Rant: My 6.7 Powerstroke injector job turned into a 3 day nightmare

I had a #4 injector go bad on my 2015 F-250 last Tuesday, figured I'd swap it out in a few hours like the YouTube videos show. Got the valve cover off and found the hold down bolt was seized up worse than anything I've ever seen. Spent 4 hours with PB Blaster, heat, and an impact before I finally snapped the bolt head off. Had to drill it out and use an extractor, which took another whole day because I kept breaking cheap drill bits. Then the injector itself was stuck in the bore, had to make a slide hammer out of some all-thread and a fence post cap I had lying around. By the time I got it out and the new one in, I was covered in diesel fuel and my back was shot from leaning over the fender. Has anyone else dealt with these 6.7 hold down bolts seizing like that? I'm thinking about just replacing all of them next time with new ones.

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grace_knight7022d ago

My buddy snapped three bolts on his 6.4 before giving up and calling a shop.

victorb7422d ago

@grace_knight70 that's rough but honestly three bolts snapped sounds more like user error than the truck being junk lol. They probably torqued them wrong or used the wrong grade bolts to begin with. A 6.4 is finicky but not that finicky. I've seen guys cross thread them and then blame the motor when they snap. Just saying your buddy might need to slow down next time.