THEY PUT GAS IN MY POWERSTROKE!

[RYAN SHAE]

I JUST BOUGHT A 2005 F-350 FX4 CREW CAB LONG BED WITH A 6" LIFT 35" TIRES AND A AFE COLD AIR INTAKE AND 78500 MILES. WHEN I WENT TO LOOK AT IT AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP IT WOULDN'T START AND SAID LOW FUEL. THE SALESMAN AND I GOT A CLEAN CAN AND WENT AND GOT 5 GALS OF DIESEL AND CAME BACK AND PUT IT IN. IT STARTED UP AND RAN RUFF FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES THEN SMOOTHED UP. SO WE DROVE OVER THE THE FUEL STATION AND FILLED IT UP WITH ALMOST 30 GALS OF DIESEL. I DROVE IT AND IT DROVE STRAIGHT AND TRUE AND SMOOTH. NO SIGN OF ANYTHING WRONG. I BOUGHT IT AND DROVE IT 2 DAYS AND PUT 200 MILES ON IT. I PARKED IT FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS AND WENT OUT TO START IT AND IT WOULDN'T START. I WORK AT A DIESEL SHOP AND 1 OF MY MECHANICS USED TO WORK FOR INTERNATIONAL AND KNEW ALOT ABOUT THE ENGINES. HE LOOKED AT IT, TOLD ME TO LET THE GLOW PLUGS GO THROUGH AND LISTEN TO THE FUEL PUMP. I DID AND THE FUEL MADE A GURRGLING SOUND. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY CAME AND PICKED IT UP. THEY CALLED ME 2 HOURS LATER AND SAID THERE WAS GAS IN THE DIESEL AND BLAMED ME. I TOLD THEM THAT I HADN'T TOUCHED THE FUEL. THAT THEY WERE THE ONE'S THAT FUELED IT LAST. SO, NOW THEY ARE SAYING THEY NEED TO TAKE IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP SO THE WARRENTY WILL PAY FOR IT. DOES THAT EVEN SOUND RIGHT? FORD WON'T WARRENTY THEIR DUMB MISTAKE WILL THEY? ALSO DO YOU THINK THAT IT MIGHT HAVE HURT THE INJECTORS OR THE ENGINE IN ANYWAY?

[bigcountrysg]

I would drop the tank, clean it out, change filters, put it back together. Fill up with diesel and drive the truck. Hook up a scan tool and check out the systems.

It is hard to say if the injectors are damaged or not.

[toobroketostroke150]

Im pretty sure a Ford warrenty doesn't cover dumbazz nissan salesmen! So its pretty much their (dealership you bought it from's problem) Nice truck though.

[Tacomarunner]

How did it make it that far on gas?

[Big Tone]

With 10-15 gallons of fuel in the tank add one 11oz can of BG 244 (most all Ford dealers sell BG products), drive it about 20mi, then take it home and let it set over night. The next morning drive the rest of the fuel out of the tank, then after refueling change your fuel filters

[Justin M]

I just got over that same problem. I finally was able to drive all the fuel out of it.

[RYAN SHAE]

WELL, HERE IS AN UPDATE. THEY DID JUST WHAT YOU SAID BIGCOUNTRYSG. THEY DROPPED THE TANK, CHANGED THE FILTERS, FLUSHED THE SYSTEM AND THEN PUT GOOD CLEAN DIESEL IN IT AND IT STILL WOULDN'T START. NOW THEY SCAN IT AND COME UP WITH THE FICM. SO THEY ARE TOWING IT OVER TO THE FORD HOUSE SO IT WILL BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRENTY. I TOLD THEM TO CHECK THE BATTERIES AND THE ALTERNATOR (BECAUSE I HEAR THAT IS WHAT USUALLY MAKES THEM GO OUT) SO THAT THIS CRAP DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO ASK THEM TO CHECK? IS THERE A GENERAL TEST THAT THEY CAN RUN TO CHECK THE INJECTORS AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO THAT IT WILL BE RELIABLE WHEN I GET IT BACK?

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Last edited by RYAN SHAE : 09-18-2009 at 02:04 PM.

[Evil Eye]

The FICM's are an electronic part and go out on their own; the alternator has nothing to do with it. Not sure where you heard that, but it's wrong. Good luck with your truck!

PS. Please don't type in all caps. It's annoying as hell!

[PowerJoker6.0]

[RYAN SHAE]

Sorry for the caps. My computer at work stays on caps because everything we do has to be in caps. I just got used to it. Anyway, I thought that the FICM was a module that converts 12v to 48v. That is why, if your alternator is going out or if a battery is going bad it over works it and it goes out. I heard that they are really sensitive like that. Is that not right?