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  1. RandyH

    Question What did you do to your truck today?

    Good advice on the hair spray for the boots. I've done that before but not since the work was done by the outside shop. Holds the boots much better. However, the saga continues as the truck continues to fall apart around me (or with me!). The truck started blowing white smoke again a couple of...
  2. RandyH

    06 will crank but not start

    :goodjob
  3. RandyH

    06 will crank but not start

    No problem, hope it gets you going again. Let us know how it works out.
  4. RandyH

    06 will crank but not start

    I'm certainly no expert but you may need to step back a minute and regroup. There are some troubleshooting tips around the Internet for no start conditions. Before you spend a lot of energy chasing things, you should do what Dave mentioned and check for any codes. You could do this yourself with...
  5. RandyH

    06 will crank but not start

    If 7.3l, check these out links out. http://www.oilburners.net/forums/showthread.php?32722-IPR-replacement
  6. RandyH

    06 will crank but not start

    There is not a 3/4" nut for the solenoid that I'm aware of on the 6.0l. Is your truck a 7.3l? I believe it has the 3/4" nut you mentioned. Will take a quick look.
  7. RandyH

    06 will crank but not start

    Here's an Internet pic of the IPR valve itself and what it looks like under the turbo on mine. Hope that helps.
  8. RandyH

    Fuel in the Coolant

    And last is the actual video I took of the injector bore leak when I pressure tested it. http://vid213.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/randyh1221gj/IMG_1889_zps1css1aso.mp4
  9. RandyH

    Fuel in the Coolant

    And a really good pic from Accurate Diesel's site showing the common location of the cracks where there is a thin casting wall (black arrow). The stock injector cup (replaced with an extended cup in the pic) is the shorter one shown to the side and the cracks typically happen just above the...
  10. RandyH

    Fuel in the Coolant

    A few more pics that might be of interest showing the cab off during the head replacement and the second head that was tested with dye penetrant to detect the valve seat micro cracks.
  11. RandyH

    Fuel in the Coolant

    in another thread I mentioned I'd had a cracked injector bore that resulted in fuel contaminating the coolant and replugging my year old oil cooler. Thought I'd post a pic of the resulting coolant sludge as it really shows what happens when the two mix and the importance of a good flush...
  12. RandyH

    Question What did you do to your truck today?

    Overall the trip went reasonably well if you call having the intercooler boot at the turbo blow off three times in 100 miles. Finally got it cleaned up enough and the clamps cranked down tight enough that we made it up the big hills with the toy hauler and all the way back (another 200 miles)...
  13. RandyH

    Question What did you do to your truck today?

  14. RandyH

    Question What did you do to your truck today?

    In the past month, I ended up dropping some major cash into my 6.0l. Started with fuel in the coolant from a cracked injector bore on the driver's side head and went downhill from there. Seems there is a somewhat common spot in the head castings just above the injector cups that cracks and...
  15. RandyH

    5R110 Transmission Longevity?

    Thanks for the input. I agree that heat seems to be the biggest killer and that's what took out my trans on my old '99 many years ago. It was very easy to get high temps with the small cooler that was stock. When I changed the stock cooler out for a 6.0l cooler, my temps dropped about 30 degrees...
  16. RandyH

    5R110 Transmission Longevity?

    I keep thinking back to another time when I was researching for another vehicle and read a lot of stories about transmissions that died shortly after a flush as the flush could potentially dislodge debris that then sticks in valves, etc. Hard to say how much truth there was to some of these but...
  17. RandyH

    5R110 Transmission Longevity?

    After just sinking a bunch more money into my 6.0L (will save the details for another thread) my thoughts have turned to what could be next that would be big money that I should be thinking about. I've always had the impression the 5R110 has been a very solid tranny but would like to hear some...
  18. RandyH

    06 will crank but not start

    Also, if you end up going after the IPR to check the screen you either have to pull the turbo or remove the degas bottle and FICM and try from that direction. There are some decent YouTube videos showing the process. Also takes a special socket with slot cut out to go past the IPR connector.
  19. RandyH

    06 will crank but not start

    If the ICP sensor is bad or has oil in the connector it could be telling the PCM that there is not sufficient oil pressure (needs to see 500 psi min if I recall) to fire the injectors and will not allow it to start. One quick way to check is to pull the connector on the ICP and try to start it...
  20. RandyH

    trying to narrow down an issue.

    I just made a coolant system pressure tester for less than $20. Works great to chase down leaks (like the cracked injector bore I'm currently dealing with) but you can pump it up and hear/feel when the cap opens up to make sure at 16 psi. Pressurized through a Schrader valve on the bottom.
  21. RandyH

    intermediate no starts

    Hey Bears - Did your FICM voltage stay up during cranking or did you just check with key on, not cranking? When my FICM failed recently, I had good voltage with key on, but dropped to low 20's during crank cycle.
  22. RandyH

    Parasitic Battery Drain - Edge Insight Monitor

    Finally tracked down my battery drain. I was losing about 40% of charge in a week's time. Current draw after about 45 minutes (computers all sleeping) was about 150 milliamps. Isolated the largest draw to the older insight monitor. With Insight unplugged from OBDII the sleep current drain...
  23. RandyH

    P1102 MAF Code and CEL

    Finally tracked down my CEL with P1102 MAF code to an open wire (MAF return circuit pin 4) in the MAF connector plug on the air intake. Sounds like a somewhat common issue for the wires to break near the connector or where the MAF harness rubs on the frame under the battery box area going to the...
  24. RandyH

    Question What did you do to your truck today?

    And the hits keep coming! In the last few weeks I had to have a two year old Die Hard Gold replaced under warranty, FICM power board replaced (truck just wouldn't start one morning, 48V was only 22V during cranking, replaced through Amazon for $100), and now the alternator which tested good but...
  25. RandyH

    Question What did you do to your truck today?

    Replaced #8 glow plug that threw a P0678 code last week. The bad glow plug measured about 250 ohms instead of approx. 1 ohm for a good one. Still have a P0674 code coming back intermittently for the #4 glow plug. It checked good from the glow plug to the driver's side harness plug on the valve...

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