What is vane sweep and why is it used?
Posted by ID Speed Shop on 2023 Oct 24th
Vane sweep in the Ford 6.0L was developed to help with the turbo stiction. Some signs of your vanes sticking is lack of power, delayed/erratic shifts, excessive popping through intake, black/white smoke. It acts like a turbo failure, which it kind of is, but in this case the only thing that fails is the vanes stick due to corrosion. Ford updated turbo design and as
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What is Inductive Heating on the Ford 6.0L FICM?
Posted by ID Speed Shop on 2023 Oct 9th
Inductive heating is an important upgrade to the 6.0L FICM Strategy, especially for those with worn injectors or very cold climates.
Inductive heating heats up the injector to pre-heat the oil and prevent "stiction", or sticking, of the injector spool valve. Stiction is caused by excess oil in the
closed side end cap/spool interface area
increasing the hydraulic lat
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What is Ford 6.0L Powerstroke Pilot Injection and why was it removed in later flashes?
Posted by ID Speed Shop on 2023 Sep 12th
What is Pilot Injection? Pilot injection is a small shot of fuel before the main injection event that quiets the engine and helps with mileage on a diesel engine. The HEUI Fuel System in the 6.0L was originally designed around electronic Pilot Injection, but was removed early in the release of the truck(mid 2004) due to issues with rolling idle and rough cold starts
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