Had a weird injector cup failure on a 6.0 Powerstroke last Thursday

It was on a 2005 F-250 that came in for a coolant leak. Pressure test showed it was coming from the #3 cylinder, which is pretty unusual. Pulled the valve cover and sure enough, the cup was cracked right at the base. The truck only has 140k miles, and the owner said he'd been using the Ford coolant. Took me about 6 hours total to get the old one out and the new one in. Has anyone else seen these fail without the usual signs of cavitation or bad coolant?

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the_miles10d ago

Guess my 6.0 is just jealous of the attention.

diana_bell7410d ago

Honestly, my old truck gets the same way if I even look at another vehicle. I swear it hears me compliment a neighbor's new paint job and then decides to have a weird electrical issue the next morning. It's like having a jealous partner that guzzles diesel instead of wine.