Alex Bruene

Maybe something to do with the UREA system? Maybe sometype of vapor recovery?

It's been suggested that the inductive heating strategy is hard on FICMs... Personally I think I've replaced way more FICMs since that strategy came out than with the previous ones.

I wonder if the "message board nazis" get a kick out of Jim... before the kick out Jim... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/fouet3.gif

Quoting the INFORD message board... I have XXXXX out some names to protect the innocent... or something like that... James Warman B6264 S.L. FORD SALES LTD. SLAVE LAKE , AB posted Jul 04, 2008 6:07PM A retail job deserves ARPs.... XXXXX XXXXXXX B6230 KENTWOOD FORD SALES INC EDMONTON , AB posted Jul 04, 2008 6:56PM would definitely suspect chip after first set of heads. how wide was spray pattern on pistons. outer perimeter of pattern should not be much out side of hat. are any codes present such as p1000 or communication fault codes. James Warman B6264 S.L. FORD SALES LTD. SLAVE LAKE , AB posted Jul 04, 2008 9:16PM Ralph... there was a story circulating a couple or three years back about an Alberta 6.0 that went into melt down... It got heads, it got EGR coolers... it got lots of stuff.... but nobody looked down twixt the rad and CAC.... Basics, guys... when you have a repeat failure... basics. XXXXX XXXXXXX B6230 KENTWOOD FORD SALES INC EDMONTON , AB posted Jul 06, 2008 10:48PM james, possible would wonder if customer would notice cooling fan running on high continuosly and temp needle buried. have run into plugged rads before but customer usually complains of jet engine noise underhood being cooling fan. James Warman B6264 S.L. FORD SALES LTD. SLAVE LAKE , AB posted Jul 06, 2008 11:54PM Key phrase = "CUSTOMER". Once we get far too many hours into the repair, the customer will say "Oh, yeah.... I didn't think that mattered"... If a customer says "my drivers power window doesn't work" - do you check only that window or all of them? XXXXX XXXXXXX B6230 KENTWOOD FORD SALES INC EDMONTON , AB posted Jul 07, 2008 3:07PM james, this site is intended for technicians to gain knowledge from others. not to inform them there doing their jobs wrong. I have been in this trade for twenty some years, and probably run into every situation out there. in alberta the use of programmers is wide spread and some techs are turning a blind eye to them. usally if a customer doesnt tell the whole story they are hiding something. also I dont recall seeing arp head bolts in ford procceeder. James Warman B6264 S.L. FORD SALES LTD. SLAVE LAKE , AB posted Jul 07, 2008 8:09PM Ralph... if a technician is to gain any knowledge, there are times he will need to realize that he has, indeed, been doing something wrong.... For him to realize that, there will come a time where someone will have to mention it.... I've been in this trade for FORTY years... and I can assure you that neither one of has seen everything there is to see... And, if you think different, you are setting yourself up for a big disappointment. Chips in the Alberta oilpatch? You must be kidding.... Maybe you just didn't notice that I also work in the patch... and I see a lot of programmers.... If I can't PROVE that a programmer caused the failure, why would I even open that can of worms???? Now.. the head studs.... If you thijnk those cheesy head bolts are so great, you are welcome to them... Ford procedure? is designed to cover Fords dupa... A retail head job deserves ARPs.... FWIW, Ford "procedure" is to check grounds with an ohm-meter... ain't that a big slice of doing it right? XXXXX XXXXXXX B6230 KENTWOOD FORD SALES INC EDMONTON , AB posted Jul 07, 2008 10:27PM well its nice to know god lives in slave lake. you seem to have the answers for everything except the helpful answers people are looking for. i guess all the trucks in slave lake must be running 100%. XXXXX XXXXXX B7015 KICKING HORSE FORD SALES GOLDEN , BC posted Jul 07, 2008 10:29PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Of course ford wont acnowledge that arps are better, like they will buy 1000$ set of studs when 30$ bolts will get by. XXXXX XXXXXXX B6230 KENTWOOD FORD SALES INC EDMONTON , AB posted Jul 07, 2008 10:47PM I have done my fair share of head gaskets,and I can have not had any come back using ford headbolts if customer stays away from chips. James Warman B6264 S.L. FORD SALES LTD. SLAVE LAKE , AB posted Jul 08, 2008 12:13AM I never professed to be God... but I will admit I have my eyes open.... I am not about to say I know everything like some guys that have been in this trade for nearly twenty years... God forbid that some old dork will try and infuse some sort of logic into your perfect "I've seen everything there is to see" process.... It's not ME professing to be God.... It is you... I have yet to see everything there is to see - you, apparently, have already been there. We have seen repeat head gasket failures.... after the truck is OFF WARRANTY, does it really friggin' matter if the guy has a chip? Don't we want him to have the best truck he can have? RETAIL head gaskets deserve ARPs.... or do we all need to spend out lives acting like wieners? XXXXX XXXXXXX B6230 KENTWOOD FORD SALES INC EDMONTON , AB posted Jul 08, 2008 12:44AM what ever have run into my share of people like you too. James Warman B6264 S.L. FORD SALES LTD. SLAVE LAKE , AB posted Jul 08, 2008 1:15AM Sorry to disappoint you... when we become inflexible, we are doomed. I only wish I were half the expert you are. I live in a small town.... not only are my customers very real, but they are my neighbours too.... Run into people like me? You mean ones that care about their customers? James Warman B6264 S.L. FORD SALES LTD. SLAVE LAKE , AB posted Jul 08, 2008 1:20AM Whoops... I forgot... retail head jobs deseve ARPs.. chip, no chip, dont matter. There is 'doin' it by the book and there is "doin' it right". A warranty repair puts you in handcuffs... a retail repair let's you deal with the owner. James Warman B6264 S.L. FORD SALES LTD. SLAVE LAKE , AB posted Jul 08, 2008 1:21AM Ralph... you're still a wiener

No kidding... I am thankful I've stopped visiting the mis-informed sites.

Hmmmm... I can't find him... I guess he's been a bad boy again... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hitthefan.gif

Keith, I worked with an FSE for a week for what sounds like about the same concern. He told me that he usually travels with parts and equipment, but coming into Canada makes border crossing difficult, so he came empty handed on my visit. The only thing he brought my way was a bunch of fasteners and gaskets, everthing else we ordered.

Happy Canada Day!!! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cheers.gif

I had one some time ago that I found running down the left head from the top. After hours of dye checking I determined it was coming from the rocker carrier to head seal. I pulled it all apart and found nothing visibly wrong, but I did replace the carrier and gasket and it has been okay. I wan't going to take a chance of only replacing the gasket to find out there was something wrong with the carrier and have to yank it all apart again.

And I'm sure a rumor is all it is.

I recall a few years ago, I was working for a Ford dealer about 30 minutes east of Toronto, in a BIG GM town... I mean BIG GM town ... a few of the GM dealers were union. One of the dealers' service department went on strike (for what I understand were ridiculous demands)... But low and behold, there was a non-union GM dealer across the street and a few doors down. While these "morons" were on strike, the dealer across the road got all the service work... the line up to get in their parking lot was down the road and around the corner. Everybody got a car wash, excellent "bend-over-backwards" service, and just about everything else the non-union dealer could do to try and win the customers over. Big union dealer strike was settled... but guess where all the customers were when they reopened... seems like they found a good, if not better place to service... good thinking guys!! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/boink3.gif

In my experience, P2623 has always been a bad IPR... You must have a known good one lying around somewhere... as for air testing, there are 2 ways to do it. There is a port on the back of the pump cover that you can apply air to... PITA if you ask me. I like to apply air to the ports on the oil rails personally, as just about every early build I've ever had ICP issues with needed the pump dead-headed eventually to diagnose, so you'll probably be pulling the valve covers anyway. As for the turbo fart and smoke, you might just need a VGT relearn.

No kidding Keith. I can't believe how much more user friendly IDS is than MD Truck. The injector disable test isn't giving me anything to go on, and will not run under the conditions my misfire is present. I called the MD hotline, and was asked if I had a "suspect" cylinder. If I had a "suspect" cylinder, to replace all three cylinders on that bank. If the misfire was still present, swap the three injectors out with the three on the other bank... if it's still evident, replace the other three. Sheesh... ya think they could have added a phucking power balance test to that software! And, on top of that... the "autorun" portion of injector disable test and relative compression will not highlight in the menu, so I can't select them... arrrrrrrrrgh! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smhair.gif

Has anybody ever had the pleasure of trying to diagnose a misfire under load? And if so, what did you do to figure out the suspect cylinder? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shrug.gif

I think it's been decided that it still does not apply to the small fish we call Canada. Yay! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbup.gif

Hey, we have some of the biggest oil supplies in the world, but we choose to sell it to you guys and buy it back again... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banghead.gif

An EGR cooler leak can show combustion gasses in the coolant just as a head-gasket would. But in your case, since it sounds like you may have coolant getting in the exhaust, I would lean towards an EGR cooler issue, rather than a cylinder head sealing issue.

I think that people are still going to need commercial vehicles to operate their business. They will just have to raise their prices to reflect their expenses. All the towing companies that we use have all raised their hook-up charges by $20. I've asked for a raise to offset the cost of living increase... I suspect that the "elected" folks are going to have to step in eventually and do something about it, or risk major economic fallout all over the board.

Man... another miracle fix in a can is going to challenge my employment!

No complaints of excessive regenerations. Complaints were lack of power and blowing coolant out of the degas bottle. The EBP sensor being melted was the cause of the lack of power. I had to remove and test both EGR coolers, and found no problems with either. They told me to replace the EDOC and recheck it. Okay so far, but it's only been a day. BTW, this is an F-550 boom-truck, so I'm sure it does it's fair share of idling...

Gross!

I just did the same. I was coming here to post it, but I see it would have been faster for me to check here first, instead of calling FOMOCO.

I was up crying in my beer all night... whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crybaby2.gif

The EDOC I was waiting for came in yesterday. I am replacing it as requested by hotline. Upon inspection of the original EDOC (which I did not remove prior to ordering), I don't see a damn thing wrong with it. A few more nuts and bolts to tighten up this morning, then I'll let y'all know! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/drinkingdude.gif

I have seen several with a check engine and stop engine due to low coolant... but I have never noticed if they will derate or not.