Alarming spalling failures on 7.3 Godzilla
Ford 7.3 Godzilla failures As a normal course of action I don't recommend oil sampling. In this case, I break from that recommendation. If I owned one of these engines I would oil sample religiousl...
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mkirsch wrote:Turtle n Peeps wrote:
Interesting that it's cheaper to replace the whole engine rather than repair it.
Not surprising or interesting at all to me. Machine shops don't work for free. Labor costs add up quick, and quickly exceed what it costs to build the engine in the factory, ESPECIALLY considering that they're only paying their own cost for the engine, vs. full retail for the machine shop's work.
1968, 455 Olds with 200 miles on it. Valve spring keeper came off. Bent valve, and broken piston. GM paid to replace the engine, then factory rep forced me to use sludge hammer to bust crank, block, heads, basically change the engine I hoped to put in GMC pickup into scrap metal.
When asked why, to be sure only had to pay for once. That was for sure error by factory worker. If can't be sure why failure, more tests need to be made.
