I bought a 2002 with 7.3 from a Dodge stealership in Spearfish SD. Stealership claimed they had a local diesel shop diagnoise engine issues and said it needed new injectors. I was told they had them put all new injectors and glowplugs. I asked why they didnt do they work inhouse and was told they dont work on Forg engines. Bought the truck for 9500 and drove it home. On the trip home about 200 miles it would blow black smoke a little more than I would have liked on hard acceleration but otherwise was fine. I fixxed the uppipe exhaust leaks with the bellows replacement. used the truck to pull my 10,000 5th wheel to NC where I now live. During the trip the truck started having troubles pulling hills, by the 3rd day of driving I could only pull in first gear and really rolls the black exhaust. Hooked AE up and did a road test without trailer and engine loaded up more and had a loss of power compared to my OBS. no codes but throws an inbalance of #5 and #8 cylinders. I am running the 6637 from Riff Raff and that is the only update to this point. Im begining to wonder if injectors were actually replaced. I had asked the salesman for the repair paperwork and was told he did not have access to it, which also tells me injectors probably were not replaced. IPR reads at 36.33% when it is smoking, otherwise reads 12 to 19%. Any thought or suggestions would be appreciated. Getting ready to pull a couple of injectors in the next few weeks when time allows.
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