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    Possibly cavitated engine?

    Let is sit for a few days and crack the plug again and see what you find. This is if you have the coolant full.
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    Possibly cavitated engine?

    Pull the oil drain plug and see what comes out. You can unthread it and hold it against the pan. You should not loose that much oil and water will come out first if there.
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    Dead 7.3 IDI Diagnosis

    Keep in mind that even a new filter can already be plugged depending on the condition of the fuel that is in the tanks. Should be easy enough to test both the flow and pressure the lift pump is producing.
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    Dead 7.3 IDI Diagnosis

    Couple of things you can do. Disconnect the wire at the sender for the filter light and go for a spin around the block, if no light at that point you should be able to rule out a wire issue. When was the last time the filter was changed? May be as simple as a filter at the end of it's life. My...
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    85 6.9 IDI Will not run

    IDIBronco I am not trying to pick a fight either, just showing pratical applications and normal testing procedures.
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    85 6.9 IDI Will not run

    When testing hydraulic pumps with flow rators if you do not have it restricted you will have flow but little pressure. As you start restricting the flow the pressure will rise. You determine if the pump is good or bad by how many gallons/liters per minute it will flow at what ever pressure the...
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    Dead 7.3 IDI Diagnosis

    Think I got mine from a Federated Auto parts store. I replaced with the cable for a 95 power stroke as they were just a couple inches longer. I needed the extra length as I had replaced the starter and the battery terminal was in a bit different location. Makiing your own is also a good way to go.
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    Dead 7.3 IDI Diagnosis

    12.4 volts is a battery that is around 50% charged. 12.7-12.8 is full charge. First place I would start is getting the batteries charged back up. If you still have issues at that point since it appears you have a volt meter I would do some voltage drop test on cables and connections. How old are...
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    Strange Looped fuel feed lines and E- Fuel upgrade

    If you do away with the OEM fuel filter be sure that the replacement is the same micron rating or you may run into more costly issues.
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    While the truck sits unused.. can I/should I soak the cylinders?

    Are you having any issues that you are hoping to fix by doing this? If not I would leave it alone. If it is not broke don't fix it is the old saying. I have several diesel engines around this place many with thousands of hours on them. Many sits months over the winter without starting. I just do...
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    Lip of sleeve at bottom of cylinder

    Often on repair sleeves the block is not bored all the way to the bottom before the sleeve is installed. The shoulder makes a positive stop so the sleeve can not drop. However usually you can not detect a difference like you are seeing. By chance was the block bore .020 oversize and is now back...
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    How to measure valve stem to rocker arm pad clearance?

    Also if you reface the rocker arm where it contacts the valve stem you will gain just a bit of clearance too. If you have not started anything on the valve job yet mearsure the stem height and you will have a reference point to work with going back together. Another thing that can change all...
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    How to measure valve stem to rocker arm pad clearance?

    I think what they were trying to tell you is to make sure the push rod is not bottomed in the lifter. You would not want to be so tight as to hold the valve open.
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    New 3g alternator--High voltage and then low voltage, bad regulator?

    That was the reason I asked about grounds as many assume that the ground system is good when often it is not. Easy enough to run some voltage drop test to determind what may or may not be an issue.
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    New 3g alternator--High voltage and then low voltage, bad regulator?

    What about the ground side of the circuit?
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