2007 Ford 250 6.0 Diesel

FishOnOne wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
Imo as important as its condition and how it runs today is the maint records. 6.0s rely much more on impeccable maint than their competition. Both sides of the hpop, coolant issues to name a few.

Wrong.... another misconception..... The 6.0's rely on that you use a Ford Motorcraft fuel filter or a Racor brand fuel filter (There made by Racor) that is designed with a aquablock material to prevent water getting to the injectors. All aftermarket fuel filters don't have this feature and will kill the injectors.

Oil filters again you must use Ford Motorcraft filters or Racor brand oil filters (Again they're made by Racor). All aftermarket oil filters have problems by either not fitting correctly into the filter housing and allowing the majority of the oil to bypass the filter or the filter media imploding clogging the HPOP side of the system.

Change the coolant at the first 100k miles and 50k miles thereafter using the correct Ford Gold coolant and distilled water.

The only really maintenance intensive item is making sure your batteries stay healthy to protect the FICM in which a damaged FICM will cause all kinds of issues short term and long term.

I did the above items with OCI of 7500 miles, replaced/cleaned the EGR valve a couple of times (another maintenance item) and inspect that the soot build up is dry. During the course of 7 years/170k miles and my truck ran like a top the day I sold it with no engine work, all original injectors still making the same fuel economy since it was new.

And I drove a healthy, tuned 6.0 with 180kmi on it and claimed it was orig head gaskets. Truck ran like a scalded ape. But of the 10 or so 6.0 owners I've known over the years, this guy and one other had good things to say. The rest, not so much.
Took a x country road trip in a pretty new 05? 6.0 rental truck pulling a boat. Pulled like a dream compared to my half ton and 12-13mpg to boot. I had never owned a newer diesel prior to this and loved it. It's why I bought my Dmax.
Had another newish rental 6.0 diesel that I drove daily for a few months. Until it overheated on dead cow hiway in December in AZ with around 30kmi on it. Dunno what was wrong with it because I phoned for a ride and called the rental outfit to come get their truck before it got stripped since it was sitting on the res. At least they couldn't steal it by driving it away, lol. I can say there was no coolant leaking out of it, so 3 guesses as to what went wrong.....
I've had to put injectors in my Dodge. Yes it was a $2300 parts bill plus $200 more for an aftermarket 2 mic fuel filter I opted to install, but it didn't leave me on the side of the road, gave me months of warning I needed new ones and I did it by myself with hand tools in less than a day in my garage.
If you think they aren't more sensitive to coolant filtering and oil changes, egr, turbo cleaning, timely proper fuel filters etc than the other 2 brands, your blue kool aid is spiked!