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The Mad Norsky wrote:
We must admit here on the tow vehicle forum, shoot the forum in whole, that we are by far just a tiny fractional percentage of total diesel vehicles being used here in North America right now.

And yet, and seemingly against the odds due to our small numbers, we have still suffered two confirmed failures of the Ford HPFP. Most of you remember Ricatic, but there was also a Canadian poster on here who had the same problem.

I PM'd this Canadian poster. He related to me that Ford tried their trump card, water in fuel routine with his vehicle also. Unfortunately for Ford, they had also just recently changed out the fuel filters for this vehicle. Based on this evidence, within their own (Ford's) maintenance records, Ford did in fact, begrudgingly, warranty the HPFP replacement and all assorted costs associated to the replacement, on his vehicle.

So that is two, as I said, from an amazingly small sample of operators.

I want info on this. I own one of these 6.7L Ford diesels.

My biggest fear is that someone, somewhere, is going to be hurt badly or worse by the sudden failure of these pumps. As they seem to die suddenly, without any measurable warning symptoms, I can see someone, attempting to merge onto a busy interstate, having his vehicle chug and die just as he leaves the on ramp and arrives in the traffic lanes, with an 18 wheeler bearing down on him from astern.

It won't be a happy ending or a pretty picture.

Norsky

You have hit the ball out of the park...but I was surprised that I had to be remembered...:B:B:B

Seeing that I am one of the owners that has experienced the dieing of a 6.7 Ford HPFP, I can assure you that your semi-doomsday scenario is very possible. When the Bosch CP4 HPFP died on my truck, it just shut down like I turned off the key...just as I made a right turn off the freeway exit ramp onto a busy highway. There is no warning...it just quits.

If this indeed happens to someone towing a trailer as they merge onto a freeway, they are toast. You lose the power steering and the power brakes. Your 18 wheeler scenario will become a nightmare...This is why the NHTSA needs to keep pressuring the manufacturers who use this delicate pump to fix the problem...we know from experience that it does not take any water to destroy the pump and a few ounces of water will take it out even quicker. The water separator/water in fuel indicator is useless. It takes 7 ounces of water in the DFCM before it reaches the WIF switch.

Regards