600 miles from home stopped to find the fuel all over the 03 truck and crankcase full

 

since you have a smiley in your post, i guess your taking it well

brett

 

snowmobiling so its not to bad, not happy for sure.

 

ha, another member of the two injector club........ how many miles on yours? my second went at just over 50 thousand

 

I have an '03 that just had an injector go bad. Had them all pulled and tested and test showed No. 2 was the one. Had 148,000 on it but still hated to fork over the dough. And 300 miles away I found they pushed the valve cover gasket out when they replaced the valve cover and $425 later I was back on the road. Have a score to settle with first shop when I get back. And to top it off, after arriving in CA I noticed a diesel leak and found that a rock had hit the fuel tank on the driver's side and caused a small seeping crack. It's been a heck of a trip so far.

 

You guys who had the injectors let go.... Did you or are you running better filtration? Like a 2 micron filter setup?

 

No on 2 micron filter. I'm still using factory filter system and filter cartridges purchased from Cummins which are 10 micron I believe.

 

factory fuel filters here as well..... changed every other oil change.

 

I have lost three injectors already on the '05, so I figure enough is enough and I am scheduled next week for some flux injectors. I am hoping between that an the 2 micron filtration system I will finally have a trouble free truck.
mishkaya

 

I run Cummins filter elements, change every oil change. Got leaking fuel tank repaired and am back on the road again. Just in case you have a fuel tank problem, a dealer replacement is $600. However, they can be repaired, usually by a radiator shop or a shop that knows how to do epoxy work. Cost for my job was $150 for tank and $300 for labor.

 

What symptoms did you see when the injectors went bad? or what's typical when they fail?

 

well, when the first one went, it went all the way, used a quarter tank of fuel in ten miles........ undercoated the truck pretty good. when the second got replaced, it was more of a " I know that noise" combined with white smoke on idle... the injector rattle my truck wa s making was so bad, at cruise it was to the point of me turning up the radio so It didn't bother me as bad.