Love My 6.0L Ford
I know i am among the minority of 6.0L who is willing to be vocal about being happy with there truck. Which I guess is normal considering people who are happy are content and need not say much while ...
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Golden_HVAC wrote:
A few $10 coolant water filters can prevent the problems that the 6L and 6.4L engines had on them. I put a coolant filter on my 1997 Ford Bounder motorhome with a 460" gas engine in it, and it has had no engine problems whatsoever!
I only changed the rotor and spark plug wires on it at around 15 years old, 50,000 miles. Still running the original spark plugs, coil, heater hoses. I did change the radiator to engine 2" diameter hoses at 10 years old, along with it's only coolant change. And I changed both fan belts somewhere outside Yellowstone NP, where one broke in 2006. Not bad for a 18 year old motorhome that is always at 20,000 GCVW.
I installed Napa coolant filter #FIL 4070 and kit to install it is FIL 4019. My truck driving buddy highly recommends the coolant filters to me, because they stop minerals from wandering around in the cooling system, clogging the radiator, allowing minerals and dirt to build up on radiator heat exchanger, and keeps wear on the water pump minimal. Hoses and seals also benefit from the coolant filter and the SCA's that come precharged in some of the water filters.
Glad that you are having a great time with your truck too!
Have fun camping!
Fred.
I am certainly one that had a really bad experience with my 04 PSD. By year 2 it was consuming a gallon of coolant every time I towed in the mountains. It received all the proper maintenance since it was at the dealer's service department all the time. I traded it in with 35K miles and by then it had had head gaskets twice, EGR coolers 3 times and finally an oil cooler plus it had started to leak oil. About that time Ford sent out a notice about having the coolant checked since it was breaking down and clogging the oil cooler. Mine had so many coolant changes because of the engine repairs it never had a chance to get old.
From what I learned from diesel forums, a major contributor to the clogged oil cooler was the Ford coolant breaking down. The International version of the 6.0L engine did not seeme to exhibit this problem and many learned to switch over to the International coolant to mitigate this issue otherwise you had to install a bypss coolant filter.
I now have a 09 V10 F250 and have had no issues at all with the engine and it does not even need a coolant filter. I have never regretted getting rid of my 6.0L PSD.
Dick
