Question About Ford 6.0 Diesel

rhagfo wrote:

Rosebud wrote:
I have a 2005 6.0, and love it. Just returned from 15,000 roundtrip to Alaska. Pulling a SunnyBrook 31 BWFS and no problems except with the brakes on the 5th wheel. Truck preformed just fine. I did replace the EGR cooler and oil cooler at 95,000 miles. I think this truck is one of the best I have ever owned. Love driving it.
It is true that the market is depressed on the 6.0 powered trucks but they can be a good deal. Regular maintance is a must, use Motorcraft filters and Synthetic oil, (I use Rotella T-6). Change coolant regularly and enjoy your ride

Bill

By 2005 Ford/Navistar had made updates to the engine and the Failure rate was much lower. The Billion dollars, were for the many crate engines used to replace the early 6.0's, 2003 and early 2004. We had some friends that had an engine replacement on theirs.

Ford's Barb Samardzich and Colin Horba disagrees with you.

Here is what Ford top dogs said:

As late as June 22, 2007- six months after Ford stopped mass production of the 6.0-Ford’s Vice President for Powertrain Product Development, Barb Samardzich, referred to the “continued poor performance of the 6.0L (i.e., worse than our WFA assumptions). “IQ Colin Horba, Manager of the North American Diesel Quarterback Department, reported to Ms. Samardzich at the July 2007 PDQR that the “warranty spend” on the 6.0L was $11 million greater than anticipated for the most recent four –month tracking period, despite the fact that “no new failure modes had been identified through claims analysis.” Rather, Mr. Horbal reported that the “increased spend is driven by more claims, not an increase in cost per claim.”

Bob Fascetti, Ford’s Director of Diesel Engineering, Attested to the following: Ford has experienced unprecedented repair rates with the 6.0L engines. The 6.0L has had the largest R/1000 (repairs per thousand) rate ever experienced by Ford for an engine in widespread production. In fact, the 6.0L which represents only 10% of Ford’s total engine volume, accounts for approximately 80% of all Ford’s warranty spending on engines. Additionally, warranty spending on the 6.0L accounts for approximately 25% of Ford’s overall warranty spending.”

Bob pretty much said it all right there. :E

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