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#1 ·
i just thought i would post, and i know this isnt urgent, but having this area is great, it will allow guys who need quick info to have an area that isnt filled with a bunch if jibberish and guys going off topic.....:beer: to you Lem, great idea
 
#2 ·
hey quick ?

I noiced fuel on th ground to day was drippping from the topside about a drop a 1 sec. i have closed off the fuel return/ run high pressure pump and have no fuel regulator .what wil leak onthe top side first after o-ring at fuel filter ?? :eek: i will get the veggie cleaned off and get some light and report back my findings:eek:o 7.3l 00
 
#3 ·
Maybe the gasket on the FF lid?
 
#4 ·
there is a drain valve on the backside of the fuel filter housing, it has two o rings you cant see, and they usually leak off the right front corner of the motor (there is a metal drain hose there, easy to see), although i have seen them leak into the valley and off of the back also. check that out and let me know if it isnt that. if it is that get a hold of overloard as he had a website with just the o rings, or you can get the whole valve from ford, o rings already on the valve.
 
#6 ·
the fuel drain line to the drain valve loosens up?????.......it isnt designed to be tight, it just floats on the drain valve spicket to divert the fuel to the ground instead of draining into the valley if you need to drain the fuel filter housing.
 
#7 ·
hmmm ok look at this

so I started to clean off all the dryed out veggie on the top side and
woow wow alot of gunk . well guesss what with engine running i stuffed some paper towels around the drain valve.and thery were dry . i think i messed with the drain valve because . it looked closed so and with no fuel reg. or return i opened and closed the drain valve. after that fuel poured out like a water fall . so then again i open + closd valve with engine off caleaned the veggie off the valve stopper . and no leak . but i took pic of the naplam gell i made on top of the engine , fire hazerd yea .well i dont even want to touch the drain valve but for future ref it uses a torqes tool and there looks like there are 4 of them .? and the lil hole in the drain valve lever is the to saftywire it closed ??:boldblue: :beer:
 

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#8 ·
more help plz

ok I have had allot of fuel issues with my veggie but this is a turbo boost question??
ok I installed a boost pressure and fuel pressue
and while driving the boost never made past 10 to 13 psi . a drove hard and at 75 it struggles to continue to accellerate . so when i got home i tested the guage w the air compressor went to 30 no prob. so it worked so then i dissconnected the hot and cold side intercooler pipes the ones that say oil residue inside . well there was alot of oil inside .. i know you dont remember but a while back i damage(1 burnt ring) in the engine with my water methanol injection kit . At the start of the year i started hearing the whhhhooopp woooo of the turbo inside the car . what should i do next . a yea no leaks at exhust . and i got the banks power elbow so there is no valve to stick ???
plz help marc or forum peeps:confused:
 
#9 ·
sounds to me like your turbo may be cooked veggie....but you may want to have it looked at by someone just to make sure its not something like a bad map sensor or something........but im thinkin its turbo time.......Marc
 
#10 ·
yea im thinken so and this is y

ok so i called my other diesel wizard ken imler out in sac. and i checked all of the turbo+intercooler hose connections even tightened the ehaust to turbo band clamp a bit
the y pipe looks good so i thought ok what if i take that vac.boost line off the wastegate this made it almost run normal crused at 5 psi almost got to 16-17. what do you think marc. should i go for it and upgrade or i can get a rebuilt for $ 350 ???. what would be the BFH test to check if its the map sensor??? may be unplug and drive see if it's worse ?? or what else should i vice grip on ? hehhe:toilet:

o by the way my name is nana johnson pick a song i'm in there i wanted to tell you a whole hearted thank you for all of yer help . you will make it into diesel heaven for sure with all of the good charma collect keep up the great work..:wink2:
 
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Veggie-Destroyer said:
ok so i called my other diesel wizard ken imler out in sac. and i checked all of the turbo+intercooler hose connections even tightened the ehaust to turbo band clamp a bit
the y pipe looks good so i thought ok what if i take that vac.boost line off the wastegate this made it almost run normal crused at 5 psi almost got to 16-17. what do you think marc. should i go for it and upgrade or i can get a rebuilt for $ 350 ???. what would be the BFH test to check if its the map sensor??? may be unplug and drive see if it's worse ?? or what else should i vice grip on ? hehhe:toilet:

o by the way my name is nana johnson pick a song i'm in there i wanted to tell you a whole hearted thank you for all of yer help . you will make it into diesel heaven for sure with all of the good charma collect keep up the great work..:wink2:
if its the map sensor....pinching the line to the sensor could tell you if its the problem since a good map sensor should not allow the wastegate to close......but since unplugging the wastegate helped......im thinking that its not the mapp sensor.....and as far as which turbo to go with.....that all depends on what you are looking for in power. if you happy with what you have and arent planning on going bigger...go with the rebuilt......if your going bigger.....go with the best you can afford.......Marc
 
#13 ·
alright....replace your wastegate controll sylenoid......it is the one that the green hose on your cold intake and the red hose from the actuator both go to.......check all your fuses to make sure there is none blown...if there isnt....then i would bet that solonoid is bad.....which is causing a boost dump by the wastegate.....without a factroy style scan tool there isnt much way for you to test it unfortunately to make sure it is actually bad....but for some reason that is not closing the wastegate to allow max boost......Marc
 
#14 ·
boost is back

its taken a while but this is what some of the problem is(was) micro leaks around my water /meth sprayers . i also replaced cold side intercooler hose.
boost made it to around 21-25psi but i have either an internal oil leak at the turbo or my burnt up rings are almost toast. still more smoke at take off at the lights .

on friday i will go to see ken and the dyno ill post #s of my beast on 100 veggie oil.

I also talked to a local ford mech who told me " o lucky u got the 7.3l ,cause the 6.0l's hate biodiesel and veggie". local dealership is getting into lawsuit over that 5% deal which yer not supposed to exceed welll dude exceeded and ford is like u made the problem u fix.
as allways thanks :beer: :boldblue:
O I DID VOTE
 
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i got # s

I dyno today at Imler diesel in sac top # were 277.9 max hp /615.2 max trq . the water meth sys was sketcky made a puddle in his shop hehe.
so there still room for improvement .
but turbo isnt fryed just the oil .:burnout
this was on straight veggie oil
O yea i just today learned of the block heater wow you mean it just plugs in O YEA.
he (ken)also said those #s were at the rear wheels about 100 + stock . but who cares i raced out to sac and back and I will fill up at the HOUSE before i go to work . o i heard gas went up ?? :poke

i or you can email any 1 who want to see kens print out of my # i got 4 pages this is the top 1 highest ##s njohnson10@comcast.net


o yea the smoke just made us all hungry
 
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