[AT] Ford F250 Diesel makes steam. UH - OH !!!

Bruce Moden brucemoden at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 10 10:03:48 PST 2008


Note to gas powered truck owners;
Here in Florida there are many fields & other fires started by parking a hot vehicle in tall grass, hay etc, where the catalitic converters have started the fires.
bruce

--- On Mon, 11/10/08, Steve W. <falcon at telenet.net> wrote:

From: Steve W. <falcon at telenet.net>
Subject: Re: [AT] Ford F250 Diesel makes steam. UH - OH !!!
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Date: Monday, November 10, 2008, 10:43 AM

Roy Morgan wrote:
> On Nov 10, 2008, at 8:09 AM, Steve W. wrote:
>> Just got the notice from Ford that they are recalling ALL 2008 Super
>> Duty Fords that are diesel powered. Seems they like to blow flames out
>> the exhaust and catch fire (something like 19 have already burnt up)
> 
> Is it the truck that burns up, or something near the exhaust?  Like  
> your wheat field, or the barn full of hay?
> 
> 
> Roy
> Who does not ice fish.
> 
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky at earthlink.net
> 529 Cobb St.
> Groton NY, 13073
> 

 From what the recall says it's a problem in the way the computer 
controls the fuel flow. The new vehicles use some extra fuel to generate 
high exhaust system temperatures (over 1000 degrees) to burn off the 
diesel soot and they are malfunctioning and blowing flames.

http://www.forddoctorsdts.com/articles/article-07-01.php has more info

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v36MCcRPRTc
is a video of the oops...

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/03/ford_tailpipe_fires.html
has a few more stories about the history of flaming Fords.

-- 
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York

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