d-kuzmen
Master Ford Tech
We are located 6 miles east of Lynchburg, Virginia on Rt 460. Or 100 miles west of Richmond/Petersburg.
Too far south for me to travel, now if you want your more than welcome to bring it on up here to Connecticut.. Lol
We are located 6 miles east of Lynchburg, Virginia on Rt 460. Or 100 miles west of Richmond/Petersburg.
Just to remind you, I'm in Missouri.I would like to be able to con the powers to be that the only way to take care of the problem is to take it NORTH.
Just to remind you, I'm in Missouri.
It is about 15 miles highway and some city driving to get the vehicle to the dealer. Is it safe to drive it that far if I keep the radiator full of coolant? It is dripping coolant from the muffler and lots of white steam comeing from the tailpipe.
I don't want them to claim I have caused additional damage to the engine that is not covered.
Drove the ambulance to Ford last night. Had another member follow in pickup with extra coolant. Didn't need to add any and both temp gauges remained in the normal range.
Got a call from their service writer a few minutes ago and she told me that the vehicle need a EGR cooler and oil cooler replacement and the vehicle was out of the 5 yr/50,000 mile warranty. I told her she was mistaken and there was a class action suit settlement that extended the warranty to 72 months and 120,000 miles.
She said she had not heard anything about it and would need to research it and get back with me tonight.
Just tell her to pull an oasis and it'll be right there in black and white. When I ran your vin it came right up. They probably don't do enough ambulance work to know about it.
Yes you are correct. There are 50+ Ford ambulances within 25 miles of their place, but most take them elsewhere to private shops or other dealers because of service. Roanoke dealers 55 miles away probably get the majority of the ambulances.
I pulled the oasis on the vehicle after reading your comments. We are a fleet account and have access to oasis. I hadn't used it enough.
Theres no egr on a 7.3, so you won't have to worry there. As far as the oil cooler, no worries there either.Blacksnapon, thanks for info. Do the 7.3s have oil and egr coolers? What is the schedule on replaceing the coolant filters?
I'm not sure on the spec. I think before I used it, I'd bypass your filter, then run the solution, drain, then re-install the filter and new coolant.Hey Vince, I'm getting ready to replace my coolant filter. Would I be wise to add the a fore mentioned coolant cleaner-oxidation neutralizer at that time? If so, is there some spec on that solution that I can look for?