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Location: IL | Just bought a 2014 F350 6.7. Anyone have any problems with theirs? We also have a 2007 F350 6.0. We are going to sell that one. We put a lot of money into the 6.0 to have the EGR fixed. Please tell me nothing but good things about the 6.7. I will say since we fixed the 6.0 it does run great and pulls like a beast. I had to trade in my F150 5.4 for major engine problems and decided we would just upgrade to a newer F350. I love how quiet it is and drives super nice. We haven't towed with it yet, need to get a hitch put in. |
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Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | You will love it. I have a 02 7.3 and a 06 6.0 and love both of mine. All the new trucks just keep getting better. All the big 3 have nice trucks and they all can have problems. Just make sure that you watch your fuel quality for water contamination. It affects all three of the company's. I would use a fuel conditioner all the time to make sure that you keep water out of the fuel. Cheap insurance. |
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Location: Kentucky | 6.7 is a bad biatch. |
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| We have a 7.3 and a 6.0, I want to trade the 6.0 in on the 6.7. I have heard nothing but good things so far. My favorite, however, is still the 7.3! |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | The only problem we had with the 6.7s was the emissions sensors going out and shutting the engine down suddenly. They were supposed to start doing a limp mode instead of shut down, but I'm not sure when that started. |
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| If you didn't fix the root cause of the EGR problem on the 6.0 you will likely have more issues with it down the road. It usually starts with the oilcooler, which plugs up with sludge from the coolant. Then things start running hot causing EGR problems, over heating, headgasket failure, injector failure, even torqueing the engine bolts.
I put some money in to my 6.0 BEFORE I started having problems and am hoping that it will prevent all of the above because, for the first time in my life, I don't want a NEW truck. They can keep all of their EPA, pee tank and electronic crap that seem to cause nothing but more issues, less power and poorer mileage from what I see. I agree with the 7.3 being the best of the Ford diesel engine, tho I did like my 6.9 too. Am keeping mine and hubby 2003 Dodge until they fall apart. WHO can afford a new truck these days!??! Keep telling hubby that my new pickup will be a used semi instead.
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Location: IL | rodeoveteran - 2016-02-02 10:51 AM If you didn't fix the root cause of the EGR problem on the 6.0 you will likely have more issues with it down the road. It usually starts with the oilcooler, which plugs up with sludge from the coolant. Then things start running hot causing EGR problems, over heating, headgasket failure, injector failure, even torqueing the engine bolts. I put some money in to my 6.0 BEFORE I started having problems and am hoping that it will prevent all of the above because, for the first time in my life, I don't want a NEW truck. They can keep all of their EPA, pee tank and electronic crap that seem to cause nothing but more issues, less power and poorer mileage from what I see. I agree with the 7.3 being the best of the Ford diesel engine, tho I did like my 6.9 too. Am keeping mine and hubby 2003 Dodge until they fall apart. WHO can afford a new truck these days!??! Keep telling hubby that my new pickup will be a used semi instead. Hope you new to you truck is a working son of a gun.
We did all the EGR stuff to our 6.0 and knock on wood it's been good, besides the $3000 injectors that also needed be replaced. I understand what happens with them, but in our circumstances it just made more sense to get a newer one. I live in IL with all the salt in winter and it's taking a toll on the body. I have a FORD guy that works on our truck and I'll get all the in's and outs from him today on the new one. I was just wondering what everyone's experiences have been so far. |
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Location: White Mountains of AZ | My bf works his own semi/diesel mechanic shop. As well as owns some semis. They have seen countless 6.0s in there for numerous things. 6.7 are better, 7.3 is the best in his truck mind for Fords. ( Although we are a Cummins family! ) |
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Location: Northwest Florida | Would an EGR delete not fix it? I know they will cause your truck to fail emissions testing but here in FL we don't have inspections, so we put an EGR delete on our diesels with or without problems, just to avoid them.
I had a 6.0, turbo went out on it and I traded it in. I've heard only good things about the 6.7's. Congrats! |
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| We just traded in our 2012 6.7 for a 2013 Duramax and I'll never go back to a Ford...lol Duramax pulls better and the exhaust brake is so nice to have with a trailer (Ford doesn't have one). The only major problem we had was more than likely caused by the people who changed our fuel filters and not because of the truck itself. Also both the batteries had to be replaced a couple months ago. They went completely dead and I had to get a jump from someone. We had never left the lights on or anything like that so it was odd.
Nothing terrible to say about the 6.7 but I definitely prefer a Duramax now! |
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Location: North Texas | nicole.b - 2016-02-03 8:21 PM
We just traded in our 2012 6.7 for a 2013 Duramax and I'll never go back to a Ford...lol Duramax pulls better and the exhaust brake is so nice to have with a trailer (Ford doesn't have one). The only major problem we had was more than likely caused by the people who changed our fuel filters and not because of the truck itself. Also both the batteries had to be replaced a couple months ago. They went completely dead and I had to get a jump from someone. We had never left the lights on or anything like that so it was odd.
Nothing terrible to say about the 6.7 but I definitely prefer a Duramax now!
Four year service on diesel batteries is a long time! What happened with the fuel filters?
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| Ha! Hubby is getting crabby because I suggested he could use new batteries in his 2003 Dodge.....still the original batteries. Last winter, in the extreme cold, I HAD to plug it in in the extreme cold because the batteries wouldn't turn it over. Guess what? With this mild winter it still has the same batteries.13 years is pretty good eh?
He also got crabby when we had to replace the battery in his horse trailer. I had to point out that it was like 9 years old...  |
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Location: in the ozone | My 2001 Dodge will be with me forever I think! Been a GREAT truck, still has low mileage & so much better than the POS '97 Ford F350 I had (bought new). My original batteries went a LONG time in the Dodge too! |
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Location: SW North Dakota | I bought a one-ton King Ranch brand new in 2013. I LOVE IT!!!!! It's a BEAST- my trailer weighs 15K empty and will haul 6 horses. I set the cruise at 80 on the interstate and let it roll. I've had zero issues with it, it has about 30K miles on it- it had 4 when I picked it up. Mine has heated seats in the back, my kids love that option! haha |
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Location: SW North Dakota | foundation horse - 2016-02-03 7:36 PM nicole.b - 2016-02-03 8:21 PM We just traded in our 2012 6.7 for a 2013 Duramax and I'll never go back to a Ford...lol Duramax pulls better and the exhaust brake is so nice to have with a trailer (Ford doesn't have one). The only major problem we had was more than likely caused by the people who changed our fuel filters and not because of the truck itself. Also both the batteries had to be replaced a couple months ago. They went completely dead and I had to get a jump from someone. We had never left the lights on or anything like that so it was odd. Nothing terrible to say about the 6.7 but I definitely prefer a Duramax now! Four year service on diesel batteries is a long time! What happened with the fuel filters?
My 2013 ford F350 has an exhaust brake- factory. I had an aftermarket exhaust brake on my 2000 dually, which worked great, no issues. |
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Location: IL | ND3canAddict - 2016-02-04 12:24 PM
foundation horse - 2016-02-03 7:36 PM nicole.b - 2016-02-03 8:21 PM We just traded in our 2012 6.7 for a 2013 Duramax and I'll never go back to a Ford...lol Duramax pulls better and the exhaust brake is so nice to have with a trailer (Ford doesn't have one). The only major problem we had was more than likely caused by the people who changed our fuel filters and not because of the truck itself. Also both the batteries had to be replaced a couple months ago. They went completely dead and I had to get a jump from someone. We had never left the lights on or anything like that so it was odd. Nothing terrible to say about the 6.7 but I definitely prefer a Duramax now! Four year service on diesel batteries is a long time! What happened with the fuel filters?
We have an exhuast brake in our truck...We even have one in the 2007 6.0, you just have to use the tow haul. I would assume every heavy duty truck made for pulling woud have an exhuast brake. |
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