I had a broken up pipe to the turbos, and had to replace the high pressure fuel pump, (inside the lifter valley and underneath the turbos) Its a two day job. The first day consists of lying on the engine trying to remove six bolts up against the firewall and behind the turbo. You get maybe enough turn on that bolt that you can flip an end wrench and hope you get enough rotation out of the head to get the wrench back to a position you can do it all again. And the whole time you get to have the turbo piping jabbing your chest and the hood latch poking you in the junk. Then you get to crawl throuh the front left fender well to get to the other end of the pipe. Had to heat a wrench int an s shape to clear the flange and the firewall. Believe me, I know fords, there are other brands out there that are worse. But not many. That being said, I wouldnt trade my truck for any other diesel. There is no reason a truck that big should move that fast. You just have to get all of the epa garbage off of it, thats what makes them unreliable. Fuck regen cycles. I am not really referring to bolt on parts with my comment. Its the core parts that ford likes to hide.
TheGenitalGiant 0 points 2.4 years ago
I had a broken up pipe to the turbos, and had to replace the high pressure fuel pump, (inside the lifter valley and underneath the turbos) Its a two day job. The first day consists of lying on the engine trying to remove six bolts up against the firewall and behind the turbo. You get maybe enough turn on that bolt that you can flip an end wrench and hope you get enough rotation out of the head to get the wrench back to a position you can do it all again. And the whole time you get to have the turbo piping jabbing your chest and the hood latch poking you in the junk. Then you get to crawl throuh the front left fender well to get to the other end of the pipe. Had to heat a wrench int an s shape to clear the flange and the firewall. Believe me, I know fords, there are other brands out there that are worse. But not many. That being said, I wouldnt trade my truck for any other diesel. There is no reason a truck that big should move that fast. You just have to get all of the epa garbage off of it, thats what makes them unreliable. Fuck regen cycles. I am not really referring to bolt on parts with my comment. Its the core parts that ford likes to hide.