Ford dealer misdiagnosed a repair.

electrodog

Resinhead wrote: »

I own 3 now. An X with 320k and 2 F250 with over 250k each. My X had the hard fuel lines on the top chaff once and was spraying fuel like a garden hose. Both F250's are running strong but one is burning oil at a good clip. About a gallon per tank. I think one or more injectors has blown an oring and oil is mixing with the fuel.

Best diesel motor ever built. I'm contemplating converting 2 motors to marine life in a day boat project.

Couldn't agree more, by far the best vehicle I have owned. I would definitely recommend checking under the air intake at that bundle of wires sitting on the valve cover. A little electrical tape and some wire loom is cheap insurance.

phlatsphil

tunaman wrote: »

Really? sounds to me like they stink diagnosing a simple starter problem...

thing is, it wasn't a "simple" starter problem. As I stated, truck would start when cold. Drive up the road, turn engine off, won't restart. Probably one of the windings would "open" when heated, then reconnect when cooled. Truck towed to dealer, truck would start. They couldn't reproduce the problem when the truck arrived.

cadman

electrodog wrote: »

I repaired the wire harness, and since there was a TSB regarding the UVC I went ahead and had a diesel shop check to see if the connector had pulled away, (proof that the TSB was never addressed). As you can see from the photos the UVC connector had pulled away. When I repaired the harness I didn't experience the problem anymore, but after researching the whole UVC problem I decided to get it done before it became a problem. Truck has been running great since.

Got it, that makes sense.

Resinhead

The 7.3 is an outstanding truck motor. I may have misspoke saying best diesel ever. Maybe on the automotive platform but in my marine applications the Cat 3208 may be the best ever imo. Ran a 42' Rybo with 3208's and they were mostly on auto pilot mechanically. Raised a lot of fish too.

tunaman

Resinhead wrote: »

The 7.3 is an outstanding truck motor. I may have misspoke saying best diesel ever. Maybe on the automotive platform but in my marine applications the Cat 3208 may be the best ever imo. Ran a 42' Rybo with 3208's and they were mostly on auto pilot mechanically. Raised a lot of fish too.

Watched a video in 08 that said actually the 7.3 wasn't as great as its reputation . When the pollution rules came out Ford put all that crap on the 7.3 and there was only a little over 350 lbs torque left over!

electrodog

tunaman wrote: »

Watched a video in 08 that said actually the 7.3 wasn't as great as its reputation . When the pollution rules came out Ford put all that crap on the 7.3 and there was only a little over 350 lbs torque left over!

I don't believe Ford ever, "put all that crap on the 7.3", as they went to the 6.0 engine in 2003. Maybe they tried on some pre-production trucks. As far as "reputation", I think you will find many more 7.3's with more than 500,000 miles on them than any other brand.

Resinhead

Yup. 7.3 ended in 02.

Mine pull whatever I ask them to and keep running.

mustang190

Actually the best engine was the 6.9 international harvester. The corn binder.
I had a 84' F250 and put a little over 700k on it and it still was going 5 years after I sold it.

electrodog

UPDATE:

Autonation answered my BBB complaint and without admitting fault, agreed to refund the full amount for the "non" repairs to my vehicle.
I was surprised that Ford corporate wouldn't even respond to my complaint and neither did the State Department that handles Auto repair complaints. My only advice= DO NOT GO TO AUTONATION!

tunaman

electrodog wrote: »

I don't believe Ford ever, "put all that crap on the 7.3", as they went to the 6.0 engine in 2003. Maybe they tried on some pre-production trucks. As far as "reputation", I think you will find many more 7.3's with more than 500,000 miles on them than any other brand.

Point is....burden the 7.3 with all the pollution crap neccessary to pass the law and they didn't have it, it being power. And that is why the 6.0 came along, then the 6.4 dual turbo. did you know the 6.4 with the particulate burner and egr removed they produced over 1000 lbs torque!! New ones today even more! And yes, when the law required this crap Ford tried it on the 7.3, hense the 7.3 was history..

lowe-boy

you should of taken out the extended warranty 4yrs/75k miles over the standard for about 3k with zero deductible.

Cyclist

mustang190 wrote: »

Actually the best engine was the 6.9 international harvester. The corn binder.
I had a 84' F250 and put a little over 700k on it and it still was going 5 years after I sold it.

1st Gen Cummins 6 can't be beat.

mustang190

Cyclist wrote: »

1st Gen Cummins 6 can't be beat.

That's true. Ford was going to use it back in 83, but Cummins could not meet production.