What am I paying for

[doghouse95]

The check engine light came on in my truck and it ran like crap so I took it to the local shop. They hooked it up to the diagnostic comp and it said it was either an injector or a module that was located in the fender well.
I had to pay for the test which involved taking off one of the valve covers and it was the module. A $650 module.
I never did figure out what I'm paying for.

Help me out here folks what does this hunk of gold do???

 

[JLDickmon]

depending on the year, it could either be called an IDM or a FICM and it makes the injectors well, inject.

and yeah, they're a few hundred bucks.
I had to replace mine, thought I'd save money by going Cardone Electronics..
replaced it with a Ford Unit two days later after the truck quit in traffic again.

 

[Scot]

What year?
What engine?

 

[DaveBen]

Doghouse95 fill out your signature so we can better help you. Go to the USER CP in the BLUE LINE above and fill it out.

Dave

 

[doghouse95]

The data on my truck is there

There must be something in a privacy setting someplace. All the information on my truck is filled in.
Tell me what to change and I'll get it done.
For now I have a 00 F250, quad cab, 4X4, short bed, 7.3 with a chip in it. It only has 187K on it and I put most of those miles on it myself. The truck came out of Canada and I don't know much about the chip. It runs very strong and gets great milage for a 7.3.

 

[doghouse95]

I think I got it now.

Lets see if it works.

 

[Fine69]

Quadcab's are Dodge's.

 

[doghouse95]

Ok

Thanks for the correction. It's a ford and it has 4 doors and hasn't been touched by government financing.....

 

[JLDickmon]

anyway..
that year it's called a IDM (Injector Driver Module) and yes, it can make your truck run like poop, as it makes the injectors go "click click click"

and like I said,
get the Ford one.

 

[doghouse95]

It is already done, and thanks for the information. I ended up with a good story about them test driving my truck, as in to their home and back for two days. This was about a 30 mile round trip and they did it just to make sure my truck was running right. I didn't find out about it until I got my truck back so I tracked down the owner and got a tank of fuel out of it. I didn't even yell at him I just told him that if they were going to drive it they had to put fuel in it. He was a little heated up at the guy.