2005 F 250 Super Duty Question...Long Ramble

blofgren wrote:

Bird Freak wrote:

blofgren wrote:

justafordguy wrote:

Bird Freak wrote:
I can't figure out where all this money goes some folks spend to bullet proof. I had studs, bullet proof egr cooler and oil cooler done for $2500.

X2, I did the work myself and have less than $1500 in parts.

Remember that a lot of people don't have the space, tools, knowledge, and/or patience to work on these trucks. They are not that easy to work on and can be frustrating as he!! when problems do arise. I'm happy for you guys that have not had problems but sadly that is not the case with many folks as this thread has shown.

OP, I'm also happy for you that your truck has been reasonably reliable to this point. The EGR and oil cooler failures are very common on these trucks and you know have that dealt with, which is the good news. The not so good news is that there are many other issues that can and will occur for you with the mileage that you have on the truck. I won't go into detail about them here because I will have the blue Koolaid fans jumping down my throat. I will say that I would highly recommend you do some reading on the Dieselstop or Superduty forums to get some idea of what you can expect should you decide to keep your truck. There are several issues that are known to occur and there are some serious design flaws in the 6.0L that cause the "bulletproofing" to fail in many cases. As previous posters have suggested you can end up spending way more than the truck is worth trying to keep it running and reasonably reliable, and still have outstanding potential issues and questionable reliability.

And before anyone calls me out, I owned a 2003 F-350 6.0L Lariat dually before the truck I have now. I started to run into the expensive issues and moved on before it cost me a bunch more than it already did. To have a truck that you can use to tow your RV thousands of miles from home and not have to worry is priceless.

I didn't do mine myself. I had a independent shop do it. I just did not have the time when the egr cooler went.

You got an exceptionally great deal for the work you had done. From what I have experienced that would normally cost around $5k. A fellow I work with had EGR delete, blue spring mod and new injectors installed and cost him $8k. He would have done studs too but couldn't afford it.