BB trick to 6.0 fuel pressure regulator spring
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11-12-2015 | 10:51 PM
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BB trick to 6.0 fuel pressure regulator spring
I'm looking to try the BB trick to my 2004 6.0 Powerstroke before I do that though I have a couple of questions.
1) Can this cause problems for me down the road....I want to get more out of my truck, not destroy it with something small.
2) this one is just out of curiosity, I've seen where some people just stretch the spring out has anyone tried stretching the spring and adding the BB or adding two BBs. Again that one is just curiosity, I'm not looking to try that I just wanted to know if someone had, if so, what did it do?
Thanks in advance for the help
1) Can this cause problems for me down the road....I want to get more out of my truck, not destroy it with something small.
2) this one is just out of curiosity, I've seen where some people just stretch the spring out has anyone tried stretching the spring and adding the BB or adding two BBs. Again that one is just curiosity, I'm not looking to try that I just wanted to know if someone had, if so, what did it do?
Thanks in advance for the help
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11-12-2015 | 11:45 PM
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Quickly that I can say about this, for how much it's worth, personally get the blue spring update that international/Ford came out with, is worth the few bucks.
But anytime, you do any "flexing" of the metal as I say instead of the BB, receives a fatigue some where, which in the won't stay that way forever. But adding BB spring can increasing or can decrease to much either way (for all BB spring aren't manufactured the same) the fuel pressure can lead to fuel pump issues or even injectors failure. But my personal opinion for that isnt really worth it. If it was expensive or if not hundreds of Dollars then it would be different. So in the end, it's entire up to you. For weak or to strong of a regulator spring puts your injector or pump at stake unfortunitely. So pay a few dozen buck so that you avoid putting your injectors into early failure, may not be a bad idea. Even worst a stall in the middle of driving a road or a freeway. Also the issue is the wearing of the washer rubber ring on the piston the spring exerts on, deteriorates over time with milage so changing that every 120k miles isnt a bad idea, me personally, is an easy maintenance, and changing the spring at the same time, garentees no issues down the road.
Sorry my English isn't the best
But anytime, you do any "flexing" of the metal as I say instead of the BB, receives a fatigue some where, which in the won't stay that way forever. But adding BB spring can increasing or can decrease to much either way (for all BB spring aren't manufactured the same) the fuel pressure can lead to fuel pump issues or even injectors failure. But my personal opinion for that isnt really worth it. If it was expensive or if not hundreds of Dollars then it would be different. So in the end, it's entire up to you. For weak or to strong of a regulator spring puts your injector or pump at stake unfortunitely. So pay a few dozen buck so that you avoid putting your injectors into early failure, may not be a bad idea. Even worst a stall in the middle of driving a road or a freeway. Also the issue is the wearing of the washer rubber ring on the piston the spring exerts on, deteriorates over time with milage so changing that every 120k miles isnt a bad idea, me personally, is an easy maintenance, and changing the spring at the same time, garentees no issues down the road.
Sorry my English isn't the best
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11-12-2015 | 11:57 PM
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Thanks
Quickly that I can say about this, for how much it's worth, personally get the blue spring update that international/Ford came out with, is worth the few bucks.
But anytime, you do any "flexing" of the metal as I say, receives a fatigue some where, which in the won't stay that way forever. But adding springs can increasing the fuel pressure can lead to fuel pump issues or even injectors. But that my personal opinion for how much it's worth. If it was over or if not hundreds of Dollars then it would be different. So in the end, it's entire up to you. For weak or to strong of a regulator spring puts your injector or pump at stake unfortunitely. So pay a few dozen buck so that you avoid putting your injectors into early failure, may not be a bad idea. Even worst a stall in the middle of driving a road or a freeway. Also the issue is the wearing of the washer rubber ring on the piston the spring exerts on, deteriorates over time with milage so changing that every 120k miles isnt a bad idea, me personally, is an easy maintenance, and changing the spring at the same time, garentees no issues down the road.
But anytime, you do any "flexing" of the metal as I say, receives a fatigue some where, which in the won't stay that way forever. But adding springs can increasing the fuel pressure can lead to fuel pump issues or even injectors. But that my personal opinion for how much it's worth. If it was over or if not hundreds of Dollars then it would be different. So in the end, it's entire up to you. For weak or to strong of a regulator spring puts your injector or pump at stake unfortunitely. So pay a few dozen buck so that you avoid putting your injectors into early failure, may not be a bad idea. Even worst a stall in the middle of driving a road or a freeway. Also the issue is the wearing of the washer rubber ring on the piston the spring exerts on, deteriorates over time with milage so changing that every 120k miles isnt a bad idea, me personally, is an easy maintenance, and changing the spring at the same time, garentees no issues down the road.
Thanks man I appreciate it!
