Loud and limited (longish)
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Loud and limited (longish)
Well, I searched about every post I can find to fix my two problems and I’m lost. Both seemed to appear after I changed my oil, filter, fuel filter and air filter. The first part is that the engine is extremely loud now and doesn’t seem to warm up and quiet down until you’ve driven it 30 minutes or more. The engine is louder now after 1 hour of running than it was at cold startup before I did the maintenance. The other problem is loss of power at about 2500rpm when WOT. The truck runs very strong up to about that and then it just won’t go much over 2500 rpm and the truck feels like it’s a got a throttle limiter. So far, I’ve followed other posts and built a boost tester and sprayed the boots down with soapy water. No leaks detected unless I did something wrong. I pulled the red hose off the wastegate and drove it WOT with no change. I guess I’ll check the fuel bowl later to see if I’m getting enough fuel pressure and post a pic of the flow. Thanks for any help.
Matt
Matt
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I replaced the glow plug relay but it looked identical to the dead one other than it was oriented a little different.
I just test drove the truck with my heavy duty trailer hooked up and at 3/4 throttle there's no problem. Mash it alittle more and it's wasted. More turbo and rev but no more power.
Jim - I been almost 1000 miles since I changed the filter.
I just test drove the truck with my heavy duty trailer hooked up and at 3/4 throttle there's no problem. Mash it alittle more and it's wasted. More turbo and rev but no more power.
Jim - I been almost 1000 miles since I changed the filter.
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No. I haven't messed with the block heater as it's not been below 30F here. There is no smoke at startup anymore since I fixed the GPR. The Fuel Filter is new. I'll plug in the block heater tonight and see what it does in the morning. Tomorrow I'll get a new filter, Mobil 1 synthetic and do a change out. See if that helps the truck as I know it won't help my wallet. I can deal with the lack of power for now but I can't tolerate hearing my engine sounding like it's flying apart. Thanks for the help and any more suggestions will appreciated.
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I like your picture of the fuel bowl while the pump is turned on. Maybe I'm just picky, but I don't like any fuel entering the bowl without the filter in place. Remember that whatever specs of dirt or debris that happen to be in there now have a possibility of going straight to your injectors since there was unfiltered fuel floating around in the bowl when you stuck the filter in.
Since you mentioned changing to a synthetic, that makes me think you may have had a synthetic oil in there before the Rotella. If that's the case, then you may not have any problems other than the increased noise.
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The previous owner said he used the same (Rotella-T 15w40). I bought the truck in September, changed all the fluids, begain having the loud noise afterward.. maybe the "Cackle" is what its referred to but its MUCH louder now. Wouldn't I smell clutch plate if it was my transmission slipping plus is doesn't seem to "slip" until it hits about 2500 rpm.
Rick - the only mod on the truck is a chip that the previous owner had put in by the Ford dealership. I don't know what it is.
Rick - the only mod on the truck is a chip that the previous owner had put in by the Ford dealership. I don't know what it is.
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The previous owner said he used the same (Rotella-T 15w40). I bought the truck in September, changed all the fluids, begain having the loud noise afterward.. maybe the "Cackle" is what its referred to but its MUCH louder now. Wouldn't I smell clutch plate if it was my transmission slipping plus is doesn't seem to "slip" until it hits about 2500 rpm.
Rick - the only mod on the truck is a chip that the previous owner had put in by the Ford dealership. I don't know what it is.
Rick - the only mod on the truck is a chip that the previous owner had put in by the Ford dealership. I don't know what it is.
Chris brought up a good point, When you filled the fuel bowl with the filter out, did you drain it then out the filter in, then refill it?
Can you hook up a temp fuel pressure guage to monitor the fuel pressure as you drive. I'm starting to wonder about a weak fuel pump. 1K miles is more than enough to bleed any air out of the system.