2005 - F250 diesel - your opinon please
Hi A friend's dad is selling a 2005 F-250 diesel - larriet 4x4 with an off road package. It has 150,000 Km but I know he took very good care of it. He is asking $17,000 Canadian. We would be repla...
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Shadow_Grey wrote:
As long as you treat your truck nice it will be nice to you. That truck, by now, would have had problems if it is going to. DO NOT TUNE IT, unless you stud it and modify the coolant and exhaust systems! Believe me, I know! That truck was made to haul stuff like the first picture and NOT be like the second picture. The pictures below are of my now gone, 2005 F250, 4 door, 4X4, long bed. Yea, 8000 pound truck outrunning most Mustangs/Camaros/Chargers/Challengers/Corvettes everyday, especially in wet/snowy weather, was fun for a while but cost $$$$.
I have owned a 6.0 Ford...and I treated it to the best maintenance and highest quality parts available...with the 6.0, it means nothing...the engine is literally a "roll of the dice"...
Bulletproofing...not really possible...I tried...I was on a second engine, one bought from a fab/design shop that worked for Ford on fitment issues with new trucks...no miles...only a few hours...put in all the "bulletproof equipment before even starting it up...15000 miles later, a turbo, that was new 28000 miles before, spit out a small piece of metal, it went through the intake and wiped out an intake valve...yep...bulletproof...not...
The 6.0 can be made better...but why start out with the cards stacked against you...there are better choices out there...yes...they cost more...but at least their track record is a good one...JMO...YMMV
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