Dont foget about all the electronic sensors in the powerchoke that tend
to fail whenver they feel like it leaving you stranded, or so I hear.
Kevin wrote:
On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 06:16:19PM -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
and cavitation issues.
Cavitation issues are only a problem if the owner neglected the vehicle.
Cavitation is possible in any of the big three's diesel trucks. The problem
with Ford is that until the release of the powerchoke, they didn't bother
to put this information in the owner's manual.
It is a function of neglected cooling system, the workload the truck sees,
and so on. Since cylinder pressure is a factor (which usually doesn't change
between like engines unless some idiot chipped it), there is more of a risk
of cavitation in IDI engines than DI engines (like the powerstroke). If the
cooling system isn't neglected, the problem never appears since there is a
chemical in the correct coolant (or an additive like fleetguard that is added
to the green stuff) that acts as a sacrificial layer to protect the block.
I'd personally rather the truck's achilles heel to be something that goes
away if I change the coolant when I am supposed to, as opposed to electronic
injector pumps that go out, or lift pumps that go low pressure and nuke said
electronic injector pumps.
K
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