Keith Browning

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And YOU are still a stealership knuckle dragger. Don't forget that bub.

Well despite my thinking that I must have put the gasket in I was proven wrong. I am not afraid to admit I screwed up. Apparently I forgot to install the P-shaped seal on the oil filter adapter on top of the oil cooler cover when I reassembled it. Uhg! I got over it, fixed it and got it done. Shit happens, move on.

It seems like I HAVENT seen that in quite a while. But I have seen it and addressed it similarly to how you did.

Looks like it may have ingested something.

Do you mean that there are damaged areas on the edges of the piston crown? Is the piston crown melted?

You beat me to the post Aaron. Golly, it's almost like Ford is still reading our forums!

This is a good one for conversation. Over the years, how many turbocharger to pedestal bolts have you observed missing? Typically it seems like the one on the passenger side so it is not likely that it was not tight or left off because a tech had problems accessing it. Even weirder is that I rarely ever find the bolt laying in the valley. The only thing I can think of is that if the turbo is not sitting on the pedestal perfectly when installed it would be in a position most likely to be uneven because it is offset further from the other two mounting bolts. Thermal cycles cause the turbo to eventually "seat" and the bolt is no longer tight and backs itself out. Why to I ponder such things?

No Bruce. It did not leak before I removed the oil cooler and I inspected the cover and the adapter closely when I cleaned it before I assembled the cooler. I think what I am going to find is the gasket came out of the groove when I placed it on the cover and bolted it all together. It is soft rubber and I likely would not have felt anything tightening the bolts. That is what makes sense in my mind because when I peeked in with a mirror it was leaking from a pretty wide area.

An '07 Econoline ambulance that has been apart several times now for oil leaks, coolers, stand pipes... the usual shit over it's lifetime. I am working on it now to correct oil in the coolant and I am replacing a new oil cooler with 4000 miles on it. Shit happens. I got it assembled yesterday and dumped in some Simple Green and began filling her up with water only to discover it leaking out. Since you really cant see much of anything in that engine bay I started taking things back off until I found the source. Yep. It's the oil cooler leaking between the cover and the oil filter adapter. With a mirror I can see it spraying out of the seal. I can see the bolts are all seated so they are tight. It's the black rounded gasket that is the issue. I know it's there... Shit happens.

The problem with this question is that you are trying to directly correlate distance driven between completed regens with stationary use. Since this is monitored as distance driven and not by engine hours calculating this would be impossible because you cannot differentiate between hours driven.... and hours used with the PTO and then add idle hours to further complicate things. I would be more concerned with Since active regeneration never occurs when the vehicle is moving and stationary operation likely never generates high enough exhaust temperatures for any effective passive regeneration to take place, the truck will depend on being given enough time to start and actually complete an active regeneration event. THAT is what you might want to research. You also need to remember that regeneration frequency and duration is Dependant on many factors like usage, load, idle/stationary time, fuel quality, ambient temperature, calibration... I think that if there are no drivability issues, DTC's or warning indicators associated with this then don't spend a lot of time worrying about it especially since you report that a road test allowed for a successful regen to complete. If this IS a problem then perhaps a simple change in driving the truck or performing a manual regen on occasion is in order. I have a few townships close to me with 6.4's that almost NEVER see over 30-40 MPH and run pretty much all day... I charge them 1 hour for a manual regen when they plug them.

I have seen dirt covered benches...

Well no puke today - hit the shower and back to work!

Yet. Do they still run soaps or have they been replaced by "reality TV?" The only difference is they don't have to hire writers or actors for the latter. Nothing like life imitating itself eh? So far so good. Coffee enjoyed and staying down.

That sounds more like an engineer.

Woke up really sick this morning with violent throwing up and dizziness. Called in and went back to bed once I got myself cleaned up and calmed down. WTF? I feel like a kid staying home from school. Let's see if I can keep some coffee down or something... Don't sit too close to the screen.

NONE of the ASSET kids that came through our shop were not worth anything. In fact two of them were not really there to work or make a career of it. One was on his way to an engineering degree and another wanted to be an instructor so I guess it was like an internship for them. Fuck that! YOU are here to work or get your "experience" somewhere else. Who has time for that? I will take in any newbie (and have) trained or not as ling as he has the right attitude and makes the effort. THIS would have been a P E R F E C T job for them.

There is the hotline list which is under the Inside DTS tab ---> Tech Resources or you can find it on the PTS website

Actually I was. Probably not for the reason you think given your response - all of which I agree with 100% I guess it's my perspective. Having to come to know you over the years I understand why you proclaim yourself as a "diagnostic freak." I think it is a safe assumption that it comes through in your training courses. The sad truth is that the Ford training courses do not cover advanced diagnostics the way you do. Time is used reviewing course materials and looking at pre-recorded PID recordings to analyze and make a diagnosis... after wasting time writing down the data in our course workbooks. Rarely is there any real-time testing but there is some. Absolutely a training stand such as this would allow for this. But along with that, I am sure something like this would not even be considered due to the cost of having enough of these in the training centers that are dwindling in numbers due to lack of enrollment and budget costs. Ford training does do an excellent job at teaching students "about" things and how they work but it is up to us to get the rest in the field while we work. Sad truth. No, with Ford is "here is a failure, here are the tools we want you to use and here is how we want you to diagnose and repair it." The curriculum does not directly encourage intuitive learning but there are instructors that offer time after class to stick around...

Ahhh!

I knew what the 4X4 module was but the other eludes me without a visible Ford engineering number... I don't recognize it. As for it being a TPMS module, I thought that was a function of the Smart Junction Box (SJB) on all Ford vehicles.

Hey Captain Obvious? Shouldn't the beer be IN you?

What the hell would Ford need one of these for? They have engines on stands that we can actually disassemble and REAL vehicles to train on for testing and diagnosis. I certainly would not want anyone taking apart that engine on the stand. Nice stand though and it does have it's advantages I suppose.

Forgot that I snapped a few pics of this. I put some in a glass test tube and it's been sitting in my tool box. There is a layer of ATF on the top now and a small layer of DEF on the bottom with a large layer of pink stuff in between.

We joke that If it was feasible Ford would call back fluids on warranty repairs. Ever have a stud called back on a manifold job? No problem. I swept up all of the crap that came off an engine after drilling out broken studs and returned it. It is amazing how much rust and crap falls of when replacing manifolds... mind you my floor was clean when I started. Gotta love working in the rust belt!