Ford 6.7 with spun connecting rod bearing

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

Cradz350 wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

Cradz350 wrote:
New turbo is part of the oil system...bearings metal shavings could have damaged.

That's all good except there is no reason to replace the turbo when you have a nice big oil filter that filters all of the oil that enters the bearings or turbo.

Now if they wanted to replace the oil pump; that's a different story...

I guess it would depend on the path the oil takes with regards to the turbo, bearings and filter. I am less annoyed with the turbo replacement since it's difficult to remove on the 6.7 and a preemptive approach is not a bad thing. My bigger issue is the doubling of the engine price. As far as repairing the engine; the same replace over repair sentiment was also offered by two local private shops. Not enough meat for over bore and over-sized pistons. The engine isn't exactly a real heavy duty diesel. The other issue is getting Ford to do a root cause analysis. There hasn't been a determination to this point on why the bearing cooked...nor has the engine been torn down...of course this is because they already know why...

I'd love to buy an engine and install, but at this point considering the cab is lifted off the truck and engine is already removed, I may be stuck with Ford in perpetual limbo. This is not a great way to keep a loyal customer.

Ya, all engine oil is filtered before it sees any engine parts except the oil pump.

In any event it would be a good idea for you to listen to this video about the 6.7 Ford diesel.

This guy really knows his stuff and sees a ton of these engines and will talk about the various failure points. It's really good to see all of the failure points of this engine that he talks about.

If you just want to see to part where he talks about "seeing a ton of bearing failure" just go to 42:42 and see what he has to say. I would watch the whole video if I were you though because this guy is very informative.

Anyway, good luck and I hope you get past this so you can take your RV out for a little time off.

This was a great video...I actually called them a few weeks ago to see the cost of a drop in engine. I like their motto "stock is not an option" This issue with skinny connecting rods (I'm sure is for engine spool up speed), tight bearing clearances and a crazy oil flow...the engine has a design flaw to say the least. Beyond that...ford has a major customer service issue since no one is willing or able to move this process along. I have borrowed my brother's truck a few times to use my RV...glad we got a few trips in as this is my oldest daughter's last summer before college. Ford has really let me down with this whole situation.