My 6.7 powerstroke had oil leaks, fuel leaks, and water leaks. Traded it in just before the 36,000 mile limit. I would not be able to stand the repair bills.
Last farm plated truck I saw was at the transmission shop with a broken input shaft. The farmer fed him some line about towing his lawn mower in the middle of hay cutting season.
It only just occurred to me how twisted it is that we are all just sitting here salivating for the carnage. We are a messed up bunch. Happy new year to my fellow weirdos.
While you were fighting the injector, i was reminded of this other youtuber who takes apart and fixes rusty stuff. and in one video when something was giving him an extra hard time he said 'i wish these machines would understand that I'm just going to keep escalating until I get it'.
This was probably a farm truck with the red diesel. Take it from an old farm hand that farm trucks are driven hard through standing water for self-entertainment purposes. I've seen a few farm machines suffer the hydro-lock fate.
For those not in the know about the red diesel, its meant for offroad use in stuff like tractors, farm equipment, construction hardware that never drives off the site, things of that nature. It's untaxed, or taxed at a lower rate, and in the older days it had much more sulfur in it. If you're using it on road-traveling vehicles, the penalty i've been able to find is $10/gallon in the tank OR $1000 fine, whichever is greater, and individual tanks on the vehicle count as separate violations. I think it also gets you whacked with tax evasion, which is it's own problem. Combined things get reeeally expensive really fast, and one forum post I found was of someone getting busted with red diesel and getting slammed for *$50,000* for doing it. There *are* entities that can use it on-road, but they're basically Education, Govt, or Nonprofit Educational organizations. Everyone else must use the fuel within 25 miles of the registered address.
Because of current emissions I think off-road diesel has to be low-sulfur just like on-road diesel. But it's still dyed red to indicate it's for off-highway use only. In return it's not taxed like on-road diesel. Off-highway diesel of the past was much dirtier because who cares when it's a bunch of construction equipment using it. Now everything has to burn clean.
In my state there is no exemption for 25 miles or less. Also, "An owner, operator, or driver of a vehicle who uses dyed diesel fuel on the public roads or highways of this state is subject to a civil penalty of $1,000.00 for the first violation, and a civil penalty of $5,000.00 for each subsequent violation." This is in addition to the $10/gallon or $1,000 for one violation, whichever is more.
Up here in Alberta, dyed diesel was for off road use only. I don't remember if it was dyed red or purple, but the idea was that the road tax that was applied to "regular" diesel wasn't supposed to be paid, because the vehicles using it weren't using the roads. They actually got rid of that tax break a few years ago, now it is all regular diesel, and road tax applies to all diesel, whether they are using the roads or not.
I finally got to see a take-down of a 6.7 liter F250 diesel in your channel. And now that I have seen how much work it takes to dissasemble one, it's not a wonder why competent diesel techs charge so much when working on one of these. Thanks for sharing this take-down with us, your subscribers.
It’s not that it’s hard to come apart; the hard part is putting it back. So much so that you are actually better off replacing every part you remove to get to the issue. So not only do you have to charge for the bad part, you have to charge for all the good parts that are in the way of the bad part as well.
I appreciate your willingness to sacrifice your back to reveal the secrets of this red-fueled "only driven on Sundays" Power Stroke. Now, go take some Ibuprofen and get some rest.
After watching this tear down of a Ford V8 PowerChoke I can really appreciate the 40 years I spent working on the simplicity of the inline 6 cyl diesels, I would hate to see what they would charge to replace that conglomerate of a water pump!
Got the EGR pipe off without breaking the bolt. Got the up pipes off easy. Intake looked normal. Injectors have been replaced. It has the 10mm bolts. If they haven't been it will have torx
@@billiam247 why all the water sitting in the lower front corners of the head castings? I guess Eric ruled out the crack he though he saw in the one head, and based on the bent rod figured it was running, and I understand both, but I do not see the damaged as hydrocarbon originated, myself.
@@iadr perhaps it was stored outside temporarily? I don't think it was a coincidence that the cylinder with the suspect injector was the one with the bent rod. This thing was likely tuned to the moon.
Thank you for the past year presenting us videos with lots of inspection ports, carnage, forbidden glitter, varnish, broken crankshafts, split wrist pins, loads of 'in perfect condition" water pumps and guiderails. The chains you salvaged can be used for Damascus steel or even used for forged induction ports. See you in the new year :)
The way the intake goes over the side and the turbo sits in the middle looked like a scorpion with its legs and stinger on its back due to the hot v design. So the engineers named it Scorpion which Ford kept and made it the official name of the engine family.
For everyone not familiar with dyed diesel, the dye comes via tanker to the fuel terminals from United Color mfg in Nitro, WV. I’m told it’s the only plant in the US and drivers have told me they have taken as little as 200 gallons as far as Washington state. A little goes a long way and it’s a timed injection in cc’s based on the gallon load preset. Red diesel isn’t shipped by pipeline because of the trail back in the pipe and turning the push products pink. Old red high sulfur diesel used to be 2000 PPM sulfur but dyed ULSD is now 15 PPm max.
I thought it was because it's cheaper diesel used by industrial and farming motors and isn't intended to be used by the public. That's why its dyed red because if you get caught with red diesel you have to pay a fine.
@@MrShadow1617Heating oil in the USA is dyed red and can not be used for vehicles on public roads. Road diesel is not dyed but is taxed as road fuel. They are the same product here in the USA.
Just google red dye diesel in USA. Diesel fuel dye helps prevent tax evasion and has high sulfur. Blue diesel is US Government use only. Canada Tax free gas in Canada also has Red Dye Who ever informed your ref fuel milage was pulling your leg.
At the Indiana county and state fairs the Excise Tax people would have "Special Reserved" parking for diesel trucks. They'd dip the tanks and if it came out red it was a D'oh! moment. The fine was the mileage on the trucks odometer divided by the MPG times the road fuel tax.
When I was a kid way back in the '50s, Dad decided to leave town and move the family seven miles into the country. We ended up next to a small time farmer. That's when I learned about dyed gas and diesel. There was a little ferret from the provincial government here in Nova Scotia, whose job it was to go around dipping farmers tanks, both fixed and on road vehicles. If the farmer had dyed gas in the pickup truck or car, well there was hell to pay. Don't know how the amount of the fine was determined. Dyed fuel had to be in the tractors or other farm machinery only. As a townie, I had never known that. Plus there were the fed "Fishing Inspectors" -- you had to have a lobster license to um, gather lobster across the main road on the sea shore. Those guys thought they knew all the tricks locals got up to, lurking about with binocular, and the fine was very high if you got caught. So, of course, nobody cheated much on the gas, but everyone ate lobsters -- it was a dirt poor county overall.
I hope it's a Happy New Year. If our incoming president bothers you guys about Greenland, just tell him it's inhabited by millions of dogs. He seems to have an issue with them...
Hello Denmark! We were visiting your fine country just months ago. Had a great time. Now about your 25% VAT...please send 25% to Eric for enjoying his video. 😂
@@davidgrisco1939 lol :-) I have to send him 25% of my toyota . but then maybe i will save 250$ on my annual 1000$ green VAT :-) great you enjoyed your stay in Denmark , come back anytime! 👍
I would just like to remind some of you that the EPA doesn’t give 2 shits about vehicles using off road diesel it’s the same as regular diesel just untaxed. It’s DOT and state police that do.
When I worked for Ford the 6.0 was just coming out and we were seeing them all the time with screwed up fuel injectors because guys were running heating oil/non taxed diesel. Long story short that fuel doesn’t have the same lubricants as on road diesel and wreaked havoc on the injectors. The 7.3 powerstroke was ok with that but not the 6.0 or really any newer diesel’s
Red diesel is dyed for industrial use. This engine was probably owned by a farmer or a construction company or something of the sort. GREAT VIDEO ERIC.
@wilburfinnigan2142 absolutely sir the fines are 10 dollars a gallon or 1000 dollars which ever is greater plus an additional fee in my state as well for a tax on 46.7 gallons not a penalty id like to pay. It cheaper to keep her legal than the fees
A Diesel Injector that fails can lock wide open, causing the cylinder to fill with fuel which can potentially lead to a hydrolock condition where the piston cannot compress the excessive fuel (and cause damage including bending the connecting rod). A contributing factor in this is that a Diesel Engines fuel system normally remains pressurized even when not running so in just a short time a stuck open injector can partially fill the cylinder with fuel while sitting and it would explain why this only happened to the one cylinder.
My 6.7 died this exact way. Got to work, injector leaked filled the cylinder and a bent a rod when I left that night to go home. Ford extended warranty covered it all.
I had a 2012 F250 with this engine. Over 4 years, the entire emissions system was replaced, including the recall for the DEF heater and the TSP for exhaust valves sticking during regen (I had to force the dealer to fix this). Ultimately the dealer found diesel in the oil but couldn't figure out where it was coming from, so I ended up trading it (highest resale value of anything I ever owned, BTW). I loved it and I hated it, and I still miss it. Absolute beast.
That upper oil pan is a gasketed part. Newer ones don’t have a gasket channel. Lots of people swap for that kind because the uppers without the gasket channel commonly leak.
There's a farmers brew version of penetrating fluid i was taught by an old timer, you mix 50/50 acetone and automatic transmission fluid. He had it in an oiling bottle. It works a lot faster than the branded penetrating fluid. I have saved quite a few exhaust bolts, emergency brake cables, brake bleeder screws, etc. I usually use the red bottle from valvoline because it's commonly available and easier to identify on a shelf with other bottles.
I think Project Farm and others have tested this old wive's tale a number of times. So far, every one of them have shown it be about as true as the use coke or molasses to remove rust..... Vinegar has worked well, but it does remove metal so don't dunk/apply it where it can pool and forget about it for a day, week, etc depending.
Eric, this 6.7 looks like it ingested sea water. Possible, if the engine was from here on the East Coast. Sad demise. By the way, hope you and the family had a great Christmas and hope you to have a Happy New Year!
We don’t know how much time it really took to complete this video I have asked Project Farm he’d have a 15-25 minute video and take 50-60 hours to produce it.
yep. Now I feel slightly bad. It's one thing to go in early make sure all is going well and set aside a few hours during the day as a break from the work routine that pays for itself. But this going back to work at 9PM and working until 2AM, as he described has happened, yikes.
I have a 7.3 PowerStroke. It starts, sometimes. Drinks diesel like I used to drink beer. I looked up cores and they're still like $10-15,000! 30 years later!
My dad has a 2003 with a little over 10k miles. Not a typo. 10,000 miles. Drives it 3-4 times per year to keep the juices fresh. The rest of the time it sits in a garage with the batteries disconnected
From what I understand, stock dirtymax trucks are known to be surprisingly thirsty while driving through "shallow" water. Something about the air inlet being fairly low or not waterproof enough to be able to do proper "wading" with the trucks.
Aren't those a sleeved block? It looks like it. Just resleeve it and send it. Fun teardown, but I feel the pain on the rust. Thanks for the look inside!
💯👍🏻👌🏻💪🏻 Going 15 years strong now(except for that damn Bosch CP4 disaster pump). It's crazy how powerful they are today....up to 500hp & 1200tq from the FACTORY!
The Ford 6.7 is a fantastic engine right out of the box. That one you have there is the early 2011-2012 engine. Easy ways to tell is the dual inlets on the Turbo since it's a Twin scroll. But they were prone to bearing failures. Later engines now use a single scroll with VGT and I Believe a wastegate as while. (don't quote me I was a tech that got out of the trade 5 years ago) The Crankcase vent is definitely something to make sure gets addressed every 40-50 miles I'd say or sooner if you run the trucks hard. The early engine did not have a replaceable cartridge filter, later engines that top piece is removable and you can swap out the filter in the truck. Pretty easy to do, those clog up after a while and send crankcase pressure through the roof. And then they blow out the silicone gasket maker used to seal the upper oil pan which is the biggest area for oil leaks on these engines. For the 2020+ engines they redesigned the upper oil pan and Crankcase vent system. I'm not sure if those engines have that issue anymore. Another spot for oil leaks can be the Vacuum pump on the front cover can sometimes come loose and leak oil making it seem like the front cover is leaking when it's not.
Dual boost was 2011 to 2014. This engine was a 2011 though due to the oil pan. The dual boost turbo was not famous for bearing failures. The cab chassis trucks, which were non dual boost failed turbos. 90% of dual boost turbos that i replaced were because a ford tsb made us do it under warranty. That tsb was wrong and was later updated to say the issue was with carbon build up in the exhaust valves. This tsb is also wrong, as the correct fix is to actually work the truck on occasion.
Eric, if you could magically Frankenstein an engine...take the best bits from all that you've seen...what would you pick? Best valve covers, cam cradles (assuming OHC), spark plug access (assuming gas), head design, etc etc etc...even chain guides and water pump. Two part oil pan? Those funky angled con rods? And from a daily driver perspective, something that can be dealt with and maintained. The best bits from 'em all.
I really appreciate the fact that you acknowledged the possibility of a bent crank.. with a Crankshaft that looks that good some might send it straight to resale as OK
Watching you struggle with that injector reminds me of the injector I had stuck in my daily driver TDI when I went to put new injectors in. Mine was seized to the point that a normal slide hammer didn't work and even a pipe washer and nut threaded on the injector line wouldn't pull it up and out of the bore. I was bending a steel pipe.. Ended up getting an actual injector slide hammer and it popped out in like 5 slams.. If you want to do more diesels in the future Id highly recommend you invest in one.. You can also soak the injector down with a 50/50 mix of ATF and Acetone. I did for a week while I was waiting on the new slide hammer and trying other methods. It helps a TON.
The upper oil pan is worth a little since it has groove for a gasket. On the newer truck they use gasket sealer only. The older oil pan is used in place of the new ones.
Merry Xmas and happy new year... thanks for listening to the comments, both good, bad,and indifferent... the fact that you have the ability to change to SAE standards into the METRIC system makes me very happy... have a great day 🎉
But officer, I run MMO and ATF as diesel additive... ;) In all seriousness, there is a possible (albeit unlikely) explanation... truck wasn't used on public roads, so red diesel perfectly legal. This does happen... farm crawlers, industrial vehicles, forestry vehicles, etc. Especially now when a lot of industrial/farm diesels require low-sulfur fuel; the dye is purely for tax tracking, no longer used to also indicate sulfur content.
Pretty sure that Red Diesel fuel is legal to use in some circumstances like on a farm truck. Its actually the same fuel as what you can buy at the pump except for the Red Dye. You just don't want to get caught using it in a commercial truck in a city or over the road.
Red diesel and blue gasoline were both legal for any vehicle that operated exclusively off road where I used to live. So farm vehicles, off road construction equipment, etc were all ok for untaxed fuel.
Most likely you looked at something related to it or even talked about it near your phone. It's always listening to you! Google [search]sneakers or bed sheets or something and you'll get ads for that exact thing next time!
HI Eric, what a job, I was exhausted laying on the ground panting and then you took the engine apart. I have been a mechanic for 50+ years. My vote goes to something failed in that one cyl. I have stripped engines that have gone through water running and they ALL have bent rods, why wouldn't they? I vote for a failed injector etc filling the one cylinder with fuel and then bending the rod. The engine doesn't have much damage so I don't think it was running when it bent, just cranking. The water came later when it was left outside. Love your work, I watch them all!! Happy New Year!!
9:03 That diesel is dyed red because that means it’s for off road use only. Since off-road diesel doesn’t have road tax, It is illegal to use it in a vehicle that’s gonna be driven on public roads. The red dye is in there is for detection by the police.
Here in Italy red diesel = special diesel for heating systems, which is colored that way because it's with a special low taxation. If they (Guarda di Finanza = Finance police) find it in a vehicle, then expect a HUGE fine... There are people doing that, even tho now the vast majority of houses have natural gas heating system, because here we pay 6.6$/gal diesel (6.9 for regular gasoline).
You’re by far one of the most wholesome people on TH-cam. Keep up the tear downs. With that being said came here to add that the fuel was ag diesel. It’s notoriously lower quality standards and I’ve heard of it being quite dirty. What are the chances it caused an injector to stick open and fill the cylinder? Just food for thought.
Wow, have you ever got a lot of patience. I do as well, almost 5 years to gather the resources to swap out 30$ a piece lifters in a 6.4 litre. Thank you. Love your videos.
The secondary water pump is for the egr cooler and intercooler, however the corrosion on the turbo leads me to believe that it ingested a lot of water, egr failures don't usually lead to a hydrolocked engine. And that injector failure would of burned a hole through the piston anyways so it was destined for some internal carnage. Injector failures usually come from bad fuel filters and particulates running through the cp4, which either kills the pump and all the injectors or one or two get stuck open, 2011 and up truck the fuel filter is located on the fuel tank what you removed of the motor was the fuel water separator. Also would loved that bent rod for a desk ornament
I'm guessing a farmers kid took daddys truck to the woods and tried to cross the creek that the old man warned was too deep.But he can make it if its full throttle.
Excellent teardown Eric.👌 My guess would be a river or stream crossing or perhaps a mud bogger. I use red diesel in my 1990 IDI F250 Custom on the farm, and when I haul water, it gets over the road diesel for on-road driving. Actually a common practice in the more rural areas, but yes, it is necessary to run over the road clear on the public roads. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Back 8 years ago my Detroit Diesel S60 required a rebuild due to failure of kits 5 and 6 (rings on both). That bill came in north of $18k and I couldn't sit straight for several months. I can't imagine what a rebuild would cost on this Ford 6.7L diesel but I imagine it wouldn't be cheap. Within the past 9-months, I had the pleasure of driving almost new F-450 and F-550 chassis trucks with the 6.7L diesel both with 10-speed automatics. The power of the engines is incredible for the amount of weight (north of 30k lbs) I was pulling on 38'ft gooseneck flatbeds. My biggest complaint was the actual transmissions in that I didn't like their shift schedules which were mighty hard IMO and out of sequence often skipping out of 1st straight to 3rd (slam shift) which could be hard on engines crankshaft. With exception of the notable CP4 injection pump which has a high incidence of failure, the Ford 6.7L diesel is a damn tough engine.
Awesome job! It just continues to prove that water (or any liquid) is just not compressible, no matter what engine you put it through! I also shows that people shouldn't drive through water! See you next week!
Off-road diesel is the same as on road except that is not taxed. So it's not the EPA who would care. Secondly, the engine is destroyed so everything worked out well. But of course you knew all that
I would occasionally fill up with off-road diesel from one of my contractors tanks. He and i went to an equipment show and i parked on the highway. Someone noticed an asshole checking fuel on trucks parked on the highway. Most people at the show drove diesels. I had a good lock on mine, so never got contacted.
Diesel tech here and here's my commentary as I go. 1. That is a pretty typical amount of soot in the intake 2. The fact that you just zipped the egr to manifold pipe out without breaking the bolts is wild 3. That is the original crankcase breather. There is an updated design, but the breathers, I recommend replacing every 80-100k miles on the early trucks. On the late trucks, change the entire breather to one from a 2011. It removes the filter that the 2020 trucks have and replaces it with the baffled design. Breathers are the biggest cause of oil leaks, and even turbo failures. 4. Up pipe orientation looks like it hasn't been off. I usually make the upper clamp face forward 5. Red diesel fuel. Never heard of that on a street truck. I can't imagine someone running off road diesel in their on road truck. I'm a tax paying American and would never dream of such a thing 😉 6. If you set down your purse you can just pull the injectors out by hand. The stuck ones, snap on makes a bad ass puller. I also have a slide hammer attachment for them, and a basic puller. 7. Note on the turbo. This truck is a 2011 which uses a dual boost turbo. The compressor wheel is double sided which is why there is two inlets. It's actually a really cool design. Essentially one turbine, and 2 compressors on one shaft. 8. Always impresses me when these trucks have the original plastic pan. They did it in 2011 and they ditched it in 2012. There is an updated pan for that. When they were new in 2011 I was doing like 3 -5 pans a week for leaks. 9. That upper oil pan is the best. 2011s had a gasket on the upper oil pan, all the later trucks use silicone and leak (a lot of this is due to the crankcase breather) These are great engines! They've proven to be solid engines with really good quality parts. I agree that this truck likely drove through water. Cool teardown!
@AlphanumericCharacters when I take them off motors I'm replacing it usually just hit them out with an impact and like 95% of the time they don't break. The bolts have this unique feature where they sense your fear. If you don't care if they break, then they come out easy. If you don't want them to break, they are going to try everything in their power to break
9:04 Offroad diesel is red. if that guy was pulled over and had his fuel tested, he'd get in some trouble for it. red diesel is only for machinery and such that don't drive on the highway
I work at a fuel terminal and the red dye injection system is nasty to maintain. IRS inspects us for dye concentration and audits truck cargo loads for color. I wish it would go away 😂
The locomotives also use that kind of fuel as well considering that they’re not on the road obviously they’re on the railroad. But the red dye is indeed in there to determine whether or not you’re actually committing a crime by avoiding the road tax. You can actually get arrested and go to jail if you’re caught by law enforcement. You can get charged with it which in this case is a misdemeanor
Is no one else going to mourn the end-of-service for the Orange-Sheathed Science Hammer? Rest well, good sir. You made quite an impact on all of us.
It went woke and left bf ‘25
Old hammers never die! They just get used as door stops, document hold-downs etc.
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he ordered a crate of orange hammers made in China cheap price
29:52 science hammer alive and well
Powerstroke - The condition of the owner upon receiving the repair bill.
My 6.7 powerstroke had oil leaks, fuel leaks, and water leaks. Traded it in just before the 36,000 mile limit. I would not be able to stand the repair bills.
@@davidhomer78 Bullet dodged.
@@davidhomer78 Everything you just listed is covered for 5 yrs or 100k miles.
Had to have made one hellu’ve racket the short time it ran like that.
@@billmM3605 yeah because dealers are known for doing any warranty claim with no resistance or trouble.
I just realized 2011 was 14 years ago when you said it. I’m in shock, feels like 2011 is only 4 or 5 years ago
@irishuwould5185 That's because you don't have enough fingers to cover the task. Tejus tards... never sending their brightest.
Don't remind me that there are days that 2001 seems like a couple of years ago
@@kmack747 life goes by when you are in the rat race and just work to get new cars/houses
Don't feel so bad, 2011 was only 13 years ago. 😉
2011, I have been retired for 6 years. I'm 66 now.
I seriously have an addiction to this channel. I cannot live without it
Join the club…lol
Same
Honest, it was a farm-ranch truck. Never left the farm for any reason….
the same here :)
It was a Farm Truck you see! Nothing nefarious going on here! :D
Water in block = marine use = red dyed fuel. Bada bing, bada bang, bada boom.
Last farm plated truck I saw was at the transmission shop with a broken input shaft. The farmer fed him some line about towing his lawn mower in the middle of hay cutting season.
@@reubensandwich9249I believe it was Andrew Dice Clay that once said,
Those terraces aren't going to jump themselves
@@DennisC43offshore diesel
@@DennisC43 Who in their right mind would use a 6.7 powerstroke engine in a boat?
It only just occurred to me how twisted it is that we are all just sitting here salivating for the carnage. We are a messed up bunch. Happy new year to my fellow weirdos.
Hey speak for yourself😆
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Nah man I came for the teardown as I want to build one of these one day and what better way to prepare then to watch it be disassembled
Yep , I are a totally weirdo
More of a high-powered mutant, however, most consider me weird. Just a broken old mechanic who enjoys the process.
While you were fighting the injector, i was reminded of this other youtuber who takes apart and fixes rusty stuff. and in one video when something was giving him an extra hard time he said 'i wish these machines would understand that I'm just going to keep escalating until I get it'.
Lol, resistance is futile!
Eric, I really doubt you can do this but it dosent hurt to ask. Can you tear down a locomotive engine
When he hits 500,000 subscribers.🎉🎊🎇🎆
@@robertslegers257 you just saying that or fr lol
@@Railroadproductions2011-v9gReally? You can’t be that gullible…
Even the loader isn't going to be big enough to move it into the shop 😂
Yeah one of them 16 cyl motors !
Finally a 6.7! Now we need to see a 7.3 godzilla!! Congratulations on your new 4 day week and the new garage!!!
7.3 godzillas eat lifters and cams. Scored cylinder walls, they get destroyed in Amazon and fedex trucks haha
I’ve got one outside right now. Lemme go drive it into the lake and I’ll get back to ya…
This was probably a farm truck with the red diesel. Take it from an old farm hand that farm trucks are driven hard through standing water for self-entertainment purposes. I've seen a few farm machines suffer the hydro-lock fate.
For those not in the know about the red diesel, its meant for offroad use in stuff like tractors, farm equipment, construction hardware that never drives off the site, things of that nature. It's untaxed, or taxed at a lower rate, and in the older days it had much more sulfur in it. If you're using it on road-traveling vehicles, the penalty i've been able to find is $10/gallon in the tank OR $1000 fine, whichever is greater, and individual tanks on the vehicle count as separate violations. I think it also gets you whacked with tax evasion, which is it's own problem. Combined things get reeeally expensive really fast, and one forum post I found was of someone getting busted with red diesel and getting slammed for *$50,000* for doing it.
There *are* entities that can use it on-road, but they're basically Education, Govt, or Nonprofit Educational organizations. Everyone else must use the fuel within 25 miles of the registered address.
Because of current emissions I think off-road diesel has to be low-sulfur just like on-road diesel. But it's still dyed red to indicate it's for off-highway use only. In return it's not taxed like on-road diesel. Off-highway diesel of the past was much dirtier because who cares when it's a bunch of construction equipment using it. Now everything has to burn clean.
yup I was just gonna say something
It's used by railroads as well.
In my state there is no exemption for 25 miles or less. Also, "An owner, operator, or driver of a vehicle who uses dyed diesel fuel on the public roads or highways of this state is subject to a civil penalty of $1,000.00 for the first violation, and a civil penalty of $5,000.00 for each subsequent violation." This is in addition to the $10/gallon or $1,000 for one violation, whichever is more.
Up here in Alberta, dyed diesel was for off road use only. I don't remember if it was dyed red or purple, but the idea was that the road tax that was applied to "regular" diesel wasn't supposed to be paid, because the vehicles using it weren't using the roads. They actually got rid of that tax break a few years ago, now it is all regular diesel, and road tax applies to all diesel, whether they are using the roads or not.
I finally got to see a take-down of a 6.7 liter F250 diesel in your channel.
And now that I have seen how much work it takes to dissasemble one, it's not a wonder why competent diesel techs charge so much when working on one of these.
Thanks for sharing this take-down with us, your subscribers.
It’s not that it’s hard to come apart; the hard part is putting it back. So much so that you are actually better off replacing every part you remove to get to the issue. So not only do you have to charge for the bad part, you have to charge for all the good parts that are in the way of the bad part as well.
Not to mention in many cases the cab of the truck has to come off to fix many things.
I appreciate your willingness to sacrifice your back to reveal the secrets of this red-fueled "only driven on Sundays" Power Stroke. Now, go take some Ibuprofen and get some rest.
I've heard they like the piss beaten out of em on occasion and not to baby them too much?
After watching this tear down of a Ford V8 PowerChoke I can really appreciate the 40 years I spent working on the simplicity of the inline 6 cyl diesels, I would hate to see what they would charge to replace that conglomerate of a water pump!
I think the primary water pump pays like 2.7 or so hours. They aren't too bad once you learn how to deal with the stator
Got the EGR pipe off without breaking the bolt. Got the up pipes off easy. Intake looked normal. Injectors have been replaced. It has the 10mm bolts. If they haven't been it will have torx
I'm thinking stuck injector hydrolocked that one cylinder with the bent rod.
@@billiam247 why all the water sitting in the lower front corners of the head castings? I guess Eric ruled out the crack he though he saw in the one head, and based on the bent rod figured it was running, and I understand both, but I do not see the damaged as hydrocarbon originated, myself.
@@iadr perhaps it was stored outside temporarily? I don't think it was a coincidence that the cylinder with the suspect injector was the one with the bent rod. This thing was likely tuned to the moon.
Thank you for the past year presenting us videos with lots of inspection ports, carnage, forbidden glitter, varnish, broken crankshafts, split wrist pins, loads of 'in perfect condition" water pumps and guiderails. The chains you salvaged can be used for Damascus steel or even used for forged induction ports. See you in the new year :)
Happy holidays! Thanks for all the entertainment this year!
I was blown away at the fact its a HOT vee, single turbo, 4 valve per cylinder, pushrod engine. helluva combo
The way the intake goes over the side and the turbo sits in the middle looked like a scorpion with its legs and stinger on its back due to the hot v design. So the engineers named it Scorpion which Ford kept and made it the official name of the engine family.
arguably the best engine Ford applied to the F series. Later gens are mostly control and emission upgrades.
For everyone not familiar with dyed diesel, the dye comes via tanker to the fuel terminals from United Color mfg in Nitro, WV. I’m told it’s the only plant in the US and drivers have told me they have taken as little as 200 gallons as far as Washington state. A little goes a long way and it’s a timed injection in cc’s based on the gallon load preset. Red diesel isn’t shipped by pipeline because of the trail back in the pipe and turning the push products pink. Old red high sulfur diesel used to be 2000 PPM sulfur but dyed ULSD is now 15 PPm max.
I thought it was because it's cheaper diesel used by industrial and farming motors and isn't intended to be used by the public. That's why its dyed red because if you get caught with red diesel you have to pay a fine.
@@MrBojangles901 Heating oil is also dyed red, as its essentially diesel without the fuel tax on it. At least thats what I heard in Europe. So...
@@MrShadow1617Heating oil in the USA is dyed red and can not be used for vehicles on public roads. Road diesel is not dyed but is taxed as road fuel. They are the same product here in the USA.
@@MrBojangles901 He's trolling, you're right.
Just google red dye diesel in USA. Diesel fuel dye helps prevent tax evasion and has high sulfur.
Blue diesel is US Government use only.
Canada Tax free gas in Canada also has Red Dye
Who ever informed your ref fuel milage was pulling your leg.
Nineteen minutes in, looking at the red diesel and remembering it is the Christmas season, I'm hoping for green coolant.
They did later update the coolant to yellow... which oddly enough is green
candy-cane conrod and egg nog in the inlets.....its a Christmas miracle 🤪
Orange flavor today.
I just got done watching your update video. I now have even more respect for you and your passion sir! I cannot wait for the future.
That was an hour video I was happy to watch
@ exactly!
please go back and binge on his older stuff. it is a zen experience
At the Indiana county and state fairs the Excise Tax people would have "Special Reserved" parking for diesel trucks. They'd dip the tanks and if it came out red it was a D'oh! moment. The fine was the mileage on the trucks odometer divided by the MPG times the road fuel tax.
When I was a kid way back in the '50s, Dad decided to leave town and move the family seven miles into the country. We ended up next to a small time farmer. That's when I learned about dyed gas and diesel. There was a little ferret from the provincial government here in Nova Scotia, whose job it was to go around dipping farmers tanks, both fixed and on road vehicles. If the farmer had dyed gas in the pickup truck or car, well there was hell to pay. Don't know how the amount of the fine was determined. Dyed fuel had to be in the tractors or other farm machinery only. As a townie, I had never known that. Plus there were the fed "Fishing Inspectors" -- you had to have a lobster license to um, gather lobster across the main road on the sea shore. Those guys thought they knew all the tricks locals got up to, lurking about with binocular, and the fine was very high if you got caught. So, of course, nobody cheated much on the gas, but everyone ate lobsters -- it was a dirt poor county overall.
@@BillMalcolm-tn3kq Where at in Nova Scotia? My dad grew up in Gunning Cove/Carleton Village.
@alsaku33 Digby County including Clare.
Hello from Denmark . happy newyear everyone
I hope it's a Happy New Year. If our incoming president bothers you guys about Greenland, just tell him it's inhabited by millions of dogs. He seems to have an issue with them...
Happy New Year to you from Alaska.
Hello Denmark! We were visiting your fine country just months ago. Had a great time. Now about your 25% VAT...please send 25% to Eric for enjoying his video. 😂
@@davidgrisco1939 How much is 25% of 0? My maths are poor...
@@davidgrisco1939 lol :-) I have to send him 25% of my toyota . but then maybe i will save 250$ on my annual 1000$ green VAT :-) great you enjoyed your stay in Denmark , come back anytime! 👍
I would just like to remind some of you that the EPA doesn’t give 2 shits about vehicles using off road diesel it’s the same as regular diesel just untaxed. It’s DOT and state police that do.
Will they tax Eric for tearing it down???😮
@ naw he can prove he bought it that way.
IRS also care, because you are doing tax evasion.
@@SeanBZA and who enforces it? They don’t. They don’t have irs agents dipping your tank.
Thank you Sir 8.5 hours was a long time & it was hard work to boot Again, Thank you Sir
When I worked for Ford the 6.0 was just coming out and we were seeing them all the time with screwed up fuel injectors because guys were running heating oil/non taxed diesel. Long story short that fuel doesn’t have the same lubricants as on road diesel and wreaked havoc on the injectors. The 7.3 powerstroke was ok with that but not the 6.0 or really any newer diesel’s
HHO/off road diesel might actually help the Duramax pump
Red diesel is dyed for industrial use.
This engine was probably owned by a farmer or a construction company or something of the sort.
GREAT VIDEO ERIC.
tct9mm151 red dyed diesel is non hiway taxed fuel and is intended for OFF ROAD use only or for heating in oil furnace !!!!
@wilburfinnigan2142 absolutely sir the fines are 10 dollars a gallon or 1000 dollars which ever is greater plus an additional fee in my state as well for a tax on 46.7 gallons not a penalty id like to pay. It cheaper to keep her legal than the fees
@@wilburfinnigan2142 That's what I meant when I said "industrial use"
That's correct, in my state red dye is permitted in off-road farm use trucks.
A Diesel Injector that fails can lock wide open, causing the cylinder to fill with fuel which can potentially lead to a hydrolock condition where the piston cannot compress the excessive fuel (and cause damage including bending the connecting rod). A contributing factor in this is that a Diesel Engines fuel system normally remains pressurized even when not running so in just a short time a stuck open injector can partially fill the cylinder with fuel while sitting and it would explain why this only happened to the one cylinder.
im onboard with this explanation
Not explains the rust though
@Wojtekpl2 was left outside in the rain afterwards -- look at the weathering of the crate it is on
Would a fuel-filled cylinder bend a rod to that extent at start-up?
My 6.7 died this exact way. Got to work, injector leaked filled the cylinder and a bent a rod when I left that night to go home. Ford extended warranty covered it all.
I had a 2012 F250 with this engine. Over 4 years, the entire emissions system was replaced, including the recall for the DEF heater and the TSP for exhaust valves sticking during regen (I had to force the dealer to fix this). Ultimately the dealer found diesel in the oil but couldn't figure out where it was coming from, so I ended up trading it (highest resale value of anything I ever owned, BTW). I loved it and I hated it, and I still miss it. Absolute beast.
sounds like my Ex
sounds like my soon to be ex
That upper oil pan is a gasketed part. Newer ones don’t have a gasket channel. Lots of people swap for that kind because the uppers without the gasket channel commonly leak.
There's a farmers brew version of penetrating fluid i was taught by an old timer, you mix 50/50 acetone and automatic transmission fluid. He had it in an oiling bottle. It works a lot faster than the branded penetrating fluid. I have saved quite a few exhaust bolts, emergency brake cables, brake bleeder screws, etc. I usually use the red bottle from valvoline because it's commonly available and easier to identify on a shelf with other bottles.
I think Project Farm and others have tested this old wive's tale a number of times. So far, every one of them have shown it be about as true as the use coke or molasses to remove rust.....
Vinegar has worked well, but it does remove metal so don't dunk/apply it where it can pool and forget about it for a day, week, etc depending.
@boots7859 I just re-watched the video, and only liquid-wrench was able to beat the atf acetone mix. Which costs quite a lot more per liter.
I'm looking to buy a used water pump.
.....if you get it, you get it i guess. Sheesh. Have you ever watched his videos before?
Just buy a new one
whater pomp
Straight to jail! 😂
@@a_dog_with_sushi4250whatever pimp
@@a_dog_with_sushi4250 it pumps water
Eric, this 6.7 looks like it ingested sea water. Possible, if the engine was from here on the East Coast. Sad demise. By the way, hope you and the family had a great Christmas and hope you to have a Happy New Year!
The complexity of that thing is just mind- boggling
It's incredible that you got that thing apart in 1 hour. Excellent commentary.
We don’t know how much time it really took to complete this video I have asked Project Farm he’d have a 15-25 minute video and take 50-60 hours to produce it.
This was about 8.5 hours of filming
@@I_Do_Cars That really puts it into perspective. Which engine has taken the longest to disassemble so far?
@ the rolls Royce/bentley for sure
@@I_Do_CarsThat there's dedication.
Love your videos. Didn’t know you stayed up so late to do them. Keep up the good work. Nicely done
yep. Now I feel slightly bad. It's one thing to go in early make sure all is going well and set aside a few hours during the day as a break from the work routine that pays for itself.
But this going back to work at 9PM and working until 2AM, as he described has happened, yikes.
I have a 7.3 PowerStroke. It starts, sometimes. Drinks diesel like I used to drink beer. I looked up cores and they're still like $10-15,000! 30 years later!
Hope it's not drinking gas, you will have trouble
My dad has a 2003 with a little over 10k miles. Not a typo. 10,000 miles. Drives it 3-4 times per year to keep the juices fresh. The rest of the time it sits in a garage with the batteries disconnected
It's always a positive moment to hear "It's crowning", thank you for another great video!
I'm crowning as we speak
@@Aerzon1v1 As a retired nurse I think the engine is giving birth to a piston.
From what I understand, stock dirtymax trucks are known to be surprisingly thirsty while driving through "shallow" water. Something about the air inlet being fairly low or not waterproof enough to be able to do proper "wading" with the trucks.
Okay Eric, or whoever, chaptering this must have been a big undertaking. Thx 💯
Its work for sure. Dont mind tho!
Hats off to the technicians who work on modern vehicles, especially in underwood repairs, we never knew just how bad it was going to be.
'underwood'?🤔
Watching your teardowns is a guilty pleasure of mine. Great job!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Love your vids man! Keep up good work! It does amaze me how simple my 7.3 godzilla is compared to the diesel counterpart
Aren't those a sleeved block? It looks like it. Just resleeve it and send it.
Fun teardown, but I feel the pain on the rust. Thanks for the look inside!
With a crank in it, sure you try it first.
Ford's famous 6.7 Scorpion Powerstroke. Regarded as one of the best powerstrokes outside of the 7.3
💯👍🏻👌🏻💪🏻
Going 15 years strong now(except for that damn Bosch CP4 disaster pump). It's crazy how powerful they are today....up to 500hp & 1200tq from the FACTORY!
Eric,thanks for the entertainment over the last 12 months
Wishing you and your family a happy and prosperous 2025
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People who complain about the schedule of TH-camrs making free content are babies.
Nothing is free bubba.
The Ford 6.7 is a fantastic engine right out of the box. That one you have there is the early 2011-2012 engine. Easy ways to tell is the dual inlets on the Turbo since it's a Twin scroll. But they were prone to bearing failures. Later engines now use a single scroll with VGT and I Believe a wastegate as while. (don't quote me I was a tech that got out of the trade 5 years ago) The Crankcase vent is definitely something to make sure gets addressed every 40-50 miles I'd say or sooner if you run the trucks hard. The early engine did not have a replaceable cartridge filter, later engines that top piece is removable and you can swap out the filter in the truck. Pretty easy to do, those clog up after a while and send crankcase pressure through the roof. And then they blow out the silicone gasket maker used to seal the upper oil pan which is the biggest area for oil leaks on these engines. For the 2020+ engines they redesigned the upper oil pan and Crankcase vent system. I'm not sure if those engines have that issue anymore. Another spot for oil leaks can be the Vacuum pump on the front cover can sometimes come loose and leak oil making it seem like the front cover is leaking when it's not.
Dual boost was 2011 to 2014. This engine was a 2011 though due to the oil pan. The dual boost turbo was not famous for bearing failures. The cab chassis trucks, which were non dual boost failed turbos. 90% of dual boost turbos that i replaced were because a ford tsb made us do it under warranty. That tsb was wrong and was later updated to say the issue was with carbon build up in the exhaust valves. This tsb is also wrong, as the correct fix is to actually work the truck on occasion.
Eric, if you could magically Frankenstein an engine...take the best bits from all that you've seen...what would you pick? Best valve covers, cam cradles (assuming OHC), spark plug access (assuming gas), head design, etc etc etc...even chain guides and water pump. Two part oil pan? Those funky angled con rods? And from a daily driver perspective, something that can be dealt with and maintained. The best bits from 'em all.
That would make a nice video just the parts of the good stuff
I really appreciate the fact that you acknowledged the possibility of a bent crank.. with a Crankshaft that looks that good some might send it straight to resale as OK
I watched every second of this video and I usually don't do that. I do have a 2019 F350 dually with the 6.7. So is really interesting for me
Watching you struggle with that injector reminds me of the injector I had stuck in my daily driver TDI when I went to put new injectors in. Mine was seized to the point that a normal slide hammer didn't work and even a pipe washer and nut threaded on the injector line wouldn't pull it up and out of the bore. I was bending a steel pipe.. Ended up getting an actual injector slide hammer and it popped out in like 5 slams.. If you want to do more diesels in the future Id highly recommend you invest in one.. You can also soak the injector down with a 50/50 mix of ATF and Acetone. I did for a week while I was waiting on the new slide hammer and trying other methods. It helps a TON.
Let's go, eric!! Mason from flying wrenches is a very smart ford tec. He has good content as well .
The upper oil pan is worth a little since it has groove for a gasket. On the newer truck they use gasket sealer only. The older oil pan is used in place of the new ones.
Wow. Seeing how complicated the fuel, cooling, EGT and associated items are makes me very happy to have my 7.3 PSD. #NeverSelling73PSD
Merry Xmas and happy new year... thanks for listening to the comments, both good, bad,and indifferent... the fact that you have the ability to change to SAE standards into the METRIC system makes me very happy... have a great day 🎉
But officer, I run MMO and ATF as diesel additive... ;)
In all seriousness, there is a possible (albeit unlikely) explanation... truck wasn't used on public roads, so red diesel perfectly legal. This does happen... farm crawlers, industrial vehicles, forestry vehicles, etc. Especially now when a lot of industrial/farm diesels require low-sulfur fuel; the dye is purely for tax tracking, no longer used to also indicate sulfur content.
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I love that you try to keep it a surprise, I try not to look at what it is, I just click on your new videos, you make it more fun
"Eric the Penertrator" gets me every time 😆
Pretty sure that Red Diesel fuel is legal to use in some circumstances like on a farm truck. Its actually the same fuel as what you can buy at the pump except for the Red Dye. You just don't want to get caught using it in a commercial truck in a city or over the road.
Red diesel and blue gasoline were both legal for any vehicle that operated exclusively off road where I used to live. So farm vehicles, off road construction equipment, etc were all ok for untaxed fuel.
I can't inagine why TH-cam is showing me ad's for emergency eyewash kit during Eric's video's, maybe OSHA has got at the algorithms 😅
Most likely you looked at something related to it or even talked about it near your phone. It's always listening to you! Google [search]sneakers or bed sheets or something and you'll get ads for that exact thing next time!
Great video! Now everyone wants to see a Honda C series 2.7L V6 teardown.
Hello there! BFT's son here loved the video man!
Hi son 😂
Finally! A 6.7 tear down to complete Eric’s powerstroke lineup! I’ve been waiting to see one of these torn down here for a LONG time!
Happy New Year, Eric and all! Thanks for the video! Hope your back survived.
This really makes me miss working on my 7.3 powerstroke ..... this 6.7 has a hell of alot of stuff to remove to get to anything on this engine
Thanks for the video Eric. You make my Saturday nights.
That green stuff, on the far left of the head, that you were so reluctant to touch is from one of the moons of Uranus, which explains everything
This looks like your classic "water does not compress" scenario. That rod, whammo.
Love this channel! Hope your New Year is even better.
HI Eric, what a job, I was exhausted laying on the ground panting and then you took the engine apart. I have been a mechanic for 50+ years. My vote goes to something failed in that one cyl. I have stripped engines that have gone through water running and they ALL have bent rods, why wouldn't they? I vote for a failed injector etc filling the one cylinder with fuel and then bending the rod. The engine doesn't have much damage so I don't think it was running when it bent, just cranking. The water came later when it was left outside. Love your work, I watch them all!! Happy New Year!!
9:03 That diesel is dyed red because that means it’s for off road use only. Since off-road diesel doesn’t have road tax, It is illegal to use it in a vehicle that’s gonna be driven on public roads. The red dye is in there is for detection by the police.
Pretty sure he maybe knows this . Hints the jokes about uncle Sam
Here in Italy red diesel = special diesel for heating systems, which is colored that way because it's with a special low taxation. If they (Guarda di Finanza = Finance police) find it in a vehicle, then expect a HUGE fine... There are people doing that, even tho now the vast majority of houses have natural gas heating system, because here we pay 6.6$/gal diesel (6.9 for regular gasoline).
Great video.
That was a lot of work.
There's to much stuff on an engine anymore.
You’re by far one of the most wholesome people on TH-cam. Keep up the tear downs. With that being said came here to add that the fuel was ag diesel. It’s notoriously lower quality standards and I’ve heard of it being quite dirty. What are the chances it caused an injector to stick open and fill the cylinder? Just food for thought.
I used to keep 2 empty cans of Marvel in my trucks, just in case there were any questions. 🤣
Love the purple harbor freight 10 mill deep socket. I grabbed a set and a couple extras to give out as gifts
A 93ish ford 7.3 idi turbo would be awesome to see. Keystone rings and ignition cups are neato. Keep up the good work bud!
Yea, neat. In 1954.
Wow, have you ever got a lot of patience. I do as well, almost 5 years to gather the resources to swap out 30$ a piece lifters in a 6.4 litre. Thank you. Love your videos.
It’s Christmas diesel!
Ah yes Christmas Diesel. I love it.
The secondary water pump is for the egr cooler and intercooler, however the corrosion on the turbo leads me to believe that it ingested a lot of water, egr failures don't usually lead to a hydrolocked engine. And that injector failure would of burned a hole through the piston anyways so it was destined for some internal carnage. Injector failures usually come from bad fuel filters and particulates running through the cp4, which either kills the pump and all the injectors or one or two get stuck open, 2011 and up truck the fuel filter is located on the fuel tank what you removed of the motor was the fuel water separator. Also would loved that bent rod for a desk ornament
I'm guessing a farmers kid took daddys truck to the woods and tried to cross the creek that the old man warned was too deep.But he can make it if its full throttle.
Excellent teardown Eric.👌
My guess would be a river or stream crossing or perhaps a mud bogger. I use red diesel in my 1990 IDI F250 Custom on the farm, and when I haul water, it gets over the road diesel for on-road driving. Actually a common practice in the more rural areas, but yes, it is necessary to run over the road clear on the public roads.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Red Diesel = off road / no tax fuel
Back 8 years ago my Detroit Diesel S60 required a rebuild due to failure of kits 5 and 6 (rings on both). That bill came in north of $18k and I couldn't sit straight for several months. I can't imagine what a rebuild would cost on this Ford 6.7L diesel but I imagine it wouldn't be cheap. Within the past 9-months, I had the pleasure of driving almost new F-450 and F-550 chassis trucks with the 6.7L diesel both with 10-speed automatics. The power of the engines is incredible for the amount of weight (north of 30k lbs) I was pulling on 38'ft gooseneck flatbeds. My biggest complaint was the actual transmissions in that I didn't like their shift schedules which were mighty hard IMO and out of sequence often skipping out of 1st straight to 3rd (slam shift) which could be hard on engines crankshaft. With exception of the notable CP4 injection pump which has a high incidence of failure, the Ford 6.7L diesel is a damn tough engine.
You should see if you could find an old LA style small block 318,340 or 360 that would be an old school blast
Forgot the infamous slant 6 :)
How about a 318 Polly? Playlist on my channel about the car in my profile picture, my late father's 1958 Plymouth Suburban.
@@dans_Learning_Curve that’s very old school we’re currently putting together an old coronet from that era with the 318 poly motor
@@Charly_Dont_Surf how could I forget the motor that will outlast us all and not give a crap and keep chugging 😂
@zemilkman5450 nice! Solid old engines!
I learned to drive and wrench on that car!
Water ingestion. Brilliant looking rod that. Thank you for your hard work
That motor was hydrolocked
Dumpster diving for used water pumps. Loved Megan's voiceover in this one....was hoping we were getting a foreshadowing in the previous vid.
9:18 farmers diesel
Oh he knows 😂
I had to search "red diesel fuel". Never heard that wording before. Great takedown on this engine. THX!
I nearly bought a F350 in 2011 with that engine but got a Duramax instead! I am glad that I did!
Awesome job! It just continues to prove that water (or any liquid) is just not compressible, no matter what engine you put it through! I also shows that people shouldn't drive through water! See you next week!
Someone using offroad diesel. take that Mr. EPA guy.
That was just for when they drove down the driveway.
Off-road diesel has nothing to do with the EPA. It's simply dyed diesel that isn't subject to road tax.
More like Mr Tax man
Off-road diesel is the same as on road except that is not taxed. So it's not the EPA who would care. Secondly, the engine is destroyed so everything worked out well. But of course you knew all that
Epa man has nothing to do with it it's not taxed as heavily and is for off-road or machine use lol take that uncle sam
I would occasionally fill up with off-road diesel from one of my contractors tanks. He and i went to an equipment show and i parked on the highway. Someone noticed an asshole checking fuel on trucks parked on the highway. Most people at the show drove diesels. I had a good lock on mine, so never got contacted.
Diesel tech here and here's my commentary as I go.
1. That is a pretty typical amount of soot in the intake
2. The fact that you just zipped the egr to manifold pipe out without breaking the bolts is wild
3. That is the original crankcase breather. There is an updated design, but the breathers, I recommend replacing every 80-100k miles on the early trucks. On the late trucks, change the entire breather to one from a 2011. It removes the filter that the 2020 trucks have and replaces it with the baffled design. Breathers are the biggest cause of oil leaks, and even turbo failures.
4. Up pipe orientation looks like it hasn't been off. I usually make the upper clamp face forward
5. Red diesel fuel. Never heard of that on a street truck. I can't imagine someone running off road diesel in their on road truck. I'm a tax paying American and would never dream of such a thing 😉
6. If you set down your purse you can just pull the injectors out by hand. The stuck ones, snap on makes a bad ass puller. I also have a slide hammer attachment for them, and a basic puller.
7. Note on the turbo. This truck is a 2011 which uses a dual boost turbo. The compressor wheel is double sided which is why there is two inlets. It's actually a really cool design. Essentially one turbine, and 2 compressors on one shaft.
8. Always impresses me when these trucks have the original plastic pan. They did it in 2011 and they ditched it in 2012. There is an updated pan for that. When they were new in 2011 I was doing like 3 -5 pans a week for leaks.
9. That upper oil pan is the best. 2011s had a gasket on the upper oil pan, all the later trucks use silicone and leak (a lot of this is due to the crankcase breather)
These are great engines! They've proven to be solid engines with really good quality parts. I agree that this truck likely drove through water. Cool teardown!
To #2. I clicked on the video just to watch him break them off. Disappointed.
@AlphanumericCharacters when I take them off motors I'm replacing it usually just hit them out with an impact and like 95% of the time they don't break. The bolts have this unique feature where they sense your fear. If you don't care if they break, then they come out easy. If you don't want them to break, they are going to try everything in their power to break
@@michaelbolton1090 well, you probably just soothe them with your silky smooth renditions of Motown classics. I can’t sing for shit.
It is good to see you have an Elf working with/for you now - adds to the video content...
MAYBE - This Was a "Farm-Use" Only Vehicle.........
9:04 Offroad diesel is red. if that guy was pulled over and had his fuel tested, he'd get in some trouble for it. red diesel is only for machinery and such that don't drive on the highway
I work at a fuel terminal and the red dye injection system is nasty to maintain. IRS inspects us for dye concentration and audits truck cargo loads for color. I wish it would go away 😂
The locomotives also use that kind of fuel as well considering that they’re not on the road obviously they’re on the railroad. But the red dye is indeed in there to determine whether or not you’re actually committing a crime by avoiding the road tax. You can actually get arrested and go to jail if you’re caught by law enforcement. You can get charged with it which in this case is a misdemeanor
“Farm truck” for sure
@@askdlfjw that’s what I’m thinking. And like I said before, The locomotives also use red diesel.
Thanks Eric , I always enjoy the hydro lock videos. There may be clues, but they are still a good mystery.
Red diesel is also home heating oil. At least here in the northeast US.
Must have been a cold day needed to warm up!
yep. we used to get 55 gallon drums of heating oil from one of contractors at our complex. 1998 5.9 Cummins hadnt seen 'on road diesel' since 1999