My parents have a 2008 6.4 Powerstroke that they have been having ongoing problems with for about two years now. I am trying to help them fix it if I can. They are retired and aren't too good with this sort of thing, and I live across the country and don't know much about diesels anyway. The first sign of any problems was my mom driving it alone and.. "The first time it happened I was driving home and going up an incline it just dropped off power like it had run out of fuel. I pulled over to the side and just kept slowly chugging along hoping and praying it would make it home." One of the main reasons they bought the truck was that they wanted to travel with a camper trailer in their retirement, and they have since been unable to pull the camper with the truck.
They had the truck towed to a diesel shop near where they lived and had the shop read the codes. I don't have the codes, they aren't on the invoice I am reading, but the notes on the invoice say that their tech had found a coolant Y pipe leaking and a broken fuel line. They fixe d the fuel line and got the truck to run for a very short time, and lost fuel pressure. They then put a fuel pressure gauge on the truck and found no pressure. They then replaced a "diesel electric pump module, on frame". The repairs done included fuel hose, the coolant y pipe, a fuel pump and "lift support" for a total of just over $2000.
This seemed to work for a short time, but soon the truck began acting up again. When you try to accelerate, it seems to fall on its face and has no power again. They took it back to the same repair shop and were told it had a P2452 Particulate matter trap differential pressure sensor, a P0113 IAT sensor high input, a P252F Oil level too high, and the truck going into limp mode. The notes on the invoice say they performed an oil change and tested the injectors, and at that time, they tested fine. They found an exhaust pressure sensor on the pipe melted. Removed and replaced it, and retested. They then let the truck go again, but the sensor burned up again before my parents even got home.
This is the current state of the truck as far as I know, and I am hoping that someone might have an idea of what might be wrong with the truck. I know that I don't have very good information, and if it turns out to be something like an injector pump, that's going to be the worst news, my parents can't afford that.
I apologize about the long post, and if I get any other information, I will post it.
Thanks for reading
They had the truck towed to a diesel shop near where they lived and had the shop read the codes. I don't have the codes, they aren't on the invoice I am reading, but the notes on the invoice say that their tech had found a coolant Y pipe leaking and a broken fuel line. They fixe d the fuel line and got the truck to run for a very short time, and lost fuel pressure. They then put a fuel pressure gauge on the truck and found no pressure. They then replaced a "diesel electric pump module, on frame". The repairs done included fuel hose, the coolant y pipe, a fuel pump and "lift support" for a total of just over $2000.
This seemed to work for a short time, but soon the truck began acting up again. When you try to accelerate, it seems to fall on its face and has no power again. They took it back to the same repair shop and were told it had a P2452 Particulate matter trap differential pressure sensor, a P0113 IAT sensor high input, a P252F Oil level too high, and the truck going into limp mode. The notes on the invoice say they performed an oil change and tested the injectors, and at that time, they tested fine. They found an exhaust pressure sensor on the pipe melted. Removed and replaced it, and retested. They then let the truck go again, but the sensor burned up again before my parents even got home.
This is the current state of the truck as far as I know, and I am hoping that someone might have an idea of what might be wrong with the truck. I know that I don't have very good information, and if it turns out to be something like an injector pump, that's going to be the worst news, my parents can't afford that.
I apologize about the long post, and if I get any other information, I will post it.
Thanks for reading