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Originally Posted by OT
44... I've seen many reports/pics on 6L, but AFAIK your's is 1st of its kind. Might set a thread speculation record on what foreign object was that caused damage/imprint on piston head. What was it..where did it come from..where did it go? Do you know how head & 4 valves for that cyl. looked?
Seem's regular calls to who ever is doing the reviewing needs doing. At some point in time a decision has to be made. Is your truck inside or out on back lot? Good luck.
btw..your told f.i. ok for that cyl., but how do you really know? TR has a point.
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Yeah, I've got the pictures of the head and valves, but I don't see any real damage. The valve springs hadn't been removed and I was just standing there in my sport clothes taking these pictures, so I didn't get to play with the components...just photograph them.
I'll put up a picture of the head in a few minutes. If I could play with the valves and feel the valve travel, I could tell which ones had been bent and see the valve seat/pocket for other damage, but I don't *think* there's a foreign object in there. But with the valve springs still installed, there's not a lot I can do myself.
I've tried the regular calls. (to the dealer) I also tried the Ford hotline, and they simply refused to let me talk to the warranty guy who makes the decisions. They FINALLY gave me a Ford.com email address of a guy who's the area rep for South Texas, but I can't call him either...just Email. He sent a non-technical parts lady down to the dealership, but everything I said went way over her head (because she's not a tech) and she had no power to authorize my warranty repair either, so she basically just echoed the sentiment of the dealership.
It's a real travesty of justice from my point of view!
