So last week my brother was driving my truck (he knows what he is doing so the screw up was not his fault) up a medium hill with a trailer with maybe 1500 pounds on it and all of a sudden it started a pounding noise that sounded like it was coming out of the air filter.
Took it to the local ford dealer to find out what it was and they told me it was a broken rocker.
Now the not so good part. When they tore the motor down they found a lot of sludge in the motor. Which they claim is from lack of maintenance consequently they are trying to void my warranty on the motor.
A little background on this truck. Since I have owned the truck they have replaced multiple egrs before and after the veg. Installed a new short block in it 11000 miles ago due to low compression on one cylinder among other things. All of which was warrantied. When they tore the motor down 11000 miles ago they found no sludge but now they claim it is full of it.
About the lack of maintenance. It is nothing but bullshit I used to change my oil about every 5000 miles before the veg with rotella. Now I change the oil every 3000 to 3500 miles with rotella since I am running on veg.
So if the sludge is not caused by lack of maintenance then what is it? Is it the veg? Is it the motor? Or is it a combination of both?
Not only am I worried about losing the warranty but even if I do repair the truck at my own cost no one really knows why or how the motor got so much sludge in it in such a short amount of time.
Is there any way to prove that the sludge is not due to lack of maintenance and rather a failure of something in the engine?
I am running a V3 system with a 51 gallon tank. It has been installed since March and the truck has about 20,000 miles on veg
Any help would be great!!
Took it to the local ford dealer to find out what it was and they told me it was a broken rocker.
Now the not so good part. When they tore the motor down they found a lot of sludge in the motor. Which they claim is from lack of maintenance consequently they are trying to void my warranty on the motor.
A little background on this truck. Since I have owned the truck they have replaced multiple egrs before and after the veg. Installed a new short block in it 11000 miles ago due to low compression on one cylinder among other things. All of which was warrantied. When they tore the motor down 11000 miles ago they found no sludge but now they claim it is full of it.
About the lack of maintenance. It is nothing but bullshit I used to change my oil about every 5000 miles before the veg with rotella. Now I change the oil every 3000 to 3500 miles with rotella since I am running on veg.
So if the sludge is not caused by lack of maintenance then what is it? Is it the veg? Is it the motor? Or is it a combination of both?
Not only am I worried about losing the warranty but even if I do repair the truck at my own cost no one really knows why or how the motor got so much sludge in it in such a short amount of time.
Is there any way to prove that the sludge is not due to lack of maintenance and rather a failure of something in the engine?
I am running a V3 system with a 51 gallon tank. It has been installed since March and the truck has about 20,000 miles on veg
Any help would be great!!
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