2006 f350
#31
11-26-2009, 05:14 PM
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#32
11-26-2009, 05:23 PM
yes they have their flaws, but once you get passed head gaskets and egr it really helps them.
seeing that you have 25k miles, you still have over a year left on warranty and i doubt you will get to a 100k in a year, some dealerships will install ARP's for you during a headgasket repair if you pay for the studs.
#33
11-26-2009, 05:39 PM
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#35
11-26-2009, 07:58 PM
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it is in no way fine if you 'leave it alone'....
99% of the truck we get in are stock setups... they suffer the most cause there is nothing aftermarket on them to help with heat wether it be coolant filterig or oil filtering. The oil is the blood of these engines, and often it is contaminated with shavings from normal break in period, but it stays in the system and slowly destroys everything.
The egr is bound to go even if you baby the motor, again, due to poor cooling, see previous posts.
bottom line is the 6.0 is very powerful engine. it however it not reliable, not cheap, and not mechanic friendly... MY only advice to owners is to get the things done that I havfe suggested and your 6.0 will run and work like its supposed to. But if you just changed one of two things on it, your problems will still arise.... If I could have every 6.0 owner on this board pull their IPR valve out and look at that screen on it, they would crap their pants. Same goes for the oil screen and the contents of the oil cooler(coolant side)
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99% of the truck we get in are stock setups... they suffer the most cause there is nothing aftermarket on them to help with heat wether it be coolant filterig or oil filtering. The oil is the blood of these engines, and often it is contaminated with shavings from normal break in period, but it stays in the system and slowly destroys everything.
The egr is bound to go even if you baby the motor, again, due to poor cooling, see previous posts.
bottom line is the 6.0 is very powerful engine. it however it not reliable, not cheap, and not mechanic friendly... MY only advice to owners is to get the things done that I havfe suggested and your 6.0 will run and work like its supposed to. But if you just changed one of two things on it, your problems will still arise.... If I could have every 6.0 owner on this board pull their IPR valve out and look at that screen on it, they would crap their pants. Same goes for the oil screen and the contents of the oil cooler(coolant side)
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11-27-2009, 01:12 AM
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it is in no way fine if you 'leave it alone'....
99% of the truck we get in are stock setups... they suffer the most cause there is nothing aftermarket on them to help with heat wether it be coolant filterig or oil filtering. The oil is the blood of these engines, and often it is contaminated with shavings from normal break in period, but it stays in the system and slowly destroys everything.
The egr is bound to go even if you baby the motor, again, due to poor cooling, see previous posts.
bottom line is the 6.0 is very powerful engine. it however it not reliable, not cheap, and not mechanic friendly... MY only advice to owners is to get the things done that I havfe suggested and your 6.0 will run and work like its supposed to. But if you just changed one of two things on it, your problems will still arise.... If I could have every 6.0 owner on this board pull their IPR valve out and look at that screen on it, they would crap their pants. Same goes for the oil screen and the contents of the oil cooler(coolant side)
<3 ctc
99% of the truck we get in are stock setups... they suffer the most cause there is nothing aftermarket on them to help with heat wether it be coolant filterig or oil filtering. The oil is the blood of these engines, and often it is contaminated with shavings from normal break in period, but it stays in the system and slowly destroys everything.
The egr is bound to go even if you baby the motor, again, due to poor cooling, see previous posts.
bottom line is the 6.0 is very powerful engine. it however it not reliable, not cheap, and not mechanic friendly... MY only advice to owners is to get the things done that I havfe suggested and your 6.0 will run and work like its supposed to. But if you just changed one of two things on it, your problems will still arise.... If I could have every 6.0 owner on this board pull their IPR valve out and look at that screen on it, they would crap their pants. Same goes for the oil screen and the contents of the oil cooler(coolant side)
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#37
11-28-2009, 10:58 AM
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there eyes would light up like $$$$$$'s....
The IPR, figuring what year you have can be reach by only removing degas bottle, FICM, and intake. Oil cooler comes out if they take your intake out, which requires turbo removal, which requires alot of stuff.... hence if you in that deep for something small, might as well do it all..
The IPR, figuring what year you have can be reach by only removing degas bottle, FICM, and intake. Oil cooler comes out if they take your intake out, which requires turbo removal, which requires alot of stuff.... hence if you in that deep for something small, might as well do it all..