[Cat_Rebel]

Okay, here's a question for ya...What tends to go wrong with the IPR? Working on another customer's truck & he says his IPR is going bad or is bad. Then he told us you can fix the IPR for free with nothing more than a grinder or something like that. He wasn't very clear on it but want's it fixed.oke:
If anyone knows anything let me know, because I'm stumped!:shrug:

 

[Haul_n_horses2]

Okay, here's a question for ya...What tends to go wrong with the IPR? Working on another customer's truck & he says his IPR is going bad or is bad. Then he told us you can fix the IPR for free with nothing more than a grinder or something like that. He wasn't very clear on it but want's it fixed.oke:
If anyone knows anything let me know, because I'm stumped!:shrug:

Okay, the fix he is describing was performed by Cale to each IPR installed on my BTS dual HPOP. Basically it requires grinding down the open end of the outer shell on the IPR just enough so more threads are exposed and using a real nut on the threads with lock-tite and tightening it just enough to hold everything in place but not so tight that anything binds. Cale described the little tin nut falling off just before entering the finals in a drag showdown and him having to thread it back on to keep the IPR housing on in the few minutes available just before he entered. He was sweating a bit I am sure, laying out over the hot engine with the clock ticking. The solution to these nightmares was described above.

 

[Cat_Rebel]

Thanks, does anyone have pictures? I still don't even know where it is!:shrug:

 

[gregrob]

Why would you do that?

You can take the IPR apart and clean it, if that doesn't work replace it.

 

[CSIPSD]

PLEASE...PLEASE....PLEASE let it be a pluged IPR....

 

[Cat_Rebel]

Okay don't laugh, but I still need to know where it is first & what it looks like.oke:

 

[gregrob]

It's in the back of the HPOP, and it looks like an IPR. LOL

Check this out
http://powerstrokenation.com/tech/iprcleaning.pdf


The tool the make is not necessary, but makes it easier.

 

[weweld]

Under the fuel bowl is the HPOP and on the bottom of the HPOP is the IPR it has an electric solenoid pointing towards the back of the motor. If you climb up on top look down behind the fuel bowl below the HPOP you will see a plug in thats the one.

 

[Cat_Rebel]

Thanks WeWeld that's just how I wanted to hear it & that's for the link Greg.

 

[Cat_Rebel]

We drove it around the block a few times & I wonder if there is not something even worst happening right now. When you put the pedal to the floor it has almost no power. My IDI can whoop on it all day long. It has some kind of unknown free flow muffler with a 5" side can welded to it. But I don't think that's the issue here. When you start it up it puts out a little puff of white smoke. So I'm thinking the HPOP is starting to go weak.:shrug: The guy had a chip in it before, he didn't know what kind but said he didn't like it & pulled it out. I think at 170,000+ miles as a everyday work truck & plow truck the motor is just getting tired too.
Any input on this would be great.

 

[TerminatorEngineering]

170k isn't a lot of miles. Do you have access to a scan tool or Auto E? I would start with an IPR, after you scan it for codes.

 

[Cat_Rebel]

There are no codes that show up on the scanner. Also there are steel shavings on the oil dipstick too. I agree 170k isn't alot of miles. But if the owner neglected his truck badly it doesn't matter how many miles it has on it.

 

[gregrob]

Need a scanner man, need a scanner.

 

[TerminatorEngineering]

Also there are steel shavings on the oil dipstick too.

Well, if you have metal shavings on the stick, your IPR is the least of your problems. A piece the size of a fly spec, will cause IPR issues.

 

[gregrob]

There are no codes that show up on the scanner. Also there are steel shavings on the oil dipstick too. I agree 170k isn't alot of miles. But if the owner neglected his truck badly it doesn't matter how many miles it has on it.

I missed that part!

I would find out what is causing that NOW!!! Turbo dying would be first guess, pull intake tube and inspect it.

 

[Cat_Rebel]

I'll check out the turbo wheel for play & see what it looks like. I also found out that the guy changed his oil every 15k miles! He also has run it hard since he got it & it more or less shows now.

 

[Cat_Rebel]

Well, we found & fixed the oil leak. It was coming from a loose bolt below the fuel bowl. (I'm thinking HPOP resuvar) We tightened it & no more oil leak.
Still have to figgure out where the shavings are coming from.oke: