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Old 06-23-2009, 06:50 PM
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hey thanx i have a question im not new to diesels ive had mind scince 2001 but it never crosed my mind to tune it up it seem not to need one atleast till now ive gone to difrent shops to ask them about tune up they think im stupid and want to charge me $900.00 know i dont mind paying $1000.00 if i know they are actualy going to do a actual tune up so any advice from you would help
 
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I'd give him a deal 500.00 including parts and tax.
 
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an actual "tune up" on a 7.3 consists of what
 
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Old 06-23-2009, 08:41 PM
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maybe change all the filters and do a oil change. this isnt a gasser when at 100,000 miles you need to replace the entire ignition system
 
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holy CRAP... what is tune up consisting of??
 
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Originally Posted by Woody35
maybe change all the filters and do a oil change. this isnt a gasser when at 100,000 miles you need to replace the entire ignition system
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holy CRAP... what is tune up consisting of??

yeah thats what im thinkin, filter changes, and some fluid swaps, but the timing if electronically controlled so it cant be off... i think

replacing injectors would cost more than $900, maybe they clean up the fuel lines and check for clogs, replace all hoses fuel/cooling/air related
 
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Originally Posted by 2500HeavyDuty
yeah thats what im thinkin, filter changes, and some fluid swaps, but the timing if electronically controlled so it cant be off... i think

replacing injectors would cost more than $900, maybe they clean up the fuel lines and check for clogs, replace all hoses fuel/cooling/air related
if a 7.3 has a timing belt instead of timing gears it can loosen up over time and cause it to become out of time. though the computer will continue to advance it till it cant anymore. at least thats what happens on 6.5s.

if its running fine why would you check for clogs or clean them up. but replacing hoses is a good idea
 
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Originally Posted by 2500HeavyDuty
yeah thats what im thinkin, filter changes, and some fluid swaps, but the timing if electronically controlled so it cant be off... i think

replacing injectors would cost more than $900, maybe they clean up the fuel lines and check for clogs, replace all hoses fuel/cooling/air related
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if a 7.3 has a timing belt instead of timing gears it can loosen up over time and cause it to become out of time. though the computer will continue to advance it till it cant anymore. at least thats what happens on 6.5s.

if its running fine why would you check for clogs or clean them up. but replacing hoses is a good idea
no timing chains just a cam and crank gear....so! replacing quick connect lines would be expensive. sounds fishy to me
 
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who knows. sounds like there trying to take him for a ride
 
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There is no 100k tune up. Keep clean fuel, oil and air going into them and short of modding them they will run 250,300k with nothing else. At that point they most times need a set of injectors, and you can go for another 100k or so.
 


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