Ford 6.0 liter
I put a deposit yesterday on a Ford 2006 Super-Duty F-250 with the 6.0 liter/8 cylinder diesel engine. I plan on using this truck as a tow vehicle for a 6500 pound travel trailer. I know next to not...
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FishOnOne wrote:
I had to drive thru Houston today and couldn't help notice a lot of 05-07 Super Duty trucks still on the road.
I didn't notice a single Dodge/ram cummins with the H.O. or the Blue Tec badge on the tailgate indicating a early 6.7 cummins truck. As a matter of fact I can't remember the last time I've seen one of these trucks.
I would also recommend the OP to research the other brands since they also have some ticking time bombs as well.
Wait - are you seriously suggesting the Cummins are so much less reliable than the 6.0 Ford that that you don't still see them on the road? I'm gonna suggest an appointment with your optometrist.
My 6.0 experience is a new one in '07 in a work truck, lots of problems from brand new, just like everyone said. We were such "Ford Guys" we tried one anyway. Big mistake. We were going to replace the company flatbed (a 7.3 Ford) with a new one also, and the service manager at the local dealership - a personal friend - said "Don't do it!! Keep your 7.3!".
The only big Cummins problem was with some of the 1998-2001 5.9s, and only the ones that had block casting number 53, which were prone to cracking. Other than that particular thing, there's never been as serious a reliability issue with any pickup truck diesel than there was with the 6.0 Powerstroke, and that's a well proven fact.
It's true, the Powerstroke 6.0 is a heck of an engine after you dump the cash into it to bulletproof it. But if you buy one, you need to go into it knowing what you're getting into, and not just blindly assuming it's fine as-is.
