Ford 6L diesel in the news again

smarty wrote:
My son's truck was a total loss when the fuel pump failed and sent metal shards through his engine. Ford knew of this issue but did nothing about it. Ford SHOULD have replaced the fuel pumps on these trucks. The next model year they changed out the fuel pump to a different type...

I will never own a Ford...

On the 6.0? Are you sure you are not mistaking it for the 6.7L? The 6.0L had the same HEUI pump that the 7.3L had, and was not known to grenade like that. If fact, I have never heard of one grenade like that. They just generally loose pressure when they fail.

My son's truck was a total loss when the fuel pump failed and sent metal shards through his engine. Ford knew of this issue but did nothing about it. Ford SHOULD have replaced the fuel pumps on these trucks. The next model year they changed out the fuel pump to a different type...

I will never own a Ford...

I guess my father-in-law got lucky with his 2003 6.0L in his old F350. He sold it with over 300k on it, and never had emissions issues. He tuned it around 120k and started having fuel pump/injector issues around 250k, but other than that no issues with the engine. He had to replace the transmission twice within 175k miles due to burning up the O/D clutches, but I that was his fault because he never take O/D off when towing or use tow/haul. After his seconds trans, he took my advice to use tow/haul and take off O/D and he had no problems with the trans lasting.