No heat now that its cold outside
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Grey_Matter
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So all of the bolts on the cover are extremely over torqued, I've stripped two so far, most likely gonna have to cut the heads off and deal with the studs once the cover is removed.
Gonna try heat on the ones that aren't stripped, just need to wait till payday so I can get a torch and an extinguisher
Gonna try heat on the ones that aren't stripped, just need to wait till payday so I can get a torch and an extinguisher
Constructionworker
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My friend just got his 06 6.0 back from a local shop and it caught fire on the way home... He grabbed his fire extinguisher and put the fire out... He now feels dumb lol
Constructionworker
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Don't mean to keep hijacking but the shop took care of the problem 100%> repainted the hood, new battery and all the other necessary repairs to make it like it never happened. I figured I owe it to them to add this
Are you entraining air into the system? The motor is not overheating? Did you vac fill with the stat open? No hoses collapsed during vac fill? Unless this has 200K+ on it, you are really jumping ahead. Best of luck to ya...
Grey_Matter
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Not overheating, yes vacuum filled it, all hoses collapsed. Truck has 175k, as for replacing the front cover, the cavitation is pretty bad, not through yet, but not far from it. Might as well replace it while I have it torn apart.
I totally shouldn't get the extinguisher and let it burn, but it's in my garage and I like my house
I dont know about pulling a full vacuum that crushes hoses .. it really struggles to fill. We had issues with a big truck mfgr who had issues with their process. They had a type of a pressure fill above and below the stat and the trip across the dyno pushed the remaining air out. Getting some heat tells me that you are getting some water movement.
Nah, not worth the fire.. although Id be thinking about it. :thumbsup:
Grey_Matter
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since its getting to where im having to replace a bunch of other crap i decided to replace the heater core too, how do i know if i need the heater core with or without the supplemental air heater?
Grey_Matter
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Ordered the front cover, gaskets and seals, and a heater core, if this doesn't fix it I will lose my f'ing mind
Still wasn't worth bringing it to a good shop to diagnose it?
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Grey_Matter
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Only place I'd take it to is the dealer, all the shops around me are crap
That would work. I'd honestly try that first...
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Grey_Matter
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Truck is in pieces, when it's back together if I'm still not getting heat I'm most definitely taking it to the dealer
Grey_Matter
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FWIW, I am a mechanic, just not a ford mechanic
I've owned VWs for years and can fix anything on them gas or diesel.
I have 3 VWs and a Nissan Frontier, so fixing the truck is just a way to kill time, I drive my diesel jetta daily
I've owned VWs for years and can fix anything on them gas or diesel.
I have 3 VWs and a Nissan Frontier, so fixing the truck is just a way to kill time, I drive my diesel jetta daily
Grey_Matter
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i find it hard to believe there are no threads for removing the dash on a 08-10 f250, same with replacing a heater core.
there has got to be a way to remove the heater core without actually removing the dash....i swear every engineer is a moron, why would they change how the heater core is installed?
there has got to be a way to remove the heater core without actually removing the dash....i swear every engineer is a moron, why would they change how the heater core is installed?
michaelite
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Sounds like you volunteered to write one up :thumbsup:
I do hope this solves your problem though.
I do hope this solves your problem though.
