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  1. 02Oilburner

    Smokey Cold starts

    I have 15,000 miles on the injectors. Plugging it in definitely helps but runs my power bill through the roof! Im not sure if the glow plugs have ever been changed. Is it a pain in the rear?
  2. 02Oilburner

    Smokey Cold starts

    It is a light blue color. I run glow plug cycle 2 or 3 times when cold and she is very grumpy when first started. I was thinking of getting the stancor relay. Would this help with starts. I do have AIH deleted. Does that make it harder to start also. Its only 35 degrees for lows here in Raleigh...
  3. 02Oilburner

    Smokey Cold starts

    My truck smokes like crazy when I start it and it is cold outside. It stops after a min or 2. Is this normal?
  4. 02Oilburner

    Oil cooler fix/oil filter stuck

    Yes, I pulled the oil cooler caps and changer those orings. I got the o-ring kit from dieselorings.com. Guzzles is great website. I would of liked to take pictures but I was so freakin dirty and pissed off I didnt think about it. I tryed for 2 days to get oil filter off:rant I also put a coolant...
  5. 02Oilburner

    Oil cooler fix/oil filter stuck

    I finally got the project finished! I got the PB Blast stuff but it would not budge the filter.:rant Filter had a hole in it so I poked hole in bottom of filter to drain the rest of the oil. Then I just took the oil cooler out with filter attached and used the old screwdriver stab method. Filter...
  6. 02Oilburner

    Question Oil Consumption

    Beans Diesel helped me also!! Great people to work with!!
  7. 02Oilburner

    Pontiac's Obituary

    ZMAnn GM did NOT pay the taxpayer back!!! It was a typical smoke and mirrors BS show! Here is a article that explains how GM is full of s hit!! GM's Phony Bailout Payback - Reason Magazine
  8. 02Oilburner

    DP Tuner Dyno Day 11/20-21

    Id be there if I was a 3hr drive!! I live in Raleigh, NC a 15 hr drive away.
  9. 02Oilburner

    Even Mr. Goodwrench got canned!

    I used to be DIEHARD GM fan! I still like there old school hot rods. My brother has a 409 64 Impala SS which is one awesome machine! Ever since the Union/Obama take over Ill NEVER buy a GM vehicle again. I love my f250 and now Im a DIEHARD Ford fan!
  10. 02Oilburner

    lifts and towing

    Thanks bigrigr. I will be rotating every oil change and the alignment will be a regular thing also! I have 418,000 miles on my rig. Is there anything else that I might need to replace to help the tires from cupping?
  11. 02Oilburner

    Oil cooler fix/oil filter stuck

    Will Do Big Joe! Ill Let you guys know how it turns out.
  12. 02Oilburner

    lifts and towing

    I like the equation for figuring tire size!! I'm so tired of my cupped Micky Thompson ATZ tires its ridiculous!!! Driving on tires that are cupped it freaking HORRIBLE! I'm thinking of going with some Micheline LTX M/S2's! They will be alot smaller than my 315's but I don't care!! I travel to KC...
  13. 02Oilburner

    05 front Bumper on 01?

    Bad Night that looks AWESOME! How much does this cost? Parts list?
  14. 02Oilburner

    240,000mi

    $8000 I would have bought it also! I have 418,000 on my 2002 f250. I ran the original trans until 400,000 and towed everyday of the week! I had one of the lucky trans or flushing the trans every 25,000 miles did it. Im getting a X for my wife after we buy our next house! post some pics!!
  15. 02Oilburner

    Oil cooler fix/oil filter stuck

    I BROKE a filter wrench! Maybe ill get another one and try again. I would like to remove oil cooler and put it in a vise to remove filter. I just dont know if it will come out with the oil filter on.
  16. 02Oilburner

    Oil cooler fix/oil filter stuck

    Hello everyone! I have a little problem. I have oil leaking around the oil cooler now that the weather has cooled so I bought the oring and gasket kit and was attempting to tackle it today. here is where the problem started!! The jack***** who changed my oil last time tightened the sh-- out of...
  17. 02Oilburner

    Turbo-Master Wastegate controller install question

    Has anyone installed this on their 7.3? I want to know how the hell to get it installed and how to remove the old one! I bought one and have the instructions that came with it. The directions say its kind of tight. You have to have hands and arms the size of a five year old child to reach back...
  18. 02Oilburner

    Hello

    Welcome! The diesel bug bites and never lets go!
  19. 02Oilburner

    Injector cleaning Hot Shot's Secret

    Rotella makes bubbles on your dipstick and my 7.3 noisy as hell! Bubbles in your oil is not good! I changed to amsoil and have a quieter bubble free truck!
  20. 02Oilburner

    AC kicks on and off

    Never mind I found it! WOW I removed the shim and had it back together in less than 5 mins! I like quick fixes like this! Ill have to get back to let you guys know if it fixes my A/C problem. I drove it around afterwards and it was like a FREEZER with no cutting out! the air has not been this...
  21. 02Oilburner

    Show off your Excursion/s here!

    Lots of AWESOME rigs!!!! ;tu Im getting my fiance (wife in 5 days) an EX as soon as we buy a new house! She has a pitiful 1996 2wd 2 door Explorer right now! I hate driving the tiny piece of poo!
  22. 02Oilburner

    AC kicks on and off

    Anyone have a write up or instructions on removing shims?
  23. 02Oilburner

    Help Needed Vibration (rubbing) at 75mph exactly!

    I had my u-joints, the bearings and seal replaced in the rearend and my noise and vibration at 75 is gone!
  24. 02Oilburner

    4R100 made it to 94k miles!!

    Man 94k thats hurts! I had 405,000 before I started to have slipping between gears. I must have the record for the most milage on a stock tranny!

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