I feel like a traitor

[Chris]

My girlfriend drives a Powerjoke. At least its a 7.3, but still... Maybe I could convert her. Boring night. thought i would try to get conversation going on here.

[Frogfish]

The 7.3 was a good engine

[Chris]

I know it was. The truck originally had a 6.0

[Frogfish]

I know it was. The truck originally had a 6.0

 

 

Now the 6.0 sucked lol

[Chris]

The 7.3 we had was great the 6.0 lost the #7 injector 3 times. Her swap was done in Virginia. Her brother blew the 6.0

[Prokopchuk_9]

7.3 is okay, they contain Bad cam position sensors. That can leave you stranded. Very weak lift pumps in the cold, also one of the hardest starting diesel trucks ever. Sound like a bag of hammers in the cold.

 

Also have a tendency to overheat. Another crappy thing is they have very weak con rods. Can't push very much power thru them. The problems they did have were about equal in cost to the common LB7 dmax issues....the 6.0/6.4 PSD isn't even worth my time explaining the issues. If I was the engineer who helped design the 6.0 i probly would have moved to Mexico and hid away the rest of my life. What an abomination of a Diesel engine that 6.0 was.

 

I have to say, the new power stroke is impressive also. My dads 6.7 has been a good buy so far...

[Chris]

On the 7.3 we had quite a years back the turbo died for about 10 miles and came back to life

 

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[Carder09]

On the 7.3 we had quite a years back the turbo died for about 10 miles and came back to life

 

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So the dang turbo just locked up? I don't know much about turbos but I am guessing that a bypass or a BOV was constantly expelling the exhaust pressure? I know on the F-16's that the cooling air turbine can actually lock up and a quick hit in to the front of the turbo can actually get it spinning again in a tight spot lol. But the are air bearing turbines that basically have no ball bearings but spin as fast as the air is being delivered to it!

[Chris]

Not sire what happened. Just lost power. Took about 2 miles to hit 45 mph

 

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[KMGZ400]

why does your girlfriend own a diesel truck? at least its not a 6.0

 

nothing wrong with ford, just like each brand, they all have their crappy vehicles and their good ones.

[Chris]

She has horses.

 

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[KMGZ400]

She has horses.

 

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ohh i figured. i see lots of girls trailering horses around me

[Chris]

Yea. Horses aren't my thing but to each their own. But to each their own

 

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[KMGZ400]

Yea. Horses aren't my thing but to each their own. But to each their own

 

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expensive hobby too

[Chris]

Not sure how long it will work out. Seeing each other once a week isn't that great

 

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