Hey everybody, as some of you know i been fightin my truck about the shaking issue at idle, i been taking it to the dealer and had a series of injectors put in cylinder 8 and got word today the motor is shot it has to much blow by. i just wanted to say to everyone thanks for the help. If anyone knows where i can i cheap engine that i can redo please let me know. Later

 

sorry to hear that.

 

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If you're gonna re-do one you already have one. Unless you want to build one while you keep on driving as is.

 

If you don't mind me asking, how many miles on the motor? How many miles were on it when you got it? I see you have gauges, any chips or tuners? Just curious since we don't hear to many of these stories.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Looks like a complete running engine is around $7500. Have you checked the wrecking yards to see if there are any deals? Are you planning on doing the rebuild yourself?

 

Weshoffman49 just how many miles are on this engine, when they idle rough or seem off balance,it is more than likely just one or two cylinder's miss firing. Take that truck somewere else, and get another opinion.

 

bump curious to here this as well

 

lot of buzz on the web about the cps recall and # 8 injector replacement with FORD service saying engine is bad immediately after.

Perhaps a poll is in order?

 

shouldn they cought the excessive blow by before putting a series of inj. in?

 

Sorry to hear about it. How many miles?
It's not dead 'till it's dead.
I would get a second opinion, and not from a stealership. Any filings in the oil?
Just in case I saw a rebuilt long block on ebay for IIRC under $4500 delievered, I typed in 7.3 in their search engine.

 

Go somewhere else and get a second opinion. Arbitrarily saying a motor is blown just by watching the amount of blowby is not the proper way to diagnose a Powerstroke. Reading your other threads, it seems as though this dealer has shafted you big time in shot-gun diagnostics.

 

I would highly recommend another opinion on the engine condition as well. I had a Chevy dealer try to snooker me into a $8000 new engine for my '96 Suburban.

What happened:
- heater valve failure on long road trip
- extensive overheat in engine

They said:
- $8000 new engine was MANDATORY - could not be repaired due to...
oil/water intermix in engine
massive head cracks on both heads
damage was so bad they did not even need to send to machine shop for detailed inspection

Reality Check with a non-dealer shop:
- cracks were so minor they could not be found until the heads were magnafluxed
- weld repairs in the aluminum heads would work fine due to minor condition of cracks
- repairs total $1800, including all machine work to re-surface the heads after welding
- the dealer had never pulled to oil pan to check for oil/water intermix because the bolts were all still dirty and untouched!

Go to a reliable didesel shop and let another voice ring out... it may just end up sounding like a song instead of a dealer's death wail.

 

stupid question, but can you bore and sleeve the 7.3 in this type of event....

i know some cars if you score the piston wall or other problems, you cane bore it out then get it sleeved.

 

A few years back i had the dealer where i bought mine keep sending me mailings because they said they had buyers for the 7.3 pickups.Two years later, The dealers wanted them bad, even offering very high tradeins values. Mine was the last of the 7.3, then 6.0 where selling on the same lot. 6.0S gave them such a headake. Since i didn't give mine up along with other 7.3 owners now there(dealers) supposibly finding huge problems with some 7.3s only to tell the nieve customer that the truck is wasted, when in fact, the truck might need some minor internal work at the most. My father in law told me all about this b**ls**t because his dealer friend told him this. Moral of story= to take care off those unhappy 6.0 people, bussiness,s that bought fleets. What do you all think of that?

 

Weshofman what is your location.