Looking at 2 trucks any tips on what to look for?
Looking at a 99 F250 and a 2000 F250 with the 7.3 in it this weekend. I was talking with a customer of mine he said to check blow by on the engine. Start it up and take the oil cap off and see if it puffs out a lot of smoke or not. Is this correct?
I already know about the oil pan rust issue to look for that as well. This is my first diesel vehicle I want it to last a nice long time and I will probably be doing some stuff to it. Any thing else to look for please let me know Thank you very much also the 2000 has 241k miles on it and the 99 only has 150k. So I am kind of leary on the 2000 because of the high miles but I guess I will see which one is in better condition. |
on the 99 check to see if its an early 99 or a late 99... seeing everything you want to buy for it depends on if its early or late.....
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somebody else will be able to confirm this or tell you better but i dont remember exactly but did i wanna say the powdered metal rods started in late 2000.
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is that right though how he said to check for blow by? start engine then remove oil cap?
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Originally Posted by Jason84
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is that right though how he said to check for blow by? start engine then remove oil cap?
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Originally Posted by prison
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somebody else will be able to confirm this or tell you better but i dont remember exactly but did i wanna say the powdered metal rods started in late 2000.
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ya know what i think it might be late 01 CSIPSD should know. i'm waitin for him to chime in
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yeah late 01 is right, CSIPSD will tell you ANYTHING you need and or want to know about these trucks :tu:
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They started using the weaker rods in the 99.5 and later trucks
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no it wasn't that early unless they had a run of them for test. they weren't full time till late 01 i believe
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