tbirdfiend281
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Update to my thread:
Though initially I believed the turbo cleaning worked (it definitely helped a great deal though!), the problem did not completely go away. It has been back to the same and sometimes worse conditions. With all that I have learned about these creatures since last fall when I purchased it, I have it narrow to (I believe) the FICM. The only other possible is the egr as I have not gotten to the delete stage yet. Is there a possibility that the FICM just needs reprogramming? This seems to be a pretty good sign of a "bad" FICM for the way mine is acting. Though it is only doing it sometimes instead of all the time like a bad FICM. Does anyone know if its possible that mine just needs reprogramming with the newer better programs to get rid of a glitch maybe? Wanna try it but would like feedback if anyone has had this symptom and has fixed it before I spend a lot of money on trial and error. Pretty sure the repramming would do it myself, but if the FICM needs to be replaced and not just reprogammed I would hate to spend a lot of money programming and then spend it on a new FICM and programming because the FICM was actually failing.
It is not a failed ficm.
Failed FICM's generally come up with these things going on.
1. cylinder misfire codes, usually more then 2 cylinders
2.IDM/FICM relay fault code
3. Heavy black smoke, lack of power and generally not being to rev the truck at all
I am 99% sure it is not your ficm, and thinking your ficm is failed is not following the correct diagnostic procedures, you have not ruled out the other items as known good.
Cleaning a turbo, will not always fix a turbo, your turbo could still be bad. Your EGR valve could be sticking from soot build up, or poor valve performance from the electrical side of the valve.
Is the truck still chugging in the intake? Can you walk me threw how you cleaned your turbo? You and I only live 2.5 hours away from each other, maybe we need to meet one time in the middle and have lunch, and then diag your truck super quickly.
My final word is, in all the years of fixing 6.0 professional, and currently fixing VT365s, and DT's (witch use the same IDM/FICM) having a failed ficm is most likely not your problem. Also, with the so many different programs that ford tried in there 6.0s to save the injectors no single program ever seemed to have a glitch that caused the truck to run incorrectly.