7.3 Powertroke issues....

[bboswell]

97 PSD 7.3

Symptoms- randomly idles up and down no matter what gear the auto trans is in. Newly (8 months) rebuilt trans goes into limp mode but once cooled drives normal.

Codes are:
PO221 - Throttle/Pedal position sensor
P0198 - engine oil temp sensor high
P0114 - IAT Circuit high output
P0344 - Cam position sensor intermittent

Where should I start?

[bboswell]

No idea why this showed up in TOSR. Meant for ATCF....

[J-Fish]

Start with the cam position sensor. They go out all the time and about a $40-70 part and supper easy to change for the common man. Beyond that, no clue.

I had to change mine about every 70k miles.

[Rubi513]

97 PSD 7.3


Where should I start?

Trade it in on something 20 years newer?

[DRettele]

Trade it in on something 20 years newer?

Forget that!! I'll never trade my 7.3 for anything "newer" with all the sensor problems and DEF fluid requitements.

[Rubi513]

Forget that!! I'll never trade my 7.3 for anything "newer" with all the sensor problems and DEF fluid requitements.

Yeah... That stinking $11.00 you have to spend every 4,000 miles for def fluid is terrible...
And who wants an extra 165 h.p.?

[DRettele]

Yeah... That stinking $11.00 you have to spend every 4,000 miles for def fluid is terrible...

Another thing to go wrong that can and will leave you in a bind. No thank you.

[Rubi513]

Another thing to go wrong that can and will leave you in a bind. No thank you.

Thankfully I am not financially strapped.

[DRettele]

^^^ I must be missing your point. Nobody likes paying for repairs.

[bboswell]

Thankfully I am not financially strapped.

Me either but my son is, and for that matter I would rather have his truck for a daily driver than my 15' 6.7....

Apparently you have nothing of value to add here do .....bye!

[Rubi513]

^^^ I must be missing your point. Nobody likes paying for repairs.

I am not paying for repairs, but I am loving the night and day difference in power that I have over the truck I owned 20 years ago...

[Black Ice]

7.3 Powertroke issues....

Yeah... That stinking $11.00 you have to spend every 4,000 miles for def fluid is terrible...
And who wants an extra 165 h.p.?

7.3's are like training wheels. They offer a false sense of comfort and until you take them off you will never understand your full potential.


I sold my 6.7 Cummins, drove my dads 7.3 99 F-250 from Beaumont to Baton Rouge and was supposed to keep it for a month while he was working in Russia. I drove that truck home and bought a 2017 F-250 two days later[emoji23]. I couldn't hear myself think in that thing and the creature comforts in a new truck is worth it alone if you can afford it.


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[Rubi513]

Me either but my son is, and for that matter I would rather have his truck for a daily driver than my 15' 6.7....

Apparently you have nothing of value to add here do .....bye!

Well buy you one.
I have owned 3 7.3s, there is no way I would go backwards.

[Rubi513]

7.3's are like training wheels. They offer a false sense of comfort and until you take them off you will never understand your full potential.


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[Black Ice]

Me either but my son is, and for that matter I would rather have his truck for a daily driver than my 15' 6.7....

Apparently you have nothing of value to add here do .....bye!

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