Ford F250 7.3L Godzilla Engine **Heavy Mechanic Review** | Lifter FAILURES Explained

I review this 2023 F250 superduty with the 7.3L Godzilla gas V8 Engine and discuss the lifter FAILURE issues seen with this Engine as a Heavy Duty Diesel mechanic. I explain what a Lifter is what it does, I explain what is causing the lifter failure and how to potential avoid the lifter failure.

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I hope everyone is having a good thanks giving. Today I wanted to revisit the old f250 7.3L godzilla engine and the potential lifter failures. This issues seems to keep on growing and I thought I would take a deep dive into what seems to be going on.

It seems like the vast majority if not all failures are on commercial use 7.3L Godzilla engines. And it turns out there is a different engine rating and tuning for those commercial use box trucks that seem to keep having lifter failures.

The lifter are losing their hardening surface for whatever reason and it falls down to either bad metal or hardening on those lifter roller surfaces or camshaft surfaces or a lubrication issues.

I tend to lean toward a lubrication issues. I think these lifters are getting starved for oil and this is what is causing the issue. I look to the variable displacement oil pump which could be underperforming when it comes to the commercial economy tune in these 7.3L engines. I could be wrong but that's my theory.

good news is that the pick up truck engines seem to be avoiding this issues which I like to see.

let me know what you guys think!