My injector line blew at 5am on a highway in Ohio

I was heading to a job site near Columbus last Tuesday when my 7.3 started knocking like someone was hammering the engine. Pulled over and saw diesel spraying everywhere from the number 3 injector line. Had to call my buddy Dave at 6am to come rescue me with a tow strap. Got it home and found the line had a hairline crack right at the bend. Replaced all 8 lines for $140 from a parts house and it fired right up. Anyone else ever snap a line on the road or am I just unlucky with rust belt trucks?

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the_logan1mo ago

Oh man, 140 bucks and a buddy named Dave sounds like a luxury rescue package compared to my 6.0 blowout last year. I was on I-75 near Flint, Michigan, at 4:30 in the morning, and my number 4 line let go so bad I thought the engine was trying to escape through the hood. Had to sit there for three hours waiting for a flatbed, and the tow alone cost me more than your whole parts bill. But hey, at least you got to enjoy that sweet smell of diesel cologne at sunrise, right?

julia_carter701mo ago

Jeez, I don't know if I'd call that a total disaster. You were on the shoulder, not stranded in a ditch. A hairline crack on a 20+ year old truck? That's pretty normal, not exactly a highway horror story. You had your buddy Dave on speed dial and were back running for 140 bucks. Sounds like a Tuesday, not an emergency. I've had way worse mornings just trying to get my truck to start in the driveway.