Friend with a 6.4 problem

Dittmerdiesel · Apr 10, 2013

He said the "pull over safely" message popped up and now it won't crank. He's sitting on the side of the road now and unfortunately I'm useless when it comes to a 6.4. I assume he won't know without scanning codes. Any ideas?

Thanks

sootie · Apr 10, 2013

was there any smoke prior to it stalling?

was it knocking?

under what condition did it fail, up a grade? 80% throttle? towing?

my guess is it broke a rocker arm or melted a piston.

mclean · Apr 10, 2013

Friend of mine just had that issue, dpf was plugged up. Had to sit on the side of the highway for 45min and then it started again

Big Angry Hillbilly · Apr 10, 2013

Have him wait 60 minutes.

EGT 13 has seen over temp, most likely. Either that or the sensor is toast.

Dittmerdiesel · Apr 11, 2013

Thanks for the info guys. I should have put some more up about the truck. its a 2008 bone stock. No smoke, no knocking, 1/2 throttle, slight grade pulling a 20' box trailer.

Dittmerdiesel · Apr 11, 2013

He just got back to me actually. It was a bad sensor just like you said! Ha, this site is awesome. Thanks, guys!

NWA stroker 72 · Sep 1, 2014

My 6.4 starts and dies a few times and then runs fine. Seems to happen on first start after sitting. Died going down the road before it was warmed up. Any ideas?