Ford 6.0 problems?

MTPockets1 wrote:
First... I know zero about the Ford 6.0 diesel problems, but have read some posts regarding problems. Yesterday, I parked next to a 2006 F350 DRW that looked like new and the owner stepped out and we started talking truck. He told me he bought the truck new and has 190,000 miles on it now. Used it for five years towing oversized boats between Mich & FL. Also, seemed familiar with the 6.0 issues, but had never had a problem. Regular maintenance and the key he said, was to keep it stock and never messing with anything other than Ford specs. Seemed to work for him.

What's your point? :h

I have a 5.7 diesel that nothing has ever gone wrong with. Should I say it's a great engine and recommend it to everybody because it worked for me?

Or should I tell the honest truth and say the design of this engine had problems?

I had a 05 Super Duty with a 6.0 psd and traded it with ~170k miles. It was a great truck with an great torque shift tranny.

Awesome truck - Fish

"Bullet Proofing" Does away with the known cascade of problems caused by a clogged oil cooler. It moves the oil cooler outside the engine to be air cooled. Not cheap, I paid about $4,500 to have it done. But, I don't worry too much about an catastrophic failure anymore. The engine pulls great.

Run away if there is ANY indication of performance programming changes......

I think that the remaining 6.0's on the road have been de-bugged and will do as well as the rest.

RUN!-money pit for sure-whsk

And there are many others out there like him. Not every 6.0L is bad, by a long shot.

However...

If you play the percentages, your "odds" of high-cost repairs and catastrophic engine failure with a 6.0L PSD are significantly higher than with its competitors of that era.

It's a fact that no one likes, particularly Ford guys, but I think it's pretty difficult to deny at this juncture.

It's an unfortunate situation all around; when running properly the 6.0L PSD is a beast.

As you may know, there are replacement parts on the market to "bulletproof" the 6.0L and some believe that a bulletproofed 6.0L is as good as any other diesel out there. Some buy into that theory, some do not.

Can only give you my perspective-- I like Ford trucks (though I'm not brand-loyal), I love diesel, and I was unwilling to chance buying a used 6.0L. Take that for what its worth.

I know others that have had zero problems. But even if only 20% of them are problematic, its a huge problem for those 20%. I suspect its even higher than that but I've never seen numbers.