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Originally Posted by 44444444
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!  |
OK, here's a picture of the head and valves. I'm pretty sure it's the right one, but I'm going to re-take all my pictures on Monday morning and ask to SEE the injectors and Gp's and all.
Whatever happens, this thread is going to save some of you A LOT OF GRIEF when your trucks get above 70,000 miles and this cooling system fault starts hitting you. I've been reading these forums for years, and I've never seen a harder one to diagnose, nor such a collective *YAWN* from the people I paid for my truck and it's WARRANTY.
I just hope that whoever reads this thread IN NEED in the future, has an easier time of it than I have!
Not a lot to see here, because as I mentioned, the valves springs were still installed, and they refused to pull them because Ford hadn't authorized any further diagnostic work.
