Keith Browning

What is better than a Bruce Amacker cutaway? A Bruce Amacker cutaway that moves!

With all of the trouble the oil cooler and EGR coolers have given us on these engines why haven't we seen anything much about a redesigned less restrictive oil cooler. I thought I once stumbled upon one. It almost seems logical to address that problem before the EGR cooler would it not?

Same here but I do remember having to make some changes in my browser settings similar to what we had to do for IE7 years ago.

Okay, so it states that the DPF can be cleaned once. Ask Ford / Hot-Line about this and see what the responce is. (I'll have to remember to on the next truck I work on with a DPF issue)

Bruce it makes you wonder why the manufacturers of light duty trucks chose to make them this way as opposed to how the heavier duty DPF's are. I suppose cost of manufacturing: making a serviceable canister might be more involved than a welded assembly. Also consumer tampering: it would be more convenient for the consumer to remove their DPF's with a canister style I would think.

Ah! So my getting this DPF cherry red then performing a manual regen is the same as baking and cleaning?

Me either. And I don't want to cuz I am not sure my spine can handle it at this point.

Though not very complex those engines can be a bear to diagnose because the diagnostics are basic AND the PCM does not give you true readings through the scan tool. In this situation I would give the pinpoint tests for the DTC a try and when you get nowhere use your head. If you know you have an ICP/IPR issue, look up the pinpoint tests for both, read them, then hook up your Break-Out-Box and perform those tests from the beginning using your measurements from the BOB and your meter, not the scan tool. I learned this the hard way. Here is one such example ---> Lying PCM

Call your FSE and get him involved if you want to get paid. I am sure both you and Ford want this thing fixed right but you and I both know YOU will take it in the shorts if someone from Ford does not physically get their hands on the truck. Also, what calibration does this truck have installed??? The current calibrations were designed and intended to prevent this type of failure. It will be interesting to see how Ford handles this type of repair after March 2012 when FSA 11B23 expires.

I am not sure that a DPF or even a CAT should be cleaned after being oil soaked or completely soaked with coolant. If the coolant doesn't poison them the oil dousing would greatly reduce the efficiency of them. Ever notice that Hot-Line responses to catastrophic engine or turbo failures is to inspect and if necessary replace the DOC and the DPF? But I am talking about the stuff that reached soot loading limits or the ones that become plugged from excessive idling for example. I JUST had an F350 in that suffered from a major lack of power and could not manually regen. I attempted a road test to get the truck hot, and I did. The DPF was glowing red and the dash insisted that I pulled the truck over safely and shut it down. It had no throttle response and would not restart (crank) But that event opened up the DPF enough where a manual regen could be performed and it was, successfully. A long road test confirmed all was okay and the township was told to stop idling the truck and was introduced to the engine hour meter. Hopefully they will become good friends or else they will have some expensive repairs in their future.

I am still mystified as to the absence of cleaning services for DPF's on light duty trucks.

They are covered as consequential damage when a turbo goes and dumps a lot of oil. The Hot-Line usually wants you to check that, even on EGR cooler failures

I heard a rumor that the metal pan has the same part number as the composite pan.

Back on topic I just replaced a radiator on a 2008 E450 with a V-10 gasser. The part was $781. What the fuck! Am I the only one that finds that to be out of control?

Anyone see the new metal lower oil pan for the 2012 6.7L? Gone is the lower composite pan with the quarter turn drain plug. So much for the award winning design. Personally I observed no negative aspects here and I prefer my drain plugs facing down thank you very much! Not to mention Ford put the plug on the right near the oil filter so you can let the pan and the filter drain at the same time.

Oooooh I hate when that happens!

Don't worry Jim, your point is taken and it is spot on. But you cannot dismiss the fact that so much stuff comes out of China now it is almost impossible to avoid those products completely but I do when I can. I have opened a few Power Stroke electrical parts that had "Made In China" stamped on them in recent history.

Good Score.

Turn off automatic updates. You can run updates automatically when you feel like doing so. Since my IDS laptop is only used for IDS I could care less about updating. I came to this conclusion after a similar experience some time ago.

Did they offer you free return shipping? The should have locked your box in the parts department if they wanted you to stay.

I am sure there are aftermarket sources. And I beleive it is in fact "a violation of Federal emissions laws" to tamper with or eliminate a catalytic converter. http://www.easterncatalytic.com I am sure a Google search for Diesel+Catalytic+Converters will be helpful.

Jim, front axle concerns even go back into the early 1980's and who knows maybe even farther back than that. That is something that you would think engineers would have figured out long ago with solid front axles. As I understand Dodge is also having issues with this. I think it may be a component cost issue. Are the bushings, track-bar ball joints, shocks and dampeners strong enough? Are they durable enough? I have pulled off dampeners that my daughter could collapse. Shocks that won't rebound and quite a few track-bar joints - all at very low mileage. Perhaps the parts these trucks are built with are not necessarily Super Duty. As I pointed out, if a consumer has to buy aftermarket parts to correct a problem with a truck to make it safe there is a problem. It also backs up my opinion that the OEM parts are not quite 100%.

I am one to go bargain hunting on the Internet as well. I do compare and shop around. After a chance meeting with a mailbox, the right mirror on my Explorer needed to be replaced. I bought one REAL cheap in the Internet and this was way under what I could buy it for as a dealer employee. It was a Chinese knock-off. It looked perfect. It didn't fit quite right though. Just be absolutely sure you are comparing apples to apples. When I clicked the button on my screen to buy it I already had a suspicion I was not buying an OEM part.

Seen it a couple of times in my shop and the first one drove me crazy too.

I can't take it any more. Please visit this post http://www.thedieselstop.com/forums/f149/front-end-bounce-high-speeds-274673/index4.html and add to my comments if you have anything to say about this topic. And don't beat Cory up...