Blew an injector on a 6.0 Powerstroke at a gas station in Lubbock and it changed how I prep jobs

I was on a quick call to grab fuel and top off DEF when the truck started misfiring hard. Pulled into a parking lot and found #3 injector had stuck open and washed the cylinder out. Cost me $1,200 in parts and a full weekend to fix it because I didn't have a spare set of injectors or a proper puller on hand. Now I keep a basic injector service kit and 2 spare injectors in my work truck at all times. Anyone else keep emergency spares for common failures or am I just paranoid now?

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the_ryan22d agoMost Upvoted

My buddy Chris had almost the exact same thing happen to him on his 6.0 outside of Abilene. He was hauling a trailer back from a job and the truck started missing so bad he thought he blew the motor. Turns out it was #8 injector that stuck open and it cost him around $1,300 at a shop because he didn't have the tools to do it himself on the side of the road. He now keeps a spare FICM and two injectors in a sealed box under his back seat. Idk if it's worth it for everyone but after watching him deal with that headache I sorta get why you'd do it.

the_jenny22d ago

Hold up, did Chris ever figure out if the FICM was actually starting to fail before that injector stuck open? I've heard a bad FICM can cause injectors to act weird too, and it would explain why he keeps a spare one now. Just wondering if he had any warning signs like hard starts or surging at idle that he ignored.