crank case breather .Also the hard start is probably caused from air getting into your fuel lines. Replace the o-rings and caps on your injectors,this is probably where fuel is leaking and the air is getting in.Both of these things are typical and normal maintenance.hope this helps
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I agree. I would definatly check the cdr valve (located behind the intake). I just had one at work that was poring oil out of the dipstick tube. So bad it was leaving puddles under the truck at every stop (UPS box truck p700 with 7.3 idi). The engine was a fresh rebuild. The problem was a pluged cdr valve. (more accuratly the guy doing the install smashed the rubber hose that connects the cdr to the valve cover. The cdr is located in a different position on this truck but still the same system) But a pluged cdr valve will do the same. Good luck
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