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Pre-Lube

12-07-2002, 05:18 PM

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SRehberg

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Pre-Lube

I have a friend who sold his Dodge and bought a PowerStroke (yes we should stone him) but he mentioned something that occurs on the Ford I thought was unique. When he first bought it, he discovered when he went to start it, the engine turned over quite a few times before it started. He stated his Dodge started almost instantly. He inquired at the Ford *******, who said there is a pressure switch in the starting circuit, that won't allow it to start prior to oil pressure coming to a preset level. Seems like a good idea, and it would be simple to put a low pressue switch in the fuel solenoid circuit to do exactly the same thing. A manual switch to bypass it could be installed if the pressure switch failed. Am I missing something here or has Ford come upon a good idea?

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