Hey folks, on my way back from a long road trip my truck started leaking fuel. Luckily we were only a few miles from home. I looked on these forums and saw that some people had problems with fuel rail or injector connections leaking so I assumed that's what it was. Upon further inspection though I found that the #6 injector line had a crack in it. I took it to the dealer and they told me that the early 3rd gens had a problem with the #6 line vibrating until it fatigued and cracked. The solution (which they incorporated into later 3rd gens) is a bracket which supports the line and dampens the vibrations. My truck is still under warranty so they fixed it for free which was cool. Disaster was narrowly averted as we really would have been screwed if it happened in the middle of nowhere. So I thought I oughta let folks here know about the problem. You can easily tell if you have the bracket or not by looking at the #6 injector line. If you don't have it I'd recommend getting one from your dealer.

 

Thanks for the heads up.

 

WE would all love some pics of the bracket the dealer installed.

Easier to check ours that way..THANKS..

HOUTEX

 

Could you give us more info on what year your truck is?Any Mods?coobie

 

How about a part number?

 

Ya!! Don't scare us and not even give a picture of what to look for!!

 

Is there a TSB on this??

MikeyB

 

Sorry for the lack of info in my post. I was at work when I posted it and didn't have my camera with me. I'll post pics and look for a part number (I know I put that work order here somewhere) this weekend. I also filled out my signature so you'd know what I'm running.

 

Hey Tony, say hello to my little friend.

Geez, that was Scareface's name, wasn't it.

 

I bought my truck last fall had it about three weeks. I was about an hour away from home when I had the 6 line crack the same way. The engine will still run okay but I lost a 1/2 a tank of fuel to get it home.

Hope you find that part # for that bracket

 

Hey Bad Ramer Jamer,
Yup, I stole it from Pacino. However, in my defense my name is Tony and I do live in Montana, FWIW.

 

If you want to see what the bracket looks like open the hood and look at
number 2,3,4,5 all come with a bracket on the fuel line why number 1 and 6 donot have is beyond me.

 

Good info; appreciate the heads up. I'll check it out when I change the oil this weekend.

 

Does this missing bracket apply to 03 only trucks?

 

The brackets started during/midway through the 04.5 model year.