mchan68 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 .... I wouldn't have any luck at all!!! I have myself an interesting situation here, along with all the BS that I've been getting lately. A 2003 F-250 plow/salter rolls onto our doorstep about a month ago for a complaint of "won't start without using ether". Long story short, FICM_SYNC and SYNC PIDs weren't switching from NO to YES. So, in with an engine harness and CMP and all is well. This thing is rusted so bad, the box is in dire need of replacement, never mind the grocery list of other issues with it. About two weeks later, I see it again for a complaint of a lack of power steering assist. So, in with a new PS pump and pressure line, and all is good AGAIN, or so I thought. Our apprentice re-installs the plow onto the front of it to bring it around front to the waiting customer who just paid the bill to come and pick it up. Low and behold, the truck dies on him. I go out there and scan it, and find the thing building up only 90PSI of ICP pressure while cranking the engine over. Tomorrow's conversation about this one should be real interesting. Why me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Why will it be interesting? You know that it is going to be YOUR fault and that the repairs you made were not necessary as they did not correct the stalling problem... "Stupid fucking stealership hack!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 That's about what I was thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 that's why I just shotgun everything. If a truck needs an injector it's getting all 8 and a ficm....and a harness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmorris Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 My first question to the advisor is always the same, "How much money are they willing to spend on this truck?". Our advisors always tell customers we only guarantee what we fix today, if it quits tomorrow it's not our fault. If it gets you home then what we fixed worked and you may have other issues because we can't fix it if it doesn't act up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Okay, this truck is playing with me. I go out this morning after our apprentice disconnected the plow AGAIN, getting ready to push this sucker back into our shop. Just for S's and G's I try to fire it up, low and behold the thing fires up like nothing happened. I let it idle in the very spot where we left it, long enough to get it up to operating temperature and the ICP volts/psi and IPR duty cycle look completely normal at above 185 EOT. WTF?!!! Everything inside this engine is so rusted that I'm not too interested in opening up a bigger can of worms than has already been opened with the amount of money the owner has spent on it. After shutting it down several times and re-starting it's as if nothing happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Clyde Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Cam sensor mounting pad on the block with a rust buildup ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 IPR sticking intermittently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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