We make a pretty good buck working on E-350 ambulances. We have changed over 30 injectors 5 or 6 egrs and oil coolers you name it these things are broken all the time. If your going to do much with these 6.0L better invest in a Ford IDS there worth every cent.

Has anyone ever used a scanner from OEMTools.com? Suppose to be the same as what dealers use. I have a friend that has access to a scanner from a dealer it's a laptop with ford only software and it was amazing what he could do with it. Seems like if you had access to that kind of info it could pay o...

Thanks Steve for the advice. I've been doing their work for the last couple years and yes they are the most difficult thing I've ever worked on and they pay for for that difficulty. I didn't know if there was a better scanner availble for diesels. We do a fair amount of fabrication as they abuse the...

What scanners out there are the best for the ford diesel. We are maintaining a fleet of ambulances that all run 6.0l. We have a snapon solus but it seems limited on what it will do for the diesels. Thanks Sam

Found the problem. This system has a vent valve under the intake that gets pluged up . This valve works like a pcv
If you do this job allow plenty of time. Its A PROJECT 8 to 10 hours

Thanks We just signed up for Michell and I found this fourm lots of great topics here. I hope to be of help to someone at sometime on this site. The BMW is pulling a big vaccume through the oil fill in the valve cover. When you open it while its running the idle drops way down and runs really rough....

I have a 2002 325xi in my shop with a rough idle and miss. Checked all the basics fuel pressure, spark plugs, coils, everyting checks out ok. I pull the oil fill cap off while its running and had a huge vacume leak. Put propane in the oil fill and the idle picked up. I checked for external vac leaks...