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First of all thank you for your service to our country. It is funny that I read your story. On Saturday May 13th we were driving our 2003 Excursion with a 6L diesel from Pittsburgh to Charlotte with 3 dogs and our 4 year old daughter. We have 100360 miles on the truck however the 5 years are up for the warranty. All of a sudden there was so much smoke behind the truck that you could not see the cars behind us. We were loosing power and we pulled in to a gas station in the middle of b-f nowhere WV and called a tow truck. Our truck was towed to a Ford place in Roanoke VA where a mechanic looked at the Excursion first thing Monday morning. We were told that we needed a new engine since there was diesel fuel in the oil pan. The problem was that the glow plug had broken off and punched a hole in the cylinder plus the engine must ave backfired and blown the fuel injector for that cylinder. We did a lot of research regarding the 6L engine and found a lot of problems with the 2003. My wife called Ford and was told "to bad for you, we can't help you" even though all the known problems and the fact that Ford sued International for the poor quality of the engine. I guess Ford does not care to keep our business.
It seems that some dumb-[non-permissible content removed] engineer placed the harness under the valve cover where it is hotter than 50 hells and the harness connector melts.
This happens after about 100K miles (just after the warranty runs out). Apparently this is a common problem as there is a repair bulletin on it.
Cost to fix it was $620 including Tennessee tax. If you let go for to long it will damage the injector(s) at $400 each and maybe the control unit, cost unknown.
any luck with your repair...
Not sure where you are at but in Colorado call Olde Town Auto at 720-242-9622 they are located off 38th & Harlin in Denver, Co.
T
it wont even turn over
the dealer has replaced the computer twice and the turbo 3 times
Cowboy
Hes says it has less power than the 7.3 he had before. I don't recommend.
I have a 2001 7.3 with 110000 miles and very happy
Yes the 6.0 was not a good motor for Ford, but I have heard that the last couple of years of the motor was okay and my Nephew even has a 07 that has been good for him but the first couple years 03 n 04 where really bad. One thing they are not a motor that can have Chips put on them, well you can but a lot of them early ones again cause a lot of problems. Would I stay away from them completely yes and really stay away from the 03 to 05 models.
To Racer who I replied to the other day having all the problems on his 7.3's. There is a lot of people on here that can help you if you just tell us what all is going on with your trucks in full detail but sometimes in the end we have to take our trucks to the dealer and trust me I hate it when I have to as well but every auto maker does the same thing and make it so that somethings on our trucks only a dealer can figure out. Dodge is the worst and my truck is at the dealer right now because I can't figure out whats wrong with it, not because I don't know how to work on them but because they hide codes on them. I know enough about electrical to chek a lot of things but I don't throw parts at something either just to keep from taking it a dealer as in the end when doing that you can spend more money than if you would have taken it to them in the first place. Anyway Racer just tell us your story and maybe we can help.
Cowboy
Back to your problem you can have the ICP Sensor checked and the IPR Valve but usaually those have to be done at the Dealer to make sure they are bad. I have the Superchips programmer and it will also check the system and it actually picked up the ICP Sensor but I don't have the Date sheet to tell me the OHM's it's suppose to have so I had to take it to Ford Dealer. They are confirming it is bad but they said if they is Oil coming out of the top that is a good sign it's bad. The ICP is on the Drivers side Head, when looking at the motor from the front on the right side of the Fuel Bowl on the Head next to the Valve Cover the Sensor is set at an Angle. It's about 1 1/2 inch round and sticks up about 2 inches. The IPR Valve is on the Back side of the Fuel Bowl ( where the Filter sets in ) on the bottom and is about the same size as the ICP but a little longer with a Bolt looking end to it and come straight out the back of it pointing towards the back of the motor. Both parts you can see what they look like on Ebay as well.
Hope that helps your out but usually in the end you have to have the Dealer tell what is not making it run and then you can change out what is needed instead of just replacing things that are not bad.
Assuming the guy changed the oil, ran 65-70 on the interstate, and pulled a 10,000 lb. trailer.
I can pick up the cosmetically clean dually, just wondering how many miles are left on the motor?
Sincerely
Jim
Thanks all, for the very inciteful posts.