someotherguy
Truly Awesome
The gas 7.3's are plenty of power for our purposes, gas mileage sucks as you might expect (about 7-8mpg in our setup), but what I'm trying to figure out so far is why several of them have prematurely croaked. The one I'm driving currently is a 2021 and it had been ticking since about 70K and finally went for major engine repair around 117K. Sometimes the word I get back from the mechanic is a little vague since it's secondhand, but what I heard was "crank bearings" bad. Now we have a 2022 that is not ticking but knocking at 27K miles. 27K. Mostly quiet at idle but rev it at all and it sounds awful. Either the guys doing our oil changes are screwing up bigtime somehow (which I'm beating the drum for) or these engines are hit-or-miss junk.Hmmm. I look at that thing occasionally, not bulged or strange looking. Truck starts and runs as if it was new. I have been curious about that though, and do not top off the fiancée's 2002 Tahoe as I consider that a modern car which might be susceptible to my shenanigans.
How do you like those 7.3s? I remember thinking to myself Ford did something right by going back to a single camshaft and 2 valve per cylinder design.
You aren't kidding. I'd say each time you pull up next to a GMT800 in traffic you can almost bet money on looking over and seeing the CEL and if it's on, majority of the time it's because of an EVAP code. I replaced the vent solenoid with the upgraded design and still have related codes. Wife's truck started doing it too but I guess it's not a hard code yet as I saw the CEL on and it cleared itself later. Mine stays on.. been on since 2017.The EVAP system is real sensitive on the 800s; went through changing the solenoid under the truck on the '06. Not a fun job even with the spare tire off. The "quick disconnect" is anything but.....
So I don't top any of our vehicles off anymore.
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Richard