air intrusion

  1. C

    Air intrusion

    Hey anyone know why my clear air intrusion symptoms nearly go completely away when the weather is warm? when its cold it idles like hell but when the weather, not the engine is warm it runs well enough to only have a power surge at 2500 rpm. im kinda stumped at this point
  2. J

    Multiple Fuel Problems/Shifting Problems?

    Alright y'all I got this 93 7.3 IDI NA about a month ago and i have multiple problems and need some guidance on what order I should try to knock my problems out. No Power/ Billowing Black Smoke - A little background info: the PO straight piped it with a 12" cat stack (was a teenager and was...
  3. B

    Need help with fuel problems!!!!!

    New member here, first time poster, long time reader. I have a beautiful black '89 f350 long bed single cab 7.3 n/a with the zf5 sitting on 35's that i absolutely LOVE!!!! The past week however has me dangerously close to shoving it off a cliff and walking away. My problem all started with...
  4. The_gestach

    6.9 idi air intrusion!!!

    Hello! New to the form! I’m 20 years old building a 6.9 idi with a HX35 turbo! I am having issues with the fuel system getting air intrusion! I have bypassed the light pump and have a electric fuel pump with filter on it. I have bypassed the water fuel separator too. I have gone as far as...
  5. Msch3390

    6.9 IDI Hard Start/Air Intrusion

    Hello all, Working with an 86 6.9 IDI in an F250. truck suddenly began losing prime about a week ago. Symptom- When off for more than 5 minutes, starts immediately, then dies about 5-10 seconds later. Then takes about 2/4 10 second cranks to start. Looked through the forums. It does this on...
  6. Minuteman96

    Air bubbles in clear fuel return line

    i have air bubbles in my fuel return line, the clear one that goes back into the IP. Usually you don’t see them until you tap the start of the line down near the injector at the front driver side. It has screw down clamps on the hose, tightened those to see if it would help and the bubbles...
  7. foundonroaddead

    7.3 idi air intrusion — the saga continues

    I made a post back in January inquiring about issues with my truck not running for more than a mile without killing out. Since then, I was under the assumption that I had all the kinks worked out of it. for about 1 1/2 months now the truck has ran flawlessly, no dying, no loss of power, the only...
  8. Nick_Rego

    91' f350 fuel tank issues.

    Warning this is my first post here and I apologize for my spelling /grammer they tried in school but you cant fix stupid... anyway I have a 1991 F350 with the 7.3l idi. I just recently purchased the truck and am slowly gojng threw it doing all the maintenace and what not. but so far one of the...
  9. ISPKI

    7.3 return line caps

    Hey guys, my 1994 frankenstein 7.3 N/A IDI is suddenly having severe air intrusion, the return line from the IP to the front right injector was half filled with air and it would not fire up. The shrader valve on the fuel filter head had next to zero pressure in it after cranking it over for a...
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