Installing intercooler boots—often called CAC (Charge Air Cooler) boots—is one of the most common troubleshooting requests we receive, especially from owners dealing with repeated boot blowoffs or per

Recommended Tools: 8mm socket 10mm socket Extension for 10mm socket In‐lb torque wrench Drain pan Bag of oil dry or plastic sheet   Recommended Items: Transmission fluid  ( 5‐7 qts. may be required

If your 7.3 Powerstroke has ever done the turkey gobble / flutter thing under load, you’ve met compressor surge. In laymans terms, surge is teh turbo becoming innefficient/pushed too far for its desig

The stock 7.3 fuel bowl FPR housing works… until it doesn’t. The cast threads can bind, strip, or flat-out snap if there’s contamination in the threads or the compression fitting gets over-tightened.

The 7.3 Powerstroke Econoline turbo inlet hose is specific to the van only. The E-Series intake layout is different from an F-Series truck, and the hose shape is different too. Riffraff’s replacement

Fuel leaks on the 7.3 Powerstroke are one of those problems almost every owner will deal with sooner or later. While these trucks can seep fuel from a few different places, the fuel filter housing (fu

The Edge Insight CTS3 is a digital gauge display built around a 5” high-resolution swipe touchscreen with multiple layouts, customizable colors/backgrounds, and a notification/alert setup so you can s

7.3L Powerstroke owners have always been ridiculed for marking their territory (i.e., leaking oil, leaving spots wherever they park). We’re going to plead the Fifth on the validity of that statement,

If you’re installing an EGT (pyrometer) probe, the hardest part usually isn’t wiring—it’s getting clean threads into a cast manifold/up-pipe without gumming everything up. That’s why we put together t

The 7.3 Powerstroke HPOP reservoir feeds oil to the high-pressure oil system. When the factory cast reservoir cracks, leaks, or has damaged threads, it can create oil leaks in the valley and make diag

The most comprehensive and versatile tuning platform for the 7.3L, the Hydra from Power Hungry Performance (PHP). It allows for full custom tuning, shift on the fly tune changing, and what's arguably

For 7.3’s and 6.0’s alike, the fuel system could benefit from an upgrade. One that removes the deadhead issue that plagues each engine. The fix will increase injector life, increase throttle response

One of the more common leaks on the venerable 7.3L Powerstroke is from the fuel bowl. Doing a full rebuild when you first acquire a new 7.3, or when a leak arises is best practice. Our Complete Fuel B

Older Powerstrokes are great because they’re simple, durable, and still worth fixing. The downside? Some of the factory parts are getting harder to find, more expensive, discontinued, obsolete, or rep

The factory 1999–2003 7.3 Powerstroke fuel system is a deadhead setup: fuel enters the heads, feeds the injectors, heats up, and then has no real path out of the fuel galleries. That can leave trapped

A weak fan clutch can make a healthy 6.0L Powerstroke look like it has a major cooling-system problem. The truck may stay cool unloaded, then heat up while towing, climbing a grade, idling, or running

Full PDF Instructions can be downloaded here: https://www.riffraffdiesel.com/content/RESOURCES/HPOP_Hose_Replacement.pdf Parts Link: HPOP JIC Line - Driver Side Head 99-03: https://www.riffraffdiesel

The factory 7.3 Powerstroke intake plenums are thin stamped metal, and the intake mouths can bend from clamp pressure. Once that happens, the truck can develop boost leaks at the boots or plenum seal—

The 7.3L Powerstroke (1994–2003) earned its reputation the old-school way: simple, durable, and willing to work for a living. But even the legendary 7.3 has predictable wear points—especially now that

The 7.3 Powerstroke’s HEUI injection system relies on oil pressure to fire the injectors. Unlike most light duty diesel injection systems on the road today, where the pump (CP3, CP4, VE, VP, etc) crea