Balance rod?
vehicle: New to me 03 E350 with 7.3 powerstroke
I picked this up a couple weeks ago, and last weekend it started making a ticking noise that is definitely engine speed related. it sounds like a tick-tick-tick and best I could tell it is coming from the front of the motor. Was hoping it was a bearing going on one of the accessories. But the service guy just called and said they haven't fully diagnosed it, but he the tech believes it is either a "balance rod" or something on the bottom end. Ugh. Hopefully, it was caught early enough that it's just a matter of replace the part and button it back up. So, what is a balance rod? :humm: Or is the service writer not communicating very well? I'm a relative diesel noob, but I can't find any reference to one. and if it's the bottom end, are we pretty much just talking a bearing? Mo W2ARZ |
Balance rod?
Do you have this at a Ford store, or otherwise? Easy diag? Pull the belt off and see if the noise goes away. |
currently at the ford store. :tttt:
was in for CPS and ABS recalls, figured I'd have them check out the noise as well. |
Not sure on this balance rod you're talking about. I'll look into it, but I din't think a 7.3 had a balance shaft, if that's what they're telling you.
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Thanks man. I wasn't sure what he was talking about either.
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Maybe the balancer (damper) or it could be excessive play in the cam and HPOP gear drive-
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per the dealer: vacuum pump. and they want $200 for the diagnosis.
I shoulda pulled the belt and fired it up. :argh: |
Hell I didnt even know the E series still had a vacumn pump... They did away with them in the superdutys...
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talked with them and they told me the wrong price for the part. having them install a new pump was only $50 more than me buying a pump at Napa and installing it myself. $50 well spent in my mind.
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E-series got a vacuum pump all the way up to the 6.0 years! :D
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