6.O diesal Truck trade or fix

carringb wrote:

DavinD wrote:
Wanted to add my .02.

My 06 F350 had 201,000 trouble free miles until it ruined my current vacation. EGR cooler failed in Houston and cost me $2600 to replace. Then on the way home one of the plastic boost hoses on the Turbo failed. While none of these did significant damage to the engine, it took all of the trust I had built up for my truck and threw it out the Window. It will take me some time to trust it again.

Not sure if I'm going to trade it in or not (assuming it gets me the rest of the way home tomorrow).

Sucks to keep reading about your troubles. I almost nearly certain the ruptured turbo hose is a result of over-boost considering the preceding repairs. This is because the failed EGR cause the Unison ring in your turbo to rust up. You need turbo rebuild to fix the root of the problem. I have seen this exact sequence failures first hand.

If the EGR cooler was replaced guess what had to be removed in the process? You guessed it the CAC tube and the plastic tube. These rubber tubes after time get exposed to oil and heat and become brittle. It probably should have been replaced with the EGR cooler. Sticking turbo's are usually a bi-product of the vehicle setting for long periods and then rusting. With 201k miles on the truck this vehicle has barely sat parked. These trucks have a turbo boost gauge and it's easy to identify if a over boost condition occurs and I believe the engine light will come on indicating a problem.