Spent a whole Saturday chasing a 'bad' injector that was just a loose battery terminal

Had a 6.7 Powerstroke with a rough idle and a misfire code. I was sure it was a stuck injector, so I spent hours pulling the valve cover and swapping parts around. After all that, my buddy came over, wiggled the positive cable, and the truck smoothed right out. I lost a full day's pay, about $400, for nothing. Anyone ever have a simple fix hide behind a fancy code like that?

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danielh8117h ago

Ugh, ALWAYS check the simple stuff first!

mila_craig420h ago

Man, doesn't it feel like everything works that way now? You get a weird notification on your phone and it sends you down a two-hour troubleshooting rabbit hole, only to find out you just needed to restart the thing. It's like the simplest answer is always hiding behind the most complicated, expensive-looking problem. Makes you wonder how much time we all waste overthinking the small stuff.