7.3. problem

marcsbigfoot20b27 wrote:

SidecarFlip wrote:
If it's a hose (in the intake group), go to Riff Raff Diesel and buy their aftermarket hoses. They are the best, I run them exclusively..

Cannot be the cam sensor. It's actually not a cam sensor, the sensor (on the front of the motor, above the harmonic balancer, senses crankshaft rotation and it it fails, the engine won't start, period.

Don't understand the 'hair spray' comment, the hoses clamp on, not stick on.

For any 7.3 of any year, you never want to add a tune of any kind, simply because tuners advance the injection timing and that becomes an issue down the road and finally...

I'd start running a Nano-Borate additive in the engine oil. The injsecotrs in a HEUI engine suffer from sticky spool valves (called 'stiction' and a super lubricant like Nano-Borate, eliminates that sticky condition plus the motor runs quieter and you get better fuel mileage and starts easier cold.

I use Archoil but there are a few on the market.

Been running a 7.3 since 1997 btw.

[COLOR=]For any 7.3 of any year, you never want to add a tune of any kind, simply because tuners advance the injection timing and that becomes an issue down the road and finally...


You cant be serious.....
My 2000 has had a Banks stinger plus system on it since 3000 miles on the odo. It has been used almost exclusively for towing my TT. It now has 167000 miles on it and the last 3 years I have added a RiffRaff wheel, AIS intake and PHP Hydra tunes. I run the 140 hp tune and daily drive it like I stole it.
Still runs like a raped ape.

I don't think he knows what he is talking about, I ran a Superchip then went to a DP tuner, nearly from new, 130K before selling, and did the same drove it like I stole it, and it towed most of the time.

Yes AIS intake 4"exhaust turbo back, larger intercooler, As said DP tuner, 6.0 transmission cooler. Running as good as new, with the 130K on it when I traded it.