Sparky83
Virginia Chapter member
OK i tried this on another forum and quickly got swarmed by "CUM.mans" fans that wouldnt sthu about them.... so guess ill try this again here....
Ive been trying to research these. But been spinning my wheels in the mud so to speak. Most the threads i find on them people are just talking about issues with the glow plugs or glow plug relays. Or not being able to get them started and seems to be an issue dealing with glow plugs of some shape or forum.
Just trying to find out more about the 7.3 IDIs and their "known" issues to look out for. Ive always heard these things were pretty much non-killable. Slow but non-killable. And that they were all mechanically driven. But outside of that i dont know a thing about them.
had one guy that actually tried to help with the edjucation before the C humpers showed up... he said the valve cover gaskets had tendency to leak and oil cooler (the oil cooler i knew about), the CDR valve apparently prone to failure (which i had to look that up because id never heard of a CDR valve.. looks like its similar to the ICP valves... ) and something called air intrusion getting in that has something to do with the return lines and fuel filters...
i know they came with dual mass flywheels, everyone talks about converting them to single mass when doing new clutches for cheaper than replacing both with original.. but not finding originals on either... so what else is missing here...
Ive been trying to research these. But been spinning my wheels in the mud so to speak. Most the threads i find on them people are just talking about issues with the glow plugs or glow plug relays. Or not being able to get them started and seems to be an issue dealing with glow plugs of some shape or forum.
Just trying to find out more about the 7.3 IDIs and their "known" issues to look out for. Ive always heard these things were pretty much non-killable. Slow but non-killable. And that they were all mechanically driven. But outside of that i dont know a thing about them.
had one guy that actually tried to help with the edjucation before the C humpers showed up... he said the valve cover gaskets had tendency to leak and oil cooler (the oil cooler i knew about), the CDR valve apparently prone to failure (which i had to look that up because id never heard of a CDR valve.. looks like its similar to the ICP valves... ) and something called air intrusion getting in that has something to do with the return lines and fuel filters...
i know they came with dual mass flywheels, everyone talks about converting them to single mass when doing new clutches for cheaper than replacing both with original.. but not finding originals on either... so what else is missing here...