Replace fule return line 2000 7.3 diesel 350 cant get to back of head to remove

You have ruined the exhaust converters with the diesel fuel

Its that dealer next to usless?

It sounds like a classic blown head gasket. Most head gasket issues occur after the engine overheats. Was this engine ever overheated that you know of? Check your oil to see if it has a milky white appearance as well. The white smoke at startup is steam, which is likely water/coolant being burned. What sounds like is happening is that oil under pressure is leaking around the head gasket from the pistons into the cooling jackets, and when the engine cools, coolant is being sucked into the pistons. Most auto parts stores sell a testing kit that turns colors in the presence of carbon monoxide and determines whether exhaust gases are mixing with your coolant. However, you probably don't need this kit, since you already see oil in the coolant. The only fix is to remove the head on the engine (expensive job), have it checked, and then replace the gasket. If you continue to drive like this, you can keep an eye on the coolant level and change your oil every few months until engine performance really degrades or else you start losing a ton of coolant or oil. It will get worse and probably cause a little bit of corrosion in your cylinders, which can be cleaned up when the head is fixed.

Had this problem on my 1995 K1500. Take your front blinkers out and see if the wires are rubbing on the frame causing it to short out. Took me 4 months to figure this out.

I am having the exact same problem with my 06' F-250. Does anyone have any suggestions? [email protected]

Bad intake manifold gasket, head gasket, manifold pre-heat gasket, or any combination of them.

Check the cab and frame grounding straps. You have a open ground circut.

head gasket

time to clean out the system
you should probably try running reg diesel through the lines
so drain the fuel tank and put some reg diesel in rem the fule line recently replaced and allow it to pour our into a bucket then after the fule starts running there then hook line back up and start pumping it through the injector pump remove 1 of the cylinder lines and see if you have fuel there using a clear hose and a bucket
attach hose to end of fuel injector line and see if it is pushing fuel through the injector body
remem ber you are still pushing reg diesel

now that the system is clean and clear hook all lines up and try and start the truck up on reg diesel
if it runs then your off to the races
if there is no fuel check the fuel filter it may just be full of gunk
or the pump might be cooked
but rem line b4 filter and check for flow

check all of the vaccum lines and check the timing and see if they have any thing at the auto store for diesel to put in the tank you may have also got a bad tank of diesel fuel. i also had something like this once happen to me and the tank i got it was not diesel someone had put unleaded in that tank by mistake

yes there are 2 lines the feed line and the return line