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Re: 7.3 powerstroke help [Re: bandy] #7253488
04/28/21 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by bandy
Cotton pull both values covers and pull all your glow plugs and get someone to crank it over if you get liquid you have a bad injector.


figure i will end up doing just that travis, trying real hard to dogde it tho shocked
can't see putting just one injector in it and a set of em is danged spendy


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Re: 7.3 powerstroke help [Re: bandy] #7253504
04/28/21 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by bandy
Cotton pull both values covers and pull all your glow plugs and get someone to crank it over if you get liquid you have a bad injector.

How’s that going to tell anything. Now you got a 1/8 diameter hole in the cylinder. The pistons won’t be able to compress the fuel. So diesel fuel is just going to blow out the holes. If you can get the truck running, you can look at the oil deflectors. If oil is coming out, usually the injector is good. A few members and myself mentioned the wiring harness under the valve covers and he still hasn’t checked it yet. It’s not going to fix itself. You have to take a few things apart to see what’s wrong with. If he had a scanner and could do a buzz test it would tell if it it’s unplugged or not.


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Re: 7.3 powerstroke help [Re: Ohiowoodchuck] #7253576
04/28/21 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Ohiowoodchuck
Originally Posted by bandy
Cotton pull both values covers and pull all your glow plugs and get someone to crank it over if you get liquid you have a bad injector.

How’s that going to tell anything. Now you got a 1/8 diameter hole in the cylinder. The pistons won’t be able to compress the fuel. So diesel fuel is just going to blow out the holes. If you can get the truck running, you can look at the oil deflectors. If oil is coming out, usually the injector is good. A few members and myself mentioned the wiring harness under the valve covers and he still hasn’t checked it yet. It’s not going to fix itself. You have to take a few things apart to see what’s wrong with. If he had a scanner and could do a buzz test it would tell if it it’s unplugged or not.


Yup. Cotton, it isn't a big deal to take the valve cover off, and that is what you are going to have to do. You are going to cuss the one bolt in the back next to the firewall on each valve cover, but you can get it off without a problem it is just tedious. If it wasn't for that bolt it wouldn't take five minutes to pull a valve cover and then you could work on figuring out what is wrong

Re: 7.3 powerstroke help [Re: bearcat2] #7260857
05/09/21 01:49 PM
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Any updates? My 96 7.3 has all it can do to get to 55 in about a mile stretch. Showing check engine light but haven’t takin in yet.

Re: 7.3 powerstroke help [Re: cotton] #7260867
05/09/21 02:20 PM
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The best thing you can do for those older 7.3 Diesels ,the ones in good running condition, is put a Turbo Down pipe on them. The factory one is flat shaped.
Put a Banks Down pipe and it wakes those Garret turbos right up. She will Accelerate good then.

Re: 7.3 powerstroke help [Re: cotton] #7261133
05/09/21 09:24 PM
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What's the transmission cooler look like on one of those ?
Saw some upgrade to aftermarket types on the Ford. !7" high x 34" wide Trans coolers!
How much payload can the truck handle ?

Re: 7.3 powerstroke help [Re: cotton] #7261179
05/09/21 10:05 PM
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got forscan to work and buzz tested the injectors, all 8 sung out loud and proud.
it did show a code for the ecm and i got on to put on it tomorrow. truck will start but it's missing pretty bad.


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Re: 7.3 powerstroke help [Re: cotton] #7261183
05/09/21 10:12 PM
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Bent push rods? Seen that lots on them.

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