No offense jr, but you have to go back and read the whole thread, that will keep Stealth from having to repeat himself . He had some symptoms.

 

I had symptoms. Sputtering, shaking, rich smelling exhaust.

Thanks, Mitch.

 

Man stealth, Sorry to hear this happend bud. It sounds though, like your dealer has excellent service and will get you all fixed up! Maybe I should start going to your dealer for service/warranty work, heck whats a 6 hour drive for an oil change

 

Short block = Everything from the head gaskets on down. They'll reuse the timing chains, guides, maybe the tensioners if the gaskets don't tear upon removal (they almost always do, and if they do, the tensioners have to be replaced), the flexplate, accessories, and the oil pan and front cover. If they aren't damaged, your old cylinder heads will go on the new block.

Ford says that if the short block can be repaired, to fix it, like if one rod/piston got damaged due to an injector failure, replace only that rod and piston. If there's damage to the block, like a rod bent and struck the skirt of the block while the engine was running, to replace the short block. If something catastrophically failed (say a rod bent and shattered, sending metal throughout the engine), then it might get a long block.

 

They're a small dealer. Very personable. Good people. The dealership facility (changed ownership 3 times) has been there for as long as I can remember, and we moved down here in 1977.

Helps to know people too. Member HDXLT is my service manager. He lives a few blocks from me.

 

Yeah, HDXLT is a good guy to know. Landon has been a service manager there for as long as I've had the truck and has always been very helpful. Recently, he went above and beyond helping me solve a problem when I installed a keypad door handle on my truck, that did not come with it.

 

Thanks for the in depth description.

I wonder how much damage could have been caused by driving it like it was, even though it was only for maybe 4 miles, with half that stop and go driving, mostly idling.

The only time it actually locked up was when they tried to start it at the dealer, then it wouldn't budge at all.

 

Well, consider that at idle, the engine is turning what, 800-850ish RPM? About 12-14 revolutions/second. And when injectors fail, they usually stick wide open (like taking a bottle of water and turning it upside down). Rods can bend in the blink of an eye under those conditions.

 

Yep, everything is pushing against each other and the weakest link gives up.

 

Good description. I was thinking along those lines as well.

So, I'm thinking short block and hoping long block.

Hard to choose the appropriate smiley.

 

sounds like you work for lockheed martin.

sry about your engine, hope it goes well for you.

 

Yep, IAM 776 local. I'm hoping for the best on both fronts.

 

Good to hear you're being taken care of Stealth.

Why is it some 05 owners get this injector letter and others don't? I haven't.

Did you get the letter Stealth? If so, I wonder how many people that haven't recieved the letter have had problems.

Periodically I check for codes, but luckily nothing so far.

 

I think it only effects certain build dates, but I could be wrong. Stealth and I both have an early 05 build date of 11/04. Quintin I think explained it in this thread or my thread about what the issue is and who is affected.

 

Some people got them, some didn't. Bluejay didn't get one. We checked his vin and sure enough his truck is included.

Yeah, it's explained in one of these threads somewhere.