My friend has a F-250 PowerStroke with 11K on the odometer. Last week, he (and family) was pulling his fifth wheel up to the Mammoth Mountain area (just north of Bishop, if anyone is familiar with the area). While chugging up the grade, the engine died. The engine would turn over when cranked, but it wouldn't start.
I showed up a few minutes later (in my Chevy Duramax; sorry, guys
). I have a generic DTC reader that I picked up from Kragen, and i plugged it in the OBD-II port. When I scanned for codes, it came back with an error reading the codes. I double-checked the reader on my truck, and it worked fine, but it would not read the codes from the PS.
The mechanic in Bishop replaced injector #5 and called it fixed, just to have it die ten minutes after picking it up. Then he replaced injector #6, and so far it is still running.
So, my question is basically centered around the code reader. I think that if it was really an injector (or all eight, for that matter), my reader would have come back with some codes. Another PS owner figures that one of the computers is on its way out, and preventing the reader from accessing the codes. So, is it possible that a reader would not be able to scan for codes, and the underlying problem with the truck not be a computer-related issue? An injector wouldn't cause problems with any of the data buses, would it?
My friend feels that his troubles are behind him, but I'm afraid that they have just begun. But again, I'm not a Ford guy, so I don't know the problems that the PS engine has (and yes, I'm quite aware of the issues that the Duramax has).
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. By the way, the outside temps were between 100 and 110 that afternoon, and his fifth wheel probably weighs in at ~10K, if this is an issue at all.
Thanks,
Joseph
I showed up a few minutes later (in my Chevy Duramax; sorry, guys
). I have a generic DTC reader that I picked up from Kragen, and i plugged it in the OBD-II port. When I scanned for codes, it came back with an error reading the codes. I double-checked the reader on my truck, and it worked fine, but it would not read the codes from the PS.The mechanic in Bishop replaced injector #5 and called it fixed, just to have it die ten minutes after picking it up. Then he replaced injector #6, and so far it is still running.
So, my question is basically centered around the code reader. I think that if it was really an injector (or all eight, for that matter), my reader would have come back with some codes. Another PS owner figures that one of the computers is on its way out, and preventing the reader from accessing the codes. So, is it possible that a reader would not be able to scan for codes, and the underlying problem with the truck not be a computer-related issue? An injector wouldn't cause problems with any of the data buses, would it?
My friend feels that his troubles are behind him, but I'm afraid that they have just begun. But again, I'm not a Ford guy, so I don't know the problems that the PS engine has (and yes, I'm quite aware of the issues that the Duramax has).
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. By the way, the outside temps were between 100 and 110 that afternoon, and his fifth wheel probably weighs in at ~10K, if this is an issue at all.
Thanks,
Joseph
