broke

[Stroker7.3]

My truck just took a sh!t!!!! Driving last night took a turn up a hill when i tried accelerating the truck had no power and stopped at 25 mph. it would surge like the rpms would rev up and down on there own. i florred the acclekretar and would not go faster then 35 mph. something seriosly wrong. chips are off. neeed help asap was going to moab next week.

thanks

[willholl79]

How does it run at idle?

[Stroker7.3]

well at idle it felt like it was missing. but i got it fixed. i had low oil (my fault lol) so it was foaming causing my injectors to malfunction killing cylinders...

Im so glad it was an easy fix

[sevenmalards]

So that was the problem and fix, low oil?

[Stroker7.3]

ya so far it hasnt done it since... did an oil change and its ran fine since then so i guess low oil is a big problem in powerstrokes.

[sevenmalards]

Well it is because the injectors run off of oil pressure, that way if you have some kind of catastrophic failure and loose all your engine oil (punch a hole in your pan or something) the motor will quit and not burn up. I've heard of the problem you've had, you must have been pretty low. I've had mine a couple quarts low and it didn't happen.
Glad it was something easy....and CHEAP!

[ford99PSD]

good fix and at least you didnt have a major prob, my truck seems to eat oil untill it gets to be about 1.5 qt low, i dont know whehe it goes and i never see any leaks but when i add oil after about two weeks its back to being low... wtf?