ScottC

I have a 2000 F350 4x4 diesel with auto trans. The other day it shuttered
badly in overdrive at 70mph and the check engine light came on. I had 2 or 3
experiences with this, and on one occasion it killed the motor. After
restarting the check engine I was able to drive 400 miles with no other
occurrences.
I was curious if any one else had the same problem or could point me in the
wright direction in diagnosing the problem.
Thanks
ScottC

 

Advocate

"ScottC" <u16096@uwe> wrote in message news:57e53bcb8b14f@uwe...
>I have a 2000 F350 4x4 diesel with auto trans. The other day it shuttered
> badly in overdrive at 70mph and the check engine light came on. I had 2
> or 3
> experiences with this, and on one occasion it killed the motor. After
> restarting the check engine I was able to drive 400 miles with no other
> occurrences.
> I was curious if any one else had the same problem or could point me in
> the
> wright direction in diagnosing the problem.
> Thanks
> ScottC

I've had two automatic transmissions fail catastrophically over the years
and what you have described is not at all similar to my experiences with a
dying automatic tranny.

I'd suggest you get your truck to a dealer and have your computer codes read
rather than waiting for something extremely costly to happen.

Chris Hill

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:46:37 GMT, "ScottC" <u16096@uwe> wrote:

>I have a 2000 F350 4x4 diesel with auto trans. The other day it shuttered
>badly in overdrive at 70mph and the check engine light came on. I had 2 or 3
>experiences with this, and on one occasion it killed the motor. After
>restarting the check engine I was able to drive 400 miles with no other
>occurrences.
>I was curious if any one else had the same problem or could point me in the
>wright direction in diagnosing the problem.


I'd guess that if it were the transmission, the check engine wouldn't
flash, the od/off light would. My guess is that your cam position
sensor is going. Get the codes read.

Ralph E Lindberg

In article <RxIhf.361003$084.295872@attbi_s22>,
"Advocate" <Advo@hotmail.com> wrote:

> "ScottC" <u16096@uwe> wrote in message news:57e53bcb8b14f@uwe...
> >I have a 2000 F350 4x4 diesel with auto trans. The other day it shuttered
> > badly in overdrive at 70mph and the check engine light came on. I had 2
> > or 3
> > experiences with this, and on one occasion it killed the motor. After
> > restarting the check engine I was able to drive 400 miles with no other
> > occurrences.
> > I was curious if any one else had the same problem or could point me in
> > the
> > wright direction in diagnosing the problem.
> > Thanks
> > ScottC
>
> I've had two automatic transmissions fail catastrophically over the years
> and what you have described is not at all similar to my experiences with a
> dying automatic tranny.
>
> I'd suggest you get your truck to a dealer and have your computer codes read
> rather than waiting for something extremely costly to happen.
>

My take also, get thee to a shop

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