Jim Warman Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 It's Friday afternoon and I am out in the driveway doing driveway diagnostics (what else) and I have them stacked up in a holding pattern. Mister pulls up with about an 01ishishish 7.3 - goes inside and comes back out "I'm told I should speak to you..". Well, I can talk and work at the same time so.... Seems Misters truck stalled so he replaced the CMP sensor because that's what you do when a 7.3 stalls (so the internet says). But now he has a complaint.... <drum roll please>.... ever since he replaced the CMP - his truck stalls intermittently - never did it before he replaced the sensor. Everyone should be allowed to own guns.... it's tools they should require permits for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Piston return springs are probably getting worn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 But first I would verify that the injector rotators are not sticking. Once they stop spinning the engine wont idle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 He said it's an 01, Keith. They didn't have injector rotators in 01. You needed to do a manual injector rotation, every 32084 miles, precisely. The O-pipe could be plugged too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Oh and please don't forget about changing your tires from summer air over to winter....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 All kidding aside now, Jim's tale is not unique and we read this kind of stuff in the monkey house all of the time. The truck stalled, he put in a new CMP... NOW it is stalling? Uhh, hello? They take a guess or throw a part at it because someone said to and they are surprised that it didn't fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 ^^^ Have had quite a few of them at work, as of late. "The internet said..." Or you get the truck in with a lot of shiny stuff under the hood, for the same concern the entire time.... and it just needs a reflash. Not to say that SOME of the replaced components weren't defective, but hard to believe it needed a turbocharger to cure a hard start concern... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbriggs Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I had a guy tell me how to fix the trans on his 2010 edge the other day, cuz the internet said "this". I said consider the source, it is mostly guys that have heard something about something, and probably have no idea what they're talking about. He took offence to it. Apparantly he's one of those guys as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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