99 7.3 not running well

[99 250]

i just picked up a 99 f250 for $800 the guy was gunna scrap it and the truck has 284,000 miles on it and i wanted to try to fix it but when i start the truck the idle is pretty rough and the truck has no power and does not rev up unless i hold the peddle for a few seconds i have a feeling that i might need injectors but this is my first desiel so i am not 100% sure if anyone could give me any suggestion i would appreciate it

[captinbill2003]

Originally Posted by 99 250

i just picked up a 99 f250 for $800 the guy was gunna scrap it and the truck has 284,000 miles on it and i wanted to try to fix it but when i start the truck the idle is pretty rough and the truck has no power and does not rev up unless i hold the peddle for a few seconds i have a feeling that i might need injectors but this is my first desiel so i am not 100% sure if anyone could give me any suggestion i would appreciate it

Try throwing a new CPS (cam position sensor) in her an see where that puts you. Its only 20 bucks or so. Also see if you have anyone around with AE (Autoenginuity) to get some diagnostics. Either way if the body is still good you got a hell of a deal, you can get a new motor for under $5K and be in real good shape.

[99 250]

thanks man i might do that and yea the body is in decent shape cab is mint bed is banged up but im lookin for a bed for it...and yea thats what i was thinkng about a motor i found one out of a 2000 van its a 7.3 but i am not sure if the injection and the computers are the same do you know anything about that? like do you know if i could use that motor as a swap?

[captinbill2003]

I think that the Van 7.3 and the truck 7.3 are the same motor. The turbo on the van is non-wastegated I believe so you will have to use the Van PCM or swap the turbo from the truck over. Again this is all a guess man, Ive never delt with the vans personally. Take a look around the threads or Im sure someone else will chime in on here.

[usnavyad]

Agreed hell I'd give u what u paid for that truck it would be a sweet project or f it and do a motor rebuild is the truck throwing any codes and u said u can get it to idle check the oil dipstick for bubbles

[99 250]

the truck idles but it idles rough and like almost dies when it idles idk i believe the motors are the same but like the other stuff lik you said up there the manifolds i know are different because of the engine conpartment on the vans is different than the pickups but i didnt know about the turbo...and the dipstick has no bubbles but when i did get the truck it had no oil in it and i put oil into it

[99 250]

amd the truck is not throwing any codes i have a scanner and that was the first thing i checked for and comes up as nothing in the computer

[JLCAV8R]

If the truck had no oil in it and you put oil in it, then you may not have enough oil in the high Pressure oil Pump. There is a plug you can take out of the HPOP and check/fill it. If it does not have enough oul in there then it will not fire the injectors and there for causing it to run like SH**. You may have a bad HPOP, very common with these motors with that many miles on it. Just my thought.

[99 250]

yea im thinking it is the HPOP but i was told by someone that they know whats wrong with it and they told me to change the IDM....