My 2008 F450 update.

[brain55]

Well, I bought this truck 4 months ago yesterday and it had performed near flawlessly up until last Thursday. I had put just shy of 12,000 miles on it in that short period, most of that towing my 17,000 gn trailer, that is my mobile shop. It started having loss of power and turned on the check engine light. If I pulled over, turned the key off and waited a bit, and restarted it, it would be fine for awhile until it would do it again. It didn't seem to matter loaded or unloaded.

So I took it to the dealer today. They called late this afternoon to let me know the high pressure fuel pump was failing. Good thing I bought that 3 yr/36,000 mile warranty. Luckily I will have no out of pocket expenses for this repair, and my rental car is covered too. I should be getting it back on Friday.

It sucks that it failed, but happy I'm only going to be without it a few days.

Brian

 

[jocww]

Is this due to a bad fuel filter?

 

[brain55]

Is this due to a bad fuel filter?

Not likely. I changed both of them over the weekend and they were quite clean.

Brian

 

[Dmace]

Be sure to ask them how it failed. I have seen a few 6.4's where the cam gear and high pressure fuel pump gear became mis-aligned and started creating metal shavings from wear. Those metal shavings can easily end up in the cylinders.
Luckily, it's a quick turn-around. That's a cab-off repair.

 

[Powerhorse]

Good luck with your repair. My 2008 f250 with the 6.4L had an egr cooler leak antifreeze into the intake and melted 4 pistons. The truck had 18,700 miles on it when this occured. It was never the same after this, three times it went back after the repairs to have the cab lifted off and more work done. The dealer told me Ford would only allow a rebuild of my engine and not a replacement. My service advisor offered to take pictures of the engine torn down but conveniently lost his camera phones memory card......I was not happy. Three weeks ago I traded that truck for a new F150 with the Ecoboost engine, I still have a 2003 F350 6.0 L for heavy trailers and work.

 

[tractorboy5500]

Well, I bought this truck 4 months ago yesterday and it had performed near flawlessly up until last Thursday. I had put just shy of 12,000 miles on it in that short period, most of that towing my 17,000 gn trailer, that is my mobile shop. It started having loss of power and turned on the check engine light. If I pulled over, turned the key off and waited a bit, and restarted it, it would be fine for awhile until it would do it again. It didn't seem to matter loaded or unloaded.

So I took it to the dealer today. They called late this afternoon to let me know the high pressure fuel pump was failing. Good thing I bought that 3 yr/36,000 mile warranty. Luckily I will have no out of pocket expenses for this repair, and my rental car is covered too. I should be getting it back on Friday.

It sucks that it failed, but happy I'm only going to be without it a few days.

Brian

Alot of times the dealer will look at the service history of a vehicle, but you had yours for 4 months, no trouble there. First thing the dealer wants to blame a pump failure on if they can is the history of changing the fuel filter, Dodge says mind needs to be changed every 15k miles, but I change it at 10k miles, that way I dont have to listen to that BS they give alot of people, I have seen this alot on some of the early 2000's model cummins, I have the 6.7L 2008, so far no trouble with 29500 miles. good luck with your truck.

 

[TheGoose]

My Dad's 6.4 had the exact same problem. Cab off repair too.

Hope you get your truck back soon and it runs great. Thanks for the update.

 

[Peacock]

Seen the fuel pump drive wipe out the entire bottom end on these things.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Well that stinks. Seems like Fuel Pumps are major issues on diesels. My uncles 6.5L Suburban is on its 3rd and I know many others with pump problems on Cummins powered trucks. Seems like it is also common on the 6.4L Fords but not the older stuff.

Hope it gets fixed quick and runs as good as new down the road.

I would not sweat the Cab off Repair. Ford and GM both require them for many items. Dodge does not yet. Its routine to a good tech now days and gives them good access and a clean work environment to do the job. It can be a time saver in the long run.

Chris

 

[brain55]

Well I got my truck back Friday morning, all seems to be working well. I am completely impressed with how quickly my dealer handled the repair and how little effort was required on my part. I dropped the truck off Tuesday morning without an appointment, they had it diagnosed Tuesday afternoon. I picked up a rental car Wednesday morning at no charge. They called Thursday afternoon with a status update as promised. They called by 10:00 Friday morning to let me know it was ready. No hassle and no charges. The smoothest repair I have probably ever had with a dealer so far.

I made a 100+ mile unloaded round trip with it, and then a 65+ round trip towing my 17k lb trailer, both without a problem. I let you know if anything developes down the road.

Brian