lakepir8
SDD Junior Member
My 2003 6.0 F250 w/ 184,00mi had been getting 19mpg but had gotten down to 14 within the last year, and it didn't pull good (pulling a boat) taking off sometimes. I could smell diesel smell coming through the vents recently too. In May 2009 the high pressure oil pump quit and it was repaired at a dealership, but it never ran the same. I have never gotten it hot.
Instead of waiting on it to quit again it took it to a diesel repair shop where they are going to block the exhaust gas from the EGR cooler, replace the head bolts with studs, and look at the injectors. They sent the heads off and both heads are cracked, so now I am into this thing for $6500 with new heads from Ford and haven't even looked at the injectors.
I was going to replace all the injectors before I found out about the heads, but it's another $2k for the injectors. It feels like I should have just gotten a new engine.
My question here is, if all the injectors were working, would it still just be pointless to put 184k mi injectors into new heads? Are the injectors performance affected over time, or are they just good or bad? I have looked at a breakdown and they look to be a pass/fail item since the opening is so small.
If anyone has some experience with injectors and new heads, any advice is appreciated.
Instead of waiting on it to quit again it took it to a diesel repair shop where they are going to block the exhaust gas from the EGR cooler, replace the head bolts with studs, and look at the injectors. They sent the heads off and both heads are cracked, so now I am into this thing for $6500 with new heads from Ford and haven't even looked at the injectors.
I was going to replace all the injectors before I found out about the heads, but it's another $2k for the injectors. It feels like I should have just gotten a new engine.
My question here is, if all the injectors were working, would it still just be pointless to put 184k mi injectors into new heads? Are the injectors performance affected over time, or are they just good or bad? I have looked at a breakdown and they look to be a pass/fail item since the opening is so small.
If anyone has some experience with injectors and new heads, any advice is appreciated.