Blown head gaskets on my 6.0

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bignick

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Looking for the best place to have the studs and go ahead and bullet proof the engine while their in there. I live in charlotte.
 
Olee Poole in Salisbury would be the closest aftermarket shop. 704-855-2679

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Tripp trucks in rockhill sc. Talk to Kenny. He works on all of my power strokes. That's all he does.
 
Horton Truck repair....in Cowpens, SC.
Danny is half he price of anyone else and incredibly fast
 
Just make sure you have them install arp studs and black onix gaskets. Bulletproofdiesel.com bulletproof egr cooler and a new oil cooler. Or you can get a bulletproof oil relocation kit depending on how deep your pockets are.
 
Black onyx gaskets are experiencing a very high rate of failure after about a year. The manufacturer has been comping us gaskets for the ones that have failed but will not reimburse labor. Factory ford gaskets appear to be the only reliable choice.

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Factory ford gaskets are the way to go from what I've been told. The problem from the factory was more of a bolt tourque and bolt style rather than a gasket problem.
 
99ncxj said:
The problem from the factory was more of a bolt tourque and bolt style rather than a gasket problem.
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Then again....care to guess how many Cummins motors use TTY (torque to yield) head bolts? How about heavy equipment CAT motors?

Not saying the head bolts are without fault, just the internet hype around TTY bolts being the debil is a bit exaggerated.
 
Ron said:
Then again....care to guess how many Cummins motors use TTY (torque to yield) head bolts? How about heavy equipment CAT motors?

Not saying the head bolts are without fault, just the internet hype around TTY bolts being the debil is a bit exaggerated.
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X2, the 6.0 had multiple engineering disasters. Starting with coolant and oil routing and flow and ending somewhere between silicate loaded coolant and possibly head bolt quality. Im not willing to say the responsibility falls only on the bolts but we just did.gaskets on a truck that 4 head bolts came out with no more than a socket and my fingers.

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If the EGR system is not taken care of then blown headgaskets are going to happen. When the coolant system clogs, it causes oil and coolant temps to rise, which causes the engine to run hot and blow the gaskets.

I recently bought a 2003 Excursion with 197k miles, it is a very good running engine, but I plan to fix the EGR system the right way, which is to cut it completely off and weld up the holes on the intake manifold so that coolant doesn't even flow through it. I just put a 4" turbo-back exhaust on today, even on a performance tune the boost pressure never got as high as with the stock exhaust (only ~21 vs. ~25, that tells me it is running cooler (I plan to put an EGT gauge on it). Once I get my new manifold modified (bought one on ebay), I plan to do head studs and gaskets just as a precaution since I do plan to tow with it.

I will recommend Scott @ Trucks Unlimited, but he is a good drive for you, just south of Winston-Salem.
 
Blocking coolant flow isn't a real good idea IMO. Why not just install a egr delete kit for around 100.00? And not risk reduced coolant flow through the oil cooler causing high oil temps and causing all kinds of issues?

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How will that work Michael?
The oil cooler is fed from the egr cooler. The weld it up crowd typically either doesnt run an oil cooler or runs an external.

Frankly its a lot of work for nothing, IMHO.
Replace the EGR every 100k miles, keep the ford gold coolant out of it. flush the piss out of it and you will be problem free.
 
I don't really know :), I just know that I don't like EGR delete in the normal fashion, I am no expert on 6.0's, but I figure if I can ditch the EGR and have one less place to have a possible clog, then that is what I want. I haven't researched it enough to know all the plumbing, but if there is no way to run a coolant hose to the oil cooler after welding up the intake manifold, then I will put a air oil cooler on it.

I think it is gogo diesel that does the intake manifolds like i plan to do mine.
 
They're ok intakes. They really open up some room but as mentioned before ...why? I can understand mounting a external oil cooler and would be interested to see if lower temp resulted in better injector performance/longevity. I wouldnt think it would make to much of a difference. But I still don't know spending that amount of money is a worthwhile spot to spend money on a 6.0l I would be thinking stand pipes, stc fitting, blue spring mod, coolant filter...stuff that saves you from the wrecker bills.
Scratch stand pipes and stc just noticed you said 03.
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