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not the worst by far, as long as they are left stock. problem came in when people hopped them up and didn't do other things like stud kits and such. I would still take a 6L over any 12V or 24V dodge 😉
We really need a roll eyes, head bonk, type emoji for responses like this.
But I gotta say, u Frod fans sure are a loyal bunch. OMG. Defending a 6.0no is like idk, can’t describe it.
Sure some ran/run without lifting the heads, blowing the EGR or oil cooler etc. But even those are still orders of magnitude more finicky than the competitors.
And to the “I know of 3 of them running strong to this day….” comments, I can only think back to oilfield work up on the Slope when companies were trying to baby along their pre 07 diesels due to the problems with emissions and idling extended periods. So one of our partners had a fleet of “old” 6.0s and LB7-LBZ GMs. Because Dodge didn’t make a crew cab and their transmissions sucked.
Roughly equal numbers of both brands.
On one side of the shop there were 2 or 3 engines lined up. Like 1 new and 2 blown. Those were the Dmaxes. On the other side there was like 20-30 6.0 Flowerjokes lined up. Like 20 blown and 10 new for the next 10 Fords that ate themsleves.
No other explanation needed…..
- Camper_Jeff___KApr 13, 2025Navigator
I do kind of like the name PowerJoke. You can continue focusing on the negative pointing all the dead engines you saw, but I will bet you, if each of those engines top ends were rebuilt with updated Bulletproof parts, they would all be reliable 500000 mile engines going forward. I will guarantee you, none of them had a failed bottom end rotating mass unless it was due to failure of another part like the oil cooler.