Looking at used Ford F-350 high miles

mabynack wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

CampingN.C. wrote:
Lot's of the issues had with mine was mis-diagnoses and money spent where it shouldn't have been, causing the company to scrap them due to expense. For example, four injectors being replaced when it was paint from the fuel tank was clogging the fuel lines.

Troy, you know 6.0's inside and out. You ever hear of paint in fuel lines? :B

I hate it when you get paint in the fuel lines. :B

My 6.0 kept stalling when I was cruising down the road and when I researched it on the internet there were several reports of this happening. Ford used an anti-corrosion coating on the inside of the metal fuel tanks and it chipped off and clogged the fuel filters.

My truck had the plastic tanks and my issue turned out to be a broken spring in the fuel pressure regulator. It was a known problem and the new part cost $30. Unfortunately for me, the dealer elected to clean my turbocharger for $1200 first. When that didn't work they swapped out the $30 spring.

We're talking metal tanks only on the cab and chassis models from 2003-2004. We had several like that. Some said it was the coating inside the tank that let go and some speculated it was some level of overspray "paint" from the factory. I know of five trucks that had the fuel tanks replaced. Our local mechanic kept a tank in stock.
Yes, it would ruin the filters and the injectors.