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    high idle

    Funny you mention air intake sensor, the plug on mine has been messed up since I bought the truck. The old sensors tabs are broke off in the plug and have been meaning to fix it,will give that a try first. Thanx for the help
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    high idle

    Normally touching the brake would kick it into normal idle
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    high idle

    ok. cool, but its never done that before and i've had the truck almost a year. also have a delete pipe so no muffler. and at high idle its noticeable. :-) so your sayin this is normal?:confused:
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    high idle

    I have a 02 f250 superduty 7.3, it will go into high idle but when I pull away it stays in high idle unless I hit the accelerator and when I let up it goes back into high idle, and seems to do this until it gets to operating temp. Any idea what it could be?
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    7.3 coolant

    Quick question, what should the test strips read? gives percent of glycol and PPM of nitrites. what are the norm for these readings?
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    7.3 coolant

    Thanx everyone for all the help, i got the additive and test strips today, will either drain the radiator or possibly get it flushed this week ,will look into getting the filter also. i have a friend who installed one in his truck last year, he could probably help me with it.
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    7.3 coolant

    I know there is a truck shop in this area that sells an additive and the test strips, do you still use normal automotive coolant tho?
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    7.3 coolant

    the cavitation is what my friend mentioned. still a bit green to diesel engines,any one else heard of this? :confused:
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    7.3 coolant

    whats the dif between green and gold? also is it best to use straight coolant then add water, sounds like it may be in my best interest to add a coolant filter inline?
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    update on diesel in coolant

    Yea could of saved a ton of money, but having the time to do it is the problem,also the truck is my daily driver which also poses a problem on down time.
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    7.3 coolant

    A friend has told me that there is an additive i need to put in my coolant to help keep it from corroding the inside of the radiator. is this true or is there a special coolant i should be using for diesels?:dunno
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    update on diesel in coolant

    I posted several weeks ago on diesel in my coolant overflow for a 7.3 psd, and was told from several people in this forum it was probably a cracked injector sleeve. this did infact turn out to be the case, 2 sleeves were broke and 3 others were bubbling around the seal , so i ended up having...
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    Question diesel in radiator

    ive heard this too, but first will try and get the diesel out of the coolant, then will change thermostat ( diesel site has one, 203 deg stat) and will probably do water pump then , before it dies. thanx for the heads up!!
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    Question diesel in radiator

    thanx for the input, has been very helpful. have also been told it could be a cracked head, hopefully this isn't the case. will probably try and find a shop to do the work, if its not too expensive, as i'm not really familiar with diesel engines. will let ya know how it all goes. :)
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    Question diesel in radiator

    so is that a major fix or not bad, do it yourself fix or have a pro do it??? truck has 112,000 miles so thermostat may be bad also. Thanx for the help!!
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    Question diesel in radiator

    I have an 02 f-250 7.3 diesel and have been getting what smells like diesel fuel in my radiators overflow tank and eventually overflows thru the weep hole, and seems to take a lot longer then normal to reach operating temp., 20 min. or better any ideas whats going on???:(

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