Run some stiction eleminator. Sounds like that's the problem. I'm not familiar with FORscan though. Maybe @bismic can tap in, he swears by them

 

Agree with above - my truck did the same on cold starts - ran hot shot secrets and problem gone in around 800 miles and has been good since

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The only thing Forscan can do, besides the electrical testing, that I am aware of, is to turn off individual cylinders.

It certainly can not do the uncompensated cylinder contribution testing. Pretty much only IDS for that,

 

IMO...for <$50, it doesn't hurt one bit to try some Archoil, HSS, or RevX for 1k miles or so. If you find the additive doesn't work, you can T/S more knowing you're dealing with something beyond stiction.

-jokester

 

bingo

 

Ok thanks guys. Yeah I'll do the additive and see if it helps. Would be nice to see a contribution test some day but I doubt I'll come across an IDS.

Sort of related - I notice I NEVER see misfire counts in Torque - is that a real metric? Note that although it's been a long time since my last erase, I still see "misfire - incomplete". To my knowledge, I have never seen a misfire reported in 2 years. Do diesels even do that since they have no spark plugs? Mine certainly sounds like it's misfiring when it's cold and that injector is acting up.

 

The sticktion eliminators will work for a year, two, or so. But from my experience, you'll end up with an injector.

 

The sticktion eliminators will work for a year, two, or so. But from experience, you'll end up with an injector.

I use hot shot secrets and their maintenance recommendations (i.e. Regular addition smaller quantity) plus fuel side additives (Stanadyne Performance every fill per their recommendations) and since first issue have not had a problem. Currently on my third 6.0 with total miles between all three at 250,000 (to be honest newest could be ignored as it is like 40k).

Only time I have had injector failure was when a HPOP failed towing on 8% grade.

But I'm definitely not a mechanic - shade tree at best.

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After about 30 months I ended up replacing the injector. I know of one other who had a similar situation, but if other people have a better experience, the two of us might be outliers. I'm joust going by the two examples.

 

After about 30 months I ended up replacing the injector. I know of one other who had a similar situation, but if other people have a better experience, the two of us might be outliers. I'm joust going by the two examples.

Time will tell - I could end up proving you correct. Been over 3 years since my issue but not a ton of miles on the truck in that time - approximately 50k.

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I do hope you and anyone else do better. I was pumped up when it helped, and I still have some sitting on my shelf. I still tell people to try it.

 

I do hope you and anyone else do better. I was pumped up when it helped, and I still have some sitting on my shelf. I still tell people to try it.

I'm a firm believer in regular/preventative/predictive maintenance (the line of work I am in has pounded that into my way of operating). I deal the same way now with all things I own. I spend countless hours - what is the best way to make it last and do my best to follow the practices I find and carefully filter what I find (you have helped in my searches and knowledge base concerning the 6.0 as well as others). By no means am I a genius and don't profess to be one, but so far my xp with the 6.0 has been relatively problem free (all things mechanical will fail and have had a few of them [emoji106]). My protocol has been maintain, apply preventative measures, and don't abuse and it will stand the test of time [emoji1696][emoji1696][emoji1696], and avoid that Murphy character.

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