Ok so alot has happened in the past 2 weeks...
Well we loaded up the camper in the truck on the 6th and decided to pack up and move back down to Texas that night! So we loaded up and hit the road around 7:30pm. Amandas parents knew we were coming and my brother knew we coming but my parents had no idea! We wanted to suprise them!
The Truck drove perfect, Very smooth and could hardly tell the camper was on the back.
Untill.....
About 750 miles into the trip I was going up a hill and the truck started running real rough and started losing power! I pulled over immediately and happened to be across from a ford dealership. All gauges were good but when i checked the oil there was hardly any! I had checked oil not long before and it was fine! So i bought a gallon of oil and put in and truck ran fine for about 100 miles then did same thing. Out of oil! So in all i went thru 10 quartz of oil in 200 miles! I made it home to tx somehow! Well i took it to the shop in hopes it was a head gasket or seal since the oil was coming out the exhaust! In the end i got the WORST news possible! Needs a new Motor! Ive had the truck a week and needs new motor! Mech said theres no way the milage on the odemetor is correct but theres no way to prove. He said motor is completely wore out!
Just another HUGE step for us to overcome so we can start our journey! In the end I will have a Rebuilt motor with a warrenty! Cant let it get me down! Just gotta take it and move on!
So ive been here a week so far and soon to be doing more work to the camper and lots of downsizing still to do! 2 storage units to empty out or at least consolidate way down. Garage sale this weekend! Gotta save up $3500 to fix truck!
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ReplyDeleteYeah, the head gasket blew bad, be willing to wager it was in your coolant as well.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, once the engine runs dry, you do tremendous damage to the lifters, rockers and cylinder bores, hence why you have to get a new motor.
Well after talking to mech he said there is no way the milage was correct on that truck. Said the motor was completely worn out. Or that before i got it it had overheated bad.
ReplyDeleteEitherway on the good side, I will now have a 3 year 100k mile parts and labor warrenty and at least i can trust the engine for when the travelling starts
Yeah, that really sucks, cause those Triton motors are normally solid as a rock and easily go 200-300k miles before they start to wear out.
ReplyDeleteThe worn out look was likely from when it started lugging when you ran out of oil in the engine on the road, once the lifters start clacking, the engine's wrecked.