walleyewarrior

WE too have been getting a rash of them, and about 50 percent of them the injector are actually stuck closed. So i have been dilligent in pulling the injector out and doing the dosing test. i agree that there is probably a software issue that needs to be addressed but just to let you know that we have been replacing the actual injector too. Just something to look out for.

i am wondering if someone can shed some light on this. I have both test kits, strips and contamination test. unless i am reading the test strips incorrectly ,every one i check needs to be recharged and according to the little instructions it says to use vc 8. and are both cooling systems being checked? I confuse easily thanks in advance!

what i have seen is the water that collects there freezes and when u go to drain that oring stays in housing, Of course that only applies to us eskimos who are crazy enough to live in this ridiculous freezing weather! -40 this week and add a wind chill on top of that

i have as list of 20 now all waiting for a Calibration that they are working on.

It was driven till it quit. It is getting the full meal deal and for once I get to take something apart for the first time and get paid retail for it! We on average this year have been getting one a month with gas in diesel all but one were driven. And agreed why should Ford pay for anything or future repair. I would never send it down the road for one of my fellow Diesel techs to get charged back ie a HP pump replacement cause ford says there was signs of gas in pump. A very expensive lesson!

Honey you go fill the truck i gotta take a big shit...famous last words. now i have a 11 with a fine blend of gas/diesel. i have a list of parts to replace but am looking for any ideas on labour time to replace all of it. only warranty time i have found is injectors at 4 hr.

i am running into a rash of faulty CRHA right out of the box. 5 in the last month. WE are doing anyhting differently then the other hundreds we do. I think the q in quality fell off the cliff once the repair came out. Or did they just ship the bad ones north???????Bastards

I hve one ere right now, drove it with gas it it died. Wondering what kind of time did you charge to do this job? i would be pulling cab .

We cannot find any signs of rust anywhere or even black in cooler lines, nothing. my conclusion is that the pump failed ,ran shit threw took injecotrs out which in turn took engine out. gave ford all the documentation, they have authorized a drop in complete.

O it blowed up REAL good! MY concern now is if pump has failed how do I cover my ass to make sure this thing isnt going to come back on us that they found rust in pump even thow all my sample look good. Should I cover my ass and get a fuel sample analyzed?

This 08 comes in for a no start issue, i have no high pressure fuel most it builds is 60 psi. So do a visual, first thing noted is crankcase is way over filled, Ok no problem, so we pull the glow plugs out crank it over and find 1 and 2 are misting bad, we put 2 injectors in it and retry. still not building pressure, we take samples of fuel from water seperator, look in bottom of seconadry and unhook a fuel injector line and take a sample. it all looks good, Anyways it didnt sound right to me while tech was cranking it so i got him to do a compression test, 2 show max 100 psi, so im thinking ok bent rod from prob injecotor. so he tears down engine and we find that all the injectors are just dripping away. every cylinder is full of full, turbo was leaking oil out outlet, and 4 pistons are melted away. This truck is going to need a drop in for sure but my question is what would cause these injectors to do that?!?!? no injector recall on truck. and would the low fuel pressure be cause the other injectors were stuck open? or is the pump done? the mist test dint show anything on other cylinders only revealed once heads came off. it wasnt hydraliced wen it came in cause we were able to crank it over no problem, anyone else run into this????

Thanks for the article, makes me giggle! I owned one of the rare Ford Tempo diesels and that totally sounds familiar. back in 84 that thing got me 58 mpg but what a gutless wonder!! Didnt start in winter worth a shit but i drove that car till it had 425000 km on it!

I am not saying that there isnt a market for light duty diesels and yes they work very well in todays CARS. I am curious as to what kind of performance u would get and fuel economy from the overall weight of the truck itself. And what kind of pulling power you could actually get out of it. I maybe newer to this forum sure but by no means am I unschooled in this discusion. I dont see many jetta or mercedes benz with hitches bolted underneath them. And i am all for having a diesel in a half ton. More diesels on the road the better it is for us!

i just dont get it, why would you even want a diesel in a half ton? if u want to pull by a super duty. If u are looking for fuel economy that wont be the answer even with a small v6, i would rather drive a 5.4l 3v which i have yet to hear ONE complaint of crappy fuel economy in the 2009, everyone loves then, with the optional tow package of pulling 11000 lbs. with no upfront costs of a disel engine or maintenace cost of one as well. if i was trying to pull 11000 lbs anyways i would step up to a superduty anyways. what kind of pulling power do u think they could get out of a v6 diesel anyways, and what about suspension and frame conerns? And why would they even think about putting a diesel in a half ton when the other 2 arent even thinking about it. And if u are looking for fuel economy in a diesel engine and in a half ton, i am sure it would end up being a gutless wonder, and with DPF systems and now the upcoming uria injection I just dont see any practical use for it. thats just my humble opinion.

And thanks to everyone for their previous inputs