7.3L Took a Dump
 

Hey guys whats up! Im new to the forum and had my motor take a dump. Just had the truck serviced @ 121,000. been running mobile 1 since i bought it. 1k miles later the motor starts having a blueish smoke and is running like the damn thing is a BB with a crazy cam. On the way to the dealer ship i lose all mechanical power. motor locked up took it to the dealership i was told that motor burned through 16quarts in 1k miles with zero leaks and my turbo had imploded and i lost compression in my #8 cylinder:argh:? Any ideas would be greatly apperciated. Thank you.

Damn that dont sound good at all

by the way welcome to the site man :5:

I moved this over to the Ford 7.3 forums for better exposure

Cool man thanks alot. Also i forgot to add that Ford wouldn't stand behind anything they did because it had a "bunch of race products bolted on" and told me to get a new motor.

thats the gambel with modifing yer truck

if yer willing to play ya hafta be willing to pay

So you have the truck home yet or is it still at the Ford shop?

Very true But the thing that got me was my chip wasnt in the truck and just had the intake, exhaust and the gauges. Anywho trucks already back @ the house and getting ready to take it down to the hanger and start tearing it down i was just hoping to have some sort of general direction.. I was thinking maybe bad valves or a bent 1, or a bad ring in the #8.. And if the impellers self destructed can i get a wicked wheel to cure it or do i need like an ATS housing or just a new turbo all together?

we have some good Ford gurs here hopefully they will check in later, dont get in a rush they may have some good guidence for ya

Thanks man lol im still kicking myself for not getting that cummins years ago lol thats what i get for being young and dumb haha

sorry bout your truck man that sucks. someone on here can probably hook you up with what you need though. and to the admins it would probably help if this thread was moved to the correct 7.3 forum. no offense

It may be a little late for this, and I dont even know if this is the truth but I was told in no uncertain terms that I should never run synthetics in the diesel because of the detergents in the fuel. Apparently (again this is just what I was told) the detergents loosen everything up in the engine creating more leaks. I know this isn't a lot of help. Maybe someone can set me straight if I'm wrong, I run Mobil1 in all my gassers except the supercharged ones and I run royal purple in those.

All the trucks in the north country (above the 60th parallel) run Amsoil synthetic with no ill effects.