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kiloo9
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Jun 25, 2014

Trouble with Workhorse 8.1 motor loosing power

Having trouble with an 8'1 workhorse gas engine. An acquaintance of mine is experiencing lost of power, engine will go to staled mode and gets "Reduce power" on the instrument panel. Now this has hap...
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Doug_E_
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Jun 25, 2014
What year is this 8.1? On the older 8.1s there was a problem with the crankshaft sensor getting hot and warping, when this happened the vehicle would shut off. After the sensor cooled down the engine would re-fire and run normal again.

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