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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 05:28 PM
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I have a 95' F350. Recently, it started to miss and stall under load. I put on a fuel pump hoping that resolve the problem. It didn't. It runs good at idle, but when I depress the throttle, it revs for a few seconds then stalls, even smokes. I cleaned the fuel bowl and changed the filter, took the take off and generally checked for leaks. At the end of my rope. Help!!!!
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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Welcome to FTE ,,


is it setting a light ?...

Is the oil full "?....

You may have an UVCH problem....
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 06:41 PM
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I'm fairly new with diesels, about a 2 years old and not familiar with the acronyms. Help me out.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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Under valve cover harneses ..

They can come & go,,,
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 06:44 PM
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Acronyms ....click ...me....
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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Not setting a light. Is that the harness that connects to the injectors, if that is someone mentioned the harness to me before. I see about getting one tomorrow. Hope it works and thanks for your help in resolving this problem for me.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 07:54 PM
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Action, thanks for your help. I looked at some of the threads with problems similar to mine and in another, someone suggested to a post who was having sluggish concerns similar to mine, to check the oil as you did. I checked the oil and it was out. Filled it up and with a few cranks it started. I drove it a few miles and it ran as it did before the problem. No sluggishness or hesitation. I guess you learn something everyday. You and the others really are gurus. Thank you very much.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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Good call Rick!! Ebrazil welcome to FTE! you have learned a great lesson today. these engine can't be hurt by running low on oil. They quit before any damage is done.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Ebrazil
Action, thanks for your help. I looked at some of the threads with problems similar to mine and in another, someone suggested to a post who was having sluggish concerns similar to mine, to check the oil as you did. I checked the oil and it was out. Filled it up and with a few cranks it started. I drove it a few miles and it ran as it did before the problem. No sluggishness or hesitation. I guess you learn something everyday. You and the others really are gurus. Thank you very much.
You're welcome ,,,

glad it was something simple ...

Stick around ...Lots of info here .....
 
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 08:29 PM
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I'm sold on this "chat room". It's, as they say, "the bomb".
 
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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and here you thought youd have to spend alot of money to fix the problem!!! glad ya got it
 
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 05:08 AM
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i have a dripping oil drain plug on my truck and recently i pulled off the freeway and noticed it seemed to have a slight miss under acceleration checked the oil and was 2 quarts low i supose i shouldent have gone 2500 miles without checking it. but i would much rather have my engin stop running becouse the hpop cant suply enough oil preasure than to have it stop running becouse the engin welded itself into a sold peice, ford acualy got somthing right.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 07:54 AM
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yeah and the dmax and cummins guys all say "yeah but the fords can't run for more than 5 minutes without oil so how is that durable?"

i laughed at how little they know about the powerstrokes hahahaha
which reminds me some magazine did a test seeing how long each brand could run without oil.. the PSDs shut off after less then 5 minutes, the dmax lasted about 25 minutes and the cummins went for over an hour.... that must have been a pretty scary hour
 
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 09:09 AM
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same kind of tests have been done on gassers too, and the trend was that any inline motor will last longer than a v-type motor
 
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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same kind of tests have been done on gassers too, and the trend was that any inline motor will last longer than a v-type motor
that may be true but the only reason i brought that test up was to show that the PSDs shut off before any damage is done (can't supply injectors with enough oil to fire) compared to how the other trucks keep going till something siezes or major damage is done that the engine can't run anymore
 
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