6.0 Power Stroke Question

2006 6.0 109k miles hard starting and acting wierd. had it at the dealership about 2k ago with a check engine light on. Tested Egr fine, tested injectors fine, tech mentioned some kind of module could be going bad, for the life of me I can't remember what it was, any ideas???? Simple fix???? He did mention $1000........

FICM module.

Is it hard to replace? What's one cost?

module sells for near 700 bucks, trouble is you need to have it programmed by Ford. Not hard to change, just the programming is a Ford only deal.


We change um by the truckload, I think the reflash to put the inductive heating in the injector spool to rid of the cold start run rough symptom has something to do with it. So now rather Ford eat a bunch of injectors they can fill up on 1000 dollar FICM repairs............... spend a thousand to save a few hundred.......go figure.

The tech can go into the datalogger and monitor the FICM_Mpwr pid and tell if its bad or not.

Sounds like I'm two blocked, fubar'd and dealer bound...........bla!!!!

If you can be without the truck for a week or so I might have a cheaper solution. lol.

Ok I'm all ears.

let me do some checking tomorrow and I'll see if I can do what I think I can.

Ok

I thought there was a company doing some programing on those modules. (Elite??maybe)

The programming wont fix it if its fubarred, but I may be able to get him out of the jam a bit cheaper.............if what I think will work will work lol.

My neighbor just replaced one on his 06, and I think mine is starting to crap out. I'm all ears too. I can fix any truck on the place except the '06 SD, and if I live long enough, I might be able to fix it too.

Yep replaced a FICM already had to wait 1 week to get it shipped in from Michigan and I think I am on the second round of injectors. Lucky it is still on warranty. My dealer said the charge to change out a FICM if you have no warranty is around $1800 to the customer from the dealer. Sounds like a cash cow !!

Mark

Mark Laczo wrote:Yep replaced a FICM already had to wait 1 week to get it shipped in from Michigan and I think I am on the second round of injectors. Lucky it is still on warranty. My dealer said the charge to change out a FICM if you have no warranty is around $1800 to the customer from the dealer. Sounds like a cash cow !!

Mark

1800 bucks......your getting hosed The FICM lists for 700 bucks, we charge a maximum of 2.8 hours......thats diag, labor, reflash etc.

They do get put on backorder from time to time so the wait can be legit.

richter69 wrote:

Mark Laczo wrote:Yep replaced a FICM already had to wait 1 week to get it shipped in from Michigan and I think I am on the second round of injectors. Lucky it is still on warranty. My dealer said the charge to change out a FICM if you have no warranty is around $1800 to the customer from the dealer. Sounds like a cash cow !!

Mark

1800 bucks......your getting hosed The FICM lists for 700 bucks, we charge a maximum of 2.8 hours......thats diag, labor, reflash etc.

They do get put on backorder from time to time so the wait can be legit.

Mark lives in Canada. Everyone gets hosed up there!

dont think my idea will work fellas...........just have to pony up and take it to the dealer.

jasonf wrote:
Mark lives in Canada. Everyone gets hosed up there!

Aint that the truth. Especially way up in the tundra where i live. Everything is double the money and no one ever has it.
unless you're looking for lumber, blackflies, or bears

Freelander, where are you at these days? Are you near Lem? Maybe he could fix it.

Found the problem thanks to the service manager at the local ford dealer here in town, it ended up being a freaking dirty / loose connector to the oil pressure sensor on the passenger side valve cover....... Fixed with .10 of dyelectric grease.......

thats why these things are tough to fix over the internet lol. Had one this week come in for a no start......same deal, ICP connector was loose..............guys had been working on it themselves...........anywat water got into the connector and shorted the vref to ground.................truck no run.

You might get a pigtail and replace it, they even has recalls on them way back when............replace many many icp pigtails.