Who here is driving a the ford Diesel 6.0

And the neverending debate rages on.
Of course the answer is.........................
A Duracumminspowermaxstroke.
The evidence is clear!
 
Each diesel has it's own problems. The 6.0 has the most working parts and the most complex engine of the 3 during the years they were made. Just be prepared to spend some money on one if you buy one. Look at Rudy's in Durham or Performance Machine Mfg. in Lenoir City, Tn. PMM specializes in 6.0s. If you want a true unbiased opinion, talk to someone at a performance shop that works on Dodge, Ford, and Chevy. Anybody that drives any particular vehicle will defend it to their grave. Especially if it has a diesel in it.
 
336wheeler said:
I see a lot of 6.0s. Saw one not too long ago with 284k that came into the shop; head gaskets are notorious on the 6.0 as well as having to take the cab off for the two rear injectors....
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Ive replaced all my injectors one or two at a time cause the race tune I was running was starving them of fuel and the truck would start skipping, fuel pressure was dropping to 30psi under WOT and they dont recommend less than 45psi. You dont have to pull the cab, I have literally driven home from work at 6 pm, pulled the valve cover and replaced an injector or two on one bank and had it buttoned up by 9:30pm and ready to drive back to work the next morning. Ive actually replaced all the injectors once and a couple twice (13 injectors total) before I decided to just put an agressive tow tune in and drive, havent replaced an injector since. One day I may put a stronger lift pump in and run the race tune some more, but Im past my street race days now, LOL.

My EGR cooler was replaced at 52000 miles by ford since it was still covered, they put a stock one one it. The head gaskets and bolts are stock. I blew a turbo at 130,000 miles with the race tune at 42 psi boost the exhaust wheel started coming apart. I had a water pump pulley crack just recently about 200,000 miles on it and I replaced it with the updated part that the late 04 trucks got anyway, and I had to put a glow plug control module on the truck this spring since it quit powering the glow plugs. I've been through two clutches and a rear axle too from clutch dropping with 37 and 35" tires on the truck, I used to be really rough on this truck. The only problems I dont blame on my own stupidity is the water pump pulley, the glow plug module, and the EGR cooler, every thing else has been from serious driver abuse and a 160 hp tune.

The truck has only been down two weeks total since I bought it new in September 2003, one week at ford for the EGR cooler under warranty, and one week to find a new 10.5" axle since the carrier caps let the bearings spin and chew the housing up. Everything else has been done in a night after work or a Saturday afternoon here or there, I dont really feel like Ive been working on it constantly, no more than any other 10 year old 206,000 mile vehicle.

This months Four Wheeler magazine has a pretty good article about the 6.0 and lists its weaknesses over the years. Every vehicle is going to have its issues, my dads LBZ Duramax has eaten two $300 EGR valves (the electric motor part) and Ive had to pull it apart to clean the sticky mechanical EGR valve portion once, that took several hours to get it apart and cleaned. He's also had the front wheel bearings go out and the HVAC blower resistor and wiring harness burn up.
 
Id take a 6.0 over a lb7 in the shop any day. As already stated, its got its issues but they all do. It can be a touch more expensive than the others to repair in some cases. Just do the egr delete, oil cooler, coolant filter, blue spring, stand pipes & dummy plugs (05-07) , turbo drain and oil feed, stc fittings (05-07) , and clean the charger.
Change the oil regularly, flush the oil with something like cpr, run high quality oil and change the fuel filter often. Properly maintaining the oil & fuel system will save you a small fortune in injectors.
I know I just repeated what everyone else said but you've got to realize these trucks can be expensive. Don't buy it thinking the purchase cost, oil changes and fuel are the only cost involved and you'll be fine.

If it blows the head gaskets throw a set of studs in it.

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mysterync said:
Id take a 6.0 over a lb7 in the shop any day. As already stated, its got its issues but they all do. It can be a touch more expensive than the others to repair in some cases. Just do the egr delete, oil cooler, coolant filter, blue spring, stand pipes & dummy plugs (05-07) , turbo drain and oil feed, stc fittings (05-07) , and clean the charger.
Change the oil regularly, flush the oil with something like cpr, run high quality oil and change the fuel filter often. Properly maintaining the oil & fuel system will save you a small fortune in injectors.
I know I just repeated what everyone else said but you've got to realize these trucks can be expensive. Don't buy it thinking the purchase cost, oil changes and fuel are the only cost involved and you'll be fine.

If it blows the head gaskets throw a set of studs in it.

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or just pull the ford enginge and replace it with a Cummins. Sounds just as cheap and easy. :D

As I said before most things that happen to all diesels is caused by programmers. When I first got my Dodge it paranoid me to hell the first couple months after I started reading some things on Cumminsforum. I finally realized the majority of melted pistons and blown turbos and other bad things people were complaining about had one thing in common. Their signature line. They pretty much all have programmers. My truck will never have one as long as I own it
 
lockedup5 said:
As I said before most things that happen to all diesels is caused by programmers. When I first got my Dodge it paranoid me to hell the first couple months after I started reading some things on Cumminsforum. I finally realized the majority of melted pistons and blown turbos and other bad things people were complaining about had one thing in common. Their signature line. They pretty much all have programmers. My truck will never have one as long as I own it
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I have to disagree with you on this one. Thats like saying guns kill people. Programmers don't kill trucks. Drivers do. If you put a chip or programmer on a truck, you have to do the supporting mods necessary to support the tune. You also have to have sense enough to not hook 20k lbs to the truck and download a 250 hp tune on an otherwise stock truck and expect to pull Old Fort at 60 mph.

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save yourself and get a 7.3, 6.4, cummins 24v with a 12v water pump or a 04-06 cummins 24v
 
All things in moderation. We've got a 12v build in the shop that's going to be around 600 to the tires and daily drive. But you pay to play, studs & rings, pump work, 5x13s, head work, twins, intercooler, clutch. And the list is never ending. Your factory truck may be less likely to burn a hole in a piston but it may still happen. I've seen over 50 factory common rail trucks loose a motor. Between the owner not being observant and poor maintenance a common rail is the one most likely to hurt itself.....and it'll do it with a quickness you couldn't imagine.

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91XJHO said:
save yourself and get a 7.3, 6.4, cummins 24v with a 12v water pump or a 04-06 cummins 24v
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12v water pump? I hope you mean p-pump not a 12 volt water pump lol.
In all honesty the 6.0l is as reliable as any of the trucks you listed with a little more repair cost...except for the 6.4l.....it can be very expensive to fix!

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lockedup5 said:
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I'd be inclined to say there's something wrong with that truck... it should do mid to high teens empty, easy. Maybe even flirt with 20mpg in grandpa-mode...
 
At work we have a fleet of 6.0 trucks that regularly meet 20-26k lbs. They are all stock with manual trannys. We have had zero problems out of them.

Edit: One truck ate a fuel tank because the new low sulfur diesel was not compatible with the fuel tank lining. Unbelievable. A truck designed to run on low sulfur diesel had a fuel tank that was not meant for the fuel. Go FORD.
 
I've got an 06 F-350 I just rolled 133 thousand miles and the only thing I have done to it is throw an afe cold air intake and a mbrp 4 in turbo back exhaust. I get about 17-19 mpg around town and 21-24 on the highway depending on how I drive. I change my oil and fuel filters every 5 k and haven't had any issues at all.
 
If I'm empty and set the cruise hand calculated that's what I'm getting. Most of the time it's closer to the 21 side but there's been a tank here and there where it's been higher
 
Interestingly this month's Four Wheeler magazine came in today. It's got an article entitled "Power Stroke Problems: Every '03-'07 Ford 6.0L issue solved"
 
7.3 owner here. In 90K miles that I have owned it I had to replace the alternator, unit bearings and ball joints as all were the original w/ 175K on the odometer. My parents are in a camping club/cult. Old guys burning up 6.0s pulling 5-8K campers is all I hear about when I visit. Guys are loaded and are buying 7.3s in older trucks. 6.0 was a joke from the get go and having to drop $2K to make it functinable is BS.
 
( Disclaimer)
My opinion only.
Run what you got ladies
I pull two rigs on a 33' gooseneck trailer, bout 25k or so gross weight.
No problems at all!
 
I drive an hour and 10 minutes one way to work each day. My opinion of the reliability of diesel trucks is based on what I see sitting on the side of road during my hour and 10 minute journey to and from work each day.

Let's just say what I've seen would surely keep me from looking at any 6.0 Fords.

When I spot a broke down truck from a distance, if it ends up being a 3/4 ton or 1 tone, I would bet you one of my paychecks it is a Ford 6.0 before I can ever tell exactly what the truck is. Very few have ever been a Duramax and even fewer have been a Cummins.
 
This thread got me looking at the campground here at the beach, tons of Fords, Chevys and Dodges. There might be 4 Tundras in the whole place. Bumper pulls predominatly Chevy. 5th wheel all Ford and Dodge, I don't think I've seen a single Ford with 6.0 badge.
 
SSWaters said:
This thread got me looking at the campground here at the beach, tons of Fords, Chevys and Dodges. There might be 4 Tundras in the whole place. Bumper pulls predominatly Chevy. 5th wheel all Ford and Dodge, I don't think I've seen a single Ford with 6.0 badge.
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When I was there a couple weeks ago it seemed like more Dodges than anything. Would be nice to know an average.

I'd heard from the Toyota place I bought my wifes car from a couple years ago that Toyota was in the process of building an one ton diesel truck. Anybody else heard this? Imagine the bail outs the American car mfg. would have to have if Toyota imported a one ton diesel.
 
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