My neighbor (who does not use computers) has an early 99 F-250 with about 250,000 miles on it. He is a great guy I I hope we can help him out, so heres the story:
He says he got some bad fuel and a skip developed. He took it to the Ford dealer (who is very good on 7.3s) and a buzz test revealed he had a bad injector. He got the proper code injector from a wrecked vehicle his son in law had and replaced it. He also replaced the fuel pump,pickup tube, and rebuilt the fuel drain on the fuel filter. Since then the truck will crank and run, but until it warms up it sounds like air is in the system and has a lack of power.
Once the truck warms up it runs OK. In other words, it appears to be an overnight leak down. I suggested he run another buzz test to make sure the injector fixed the initial problem.
Are there any other things we should check out?
Thanks guys.
He says he got some bad fuel and a skip developed. He took it to the Ford dealer (who is very good on 7.3s) and a buzz test revealed he had a bad injector. He got the proper code injector from a wrecked vehicle his son in law had and replaced it. He also replaced the fuel pump,pickup tube, and rebuilt the fuel drain on the fuel filter. Since then the truck will crank and run, but until it warms up it sounds like air is in the system and has a lack of power.
Once the truck warms up it runs OK. In other words, it appears to be an overnight leak down. I suggested he run another buzz test to make sure the injector fixed the initial problem.
Are there any other things we should check out?
Thanks guys.
