Powerstroke
Powerstroke 4 digit codes
Wednesday, December 9th, 20094 Digit Description
p1111 System Pass (No DTCs Available)
P0107 BARO Circuit Low Input
P0l08 BARO Circuit High Input
P0112 IAT Sensor Circuit Low Input
P0113 IAT Sensor Circuit High Input
P0122 Accelerator Pedal Sensor Circuit Low Input
P0123 Accelerator Pedal Sensor Circuit High Input
P0197 EOT Sensor Circuit Low Input
Powerstroke Backpressure Valve
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009The most common complaint from customers is that they are hearing some sort of an air leak on start up and the vehicle lacks power momentarily especially in cold weather. What they are most likely hearing is the Exhaust Backpressure Valve.This is also sometimes called the Butterfly valve.
The purpose of the back pressure [...]
Powerstroke Turbine
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009What is a turbocharger?
The turbocharger is a device that uses exhaust gases
to spin a turbine which in turn spins an impeller to draw in more air creating more horsepower.
How does it work ? The turbo is powered by engine exhaust gases.
The gases that are discarded by the engine are used to drive a turbine. The [...]
Powerstroke No Start Check List
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009What I will show you is a rough draft of the sheet that the technician’s use to go by when they have a hard start / no start concern. This sheet has to be filled out under a warranty claim or will be kicked back to the dealer. I’m going to add some of my [...]
Powerstroke Intercooler
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Your Intercooler, what is it, and what does it do?
Intercooling is the process of cooling the air or air/fuel mixture somewhere between the turbo and the engine. Intercooling is sometimes referred to as aftercooling or charge-air cooling.
When the air is compressed by the turbocharger the molecules are forced tighter together.
This causes friction between the molecules, [...]
Powerstroke Glow Plug Relay
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009The glow plug relay is probably THE biggest problem on the earlier Powerstrokes. If you ever had a Powerstroke that you had to crank and crank on cold mornings, then you might have had a melted relay.
The GP relay is controlled by the PCM and supplies voltage to the glow plugs. Usually on a cold [...]
Powerstroke Abbreviations
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009It seems like everything is abbreviated today in the automotive industry. Here is the most commonly used POWERSTROKE abbreviation meanings. This way when your technician tells you your (EOT) was reading low causing the (EPR) to come on you can ask him if the (IAT) or the (BARO) was ok and see if he gives [...]
Powerstroke Fuel Injectors
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Ford’s Powerstroke engine is sometimes called the D.I.T. Meaning Direct Injection Turbo
The powerstroke’s injectors are of a HEUI construction. HEUI means Hydraulically Actuated, Electronic controlled, Unit, Injector.
The benefits of the HEUI injector are lower exhaust emissions, greater fuel economy,and more power.(oh yeah!!!) The three factors that lead to the best performance are [...]
Ford Powerstroke
Friday, December 4th, 2009The year was 1994-1/2, Navistar’s 7.3L 444 CID V8 Direct Injected Turbo Diesel engine hit the streets. It’s called the POWERSTROKE. It is also referred to as PSD, DI, DIT, but no matter how you look at it or what you call it, the technology speaks for itself and was/is a [...]