My9373
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Hey guys, so yesterday was beautiful out, so it gave me a good chance to get outside and really get into my engine bay and check this truck out. I've owned it since February, and put a few thousand miles on already, but have yet to truly get into this truck like I did yesterday, so here's a few things I found, with questions. I'm writing this from work, but when I get home tonight I will be able to post pictures, took a wholeee bunch to help as much as I could. Anyways,
1.) When I removed my air filter housing to start building a temporary CAI, I found a HUGE rats nest of what looked like lint and dryer lint trap stuff bundled up right in front of the air cleaner assembly, luckily no rats still in it. Thats unimportant, what I found that concerned me was that when I took the air cleaner assembly off, in which I cut out the soup bowl and air deflector by the way, and put a 4" cone filter on in place of the plastic ram air piece, I found that the old air filter was covered in a thin layer of oil on the inside, and also the "bowl" part of the soup bowl had a thin layer of oil coated on it too, does this mean something important, because it just doesn't really seem normal to have oil splatter on the air intake. I also noticed that on the long bolt that holds the air cleaner down with the wingnut on top also has oil on the threads as well. Is this a problem? (Pics to come shortly)
2.) Finally found the notorious IP pump, I know all about it and such, but have never actually seen the thing until yet, and it really seems like turning up the pump is a pain in the neck to get in there on the side of it like that to adjust, ESPECIALLY if the allen screw isnt alligned correctly. But I'll be adding a turbo soon so I'll have to find my way in and turn it up a little soon.
3.) I noticed a few things on my radiator, one was a little pooling of coolant (which is SUPER green still btw) around the base of the radiator fill cap. Is this just a little cap or resevoir overflow or something different? Also, idk if this is just a weird quirk from the factory, but there is about an 1"-2" wide spot on the top of the radiator just to the right of the filler cap and it looks almost like its a little melted, the rubber is sort of wrinkled and twisted, whereas of course the rest of the radiator is smooth and solid. Just curious if this could be a potentional problem or not. (Pictures to come later)
Also this gunky buildup doesn't look good either...
4.) Underneath the brake master cylinder seems damp looking (not to the touch) but underneath the booster (large, round black section between master cylinder and firewall) looks very damp with brake fluid and really is damp. Again, is this a possible serious problem, if so, what may be the culprit to that?
5.) I think I'm ok as far as injectors and lines go, the injectors are in excellent shape and the return lines are spotless and dry, but I have no idea what the age of them are. Should I consider replacement? When I get my turbo installed, I'm going to have a Moose Pump built and then for maximum performance I'm also going to get Moose Misters too, so I think I'll just cope with the injectors as-is now. However, where are the glowplugs located? Those I may replace, because during the day under normal use, the truck starts instantly without having to wait to warm up anything, but when I first start it first thing in the morning after sitting all night I usually wait for it to warm up with the WTS light for about 10-15 seconds. Idk if this is normal, but again, I also don't know how old the GPs are, so I was thinking of just replacing them for precaution. I believe Bosch is the way to go, avoid the Autolites? PLEASE correct me if I am wrong here.
6.)The other day, I noticed something dangling from my truck, and when I checked it out, turned out to be a strand off my serpentine belt! When i popped the hood, 4 of the strands had stripped off and flown about the engine bay, 2 of them even got wrapped around the fan! One was really hard to get out too.. So needless to say, now my serpentine belt has two strands left, which is not enough for the truck to start with because I tried starting it today, and it will crank no problem, but I don't think the belt has enough strength now to turn the engine over, so the serpentine belt is also in need of replacing. If heard amazing things about the Goodyear Gator belts? Anyone know where i can buy one for a 1993 7.3L N/A? And if so maybe the part number and price ballprk too?
And my leaky passenger side valve cover:
And what looks like a factory HP rating too, hahah!
Those were my main things I have noticed while under the hood, and on an unrelated note, does anyone know what size the midship tank is and the rear tank? I need to buy a new midship tank sending unit, but rockauto has like 3 different tank sizes/types. Again, it's for a 1993 F250 7.3L N/A Ext. Cab, 8' bed.
THANKS GUYS!
1.) When I removed my air filter housing to start building a temporary CAI, I found a HUGE rats nest of what looked like lint and dryer lint trap stuff bundled up right in front of the air cleaner assembly, luckily no rats still in it. Thats unimportant, what I found that concerned me was that when I took the air cleaner assembly off, in which I cut out the soup bowl and air deflector by the way, and put a 4" cone filter on in place of the plastic ram air piece, I found that the old air filter was covered in a thin layer of oil on the inside, and also the "bowl" part of the soup bowl had a thin layer of oil coated on it too, does this mean something important, because it just doesn't really seem normal to have oil splatter on the air intake. I also noticed that on the long bolt that holds the air cleaner down with the wingnut on top also has oil on the threads as well. Is this a problem? (Pics to come shortly)
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2.) Finally found the notorious IP pump, I know all about it and such, but have never actually seen the thing until yet, and it really seems like turning up the pump is a pain in the neck to get in there on the side of it like that to adjust, ESPECIALLY if the allen screw isnt alligned correctly. But I'll be adding a turbo soon so I'll have to find my way in and turn it up a little soon.
3.) I noticed a few things on my radiator, one was a little pooling of coolant (which is SUPER green still btw) around the base of the radiator fill cap. Is this just a little cap or resevoir overflow or something different? Also, idk if this is just a weird quirk from the factory, but there is about an 1"-2" wide spot on the top of the radiator just to the right of the filler cap and it looks almost like its a little melted, the rubber is sort of wrinkled and twisted, whereas of course the rest of the radiator is smooth and solid. Just curious if this could be a potentional problem or not. (Pictures to come later)
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Also this gunky buildup doesn't look good either...
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4.) Underneath the brake master cylinder seems damp looking (not to the touch) but underneath the booster (large, round black section between master cylinder and firewall) looks very damp with brake fluid and really is damp. Again, is this a possible serious problem, if so, what may be the culprit to that?
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5.) I think I'm ok as far as injectors and lines go, the injectors are in excellent shape and the return lines are spotless and dry, but I have no idea what the age of them are. Should I consider replacement? When I get my turbo installed, I'm going to have a Moose Pump built and then for maximum performance I'm also going to get Moose Misters too, so I think I'll just cope with the injectors as-is now. However, where are the glowplugs located? Those I may replace, because during the day under normal use, the truck starts instantly without having to wait to warm up anything, but when I first start it first thing in the morning after sitting all night I usually wait for it to warm up with the WTS light for about 10-15 seconds. Idk if this is normal, but again, I also don't know how old the GPs are, so I was thinking of just replacing them for precaution. I believe Bosch is the way to go, avoid the Autolites? PLEASE correct me if I am wrong here.
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6.)The other day, I noticed something dangling from my truck, and when I checked it out, turned out to be a strand off my serpentine belt! When i popped the hood, 4 of the strands had stripped off and flown about the engine bay, 2 of them even got wrapped around the fan! One was really hard to get out too.. So needless to say, now my serpentine belt has two strands left, which is not enough for the truck to start with because I tried starting it today, and it will crank no problem, but I don't think the belt has enough strength now to turn the engine over, so the serpentine belt is also in need of replacing. If heard amazing things about the Goodyear Gator belts? Anyone know where i can buy one for a 1993 7.3L N/A? And if so maybe the part number and price ballprk too?
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And my leaky passenger side valve cover:
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And what looks like a factory HP rating too, hahah!
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Those were my main things I have noticed while under the hood, and on an unrelated note, does anyone know what size the midship tank is and the rear tank? I need to buy a new midship tank sending unit, but rockauto has like 3 different tank sizes/types. Again, it's for a 1993 F250 7.3L N/A Ext. Cab, 8' bed.
THANKS GUYS!
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