Ford F350 2003 - issues?
A neighbor has a Ford F-350 2003 6.0 diesel with 50,000 miles on it that he is selling. He used it as a 2nd vehicle, no major wear on it and it looks like he took care of it. I am considering it, as w...
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An older 50K mile diesel is hard to pass up. Chances are it's been babied.
I was talking to a PowerStroke guy that works at the NAPA store last week. His 6.0 has 155K miles, and he's had no problem at all. His thoughts are that most problems occur earlier, and if they make it to 150K, they may have an even longer life. Of course, he bought it cheap enough to where he can fix any problems that pop up and he's still ahead. The EGR problems were even worse 2005 and later.
I later was talking to a couple of great diesel mechanics. They've worked on so many 6.0's that they can easily correct the problem areas.
I was talking to a PowerStroke guy that works at the NAPA store last week. His 6.0 has 155K miles, and he's had no problem at all. His thoughts are that most problems occur earlier, and if they make it to 150K, they may have an even longer life. Of course, he bought it cheap enough to where he can fix any problems that pop up and he's still ahead. The EGR problems were even worse 2005 and later.
I later was talking to a couple of great diesel mechanics. They've worked on so many 6.0's that they can easily correct the problem areas.
