Common issues with Dodge 6.7L or Ford 6.7
Hoping to solicit some of the collective advice from the gurus on the forum about a new truck purchase. I've been lucky to own a few great trucks: 2001 7.3 powerstroke, a 2007 LBZ duramax, and just ...
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If memory serves me, part of the occasional problems with the early (2011 in particular) 6.7L Ford was the ceramic bearings in the turbo.
Why ceramic, I have no idea, but they'd fail after so many miles and really make a horrible sounding noise. Various videos (as in PowerStroke help for one) showed most of these failures were in trucks over the 100,000 mile mark.
The newest (2015 plus) engines have many improvements, which, according to all reports and forums I've read, indicate a much better version 2 engine. And that is great for both Ford and their owners.
Shoot, GM Duramax has been through many different versions of that motor. Ford sure seems to have a winner with this current model 6.7L.
Why ceramic, I have no idea, but they'd fail after so many miles and really make a horrible sounding noise. Various videos (as in PowerStroke help for one) showed most of these failures were in trucks over the 100,000 mile mark.
The newest (2015 plus) engines have many improvements, which, according to all reports and forums I've read, indicate a much better version 2 engine. And that is great for both Ford and their owners.
Shoot, GM Duramax has been through many different versions of that motor. Ford sure seems to have a winner with this current model 6.7L.
