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Location: Fort Bragg North Carolina | Love my 6.0 however i have had radiator replaced, turbo hose, head gaskets (5k) and now my exhaust is starting to have problems. You will find these trucks cheap because international fkd these motors up and ford has gotten in some lawsuits. If I had it to do all over again I would have done my homework and not bought a 6.0 I love it because it's purdy hauls gr8 and paid for. But if you have the $$ you can line these problems out before they happen such as deletion kits and different heads etc which is what a lot of ppl do I've seen a 6.0 w 666000 miles on it (mostly towing miles) I have 180,000 miles so far. Buyer beware because u will have problems w this truck |
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| There is a reason that you beatiful trucks for sale. You never see dodges for,sale used also dont chevy and gmc for sale either. |
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Location: Online | daisycake123 - 2014-10-13 5:05 AM There is a reason that you beatiful trucks for sale. You never see dodges for,sale used also dont chevy and gmc for sale either.
This is true. You see them in junk yards. 
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Location: Kentucky | Our 6.0 is a badass. Bulletproof it and rock on. |
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | Arkiecanchaser - 2014-10-12 4:07 PM We have a 2006 with low mileage...57,000 miles on it. So far we've replaced the turbo and it's in the shop right now, at this moment, because Friday on the way to Edmund, OK the transmission suffered "catastrophic failure" according to the mechanic who looked at it yesterday. We were pulling a trailer headed to pickup a new horse when it started making this horrid noise and loosing power. We limped into the McDonald's located into the middle of the Turner turnpike on the west side of Stroud OK. U.S. Rider had a truck there in 45 minutes to haul the sucker back to the dealership. If you buy one, you need U.S. Rider Equestrian. They haul your truck and your horse and trailer when you break down. So ummm NO! Don't buy one! We're contemplating trading this one off... it never breaks down close to home- always away from the house when were pulling a trailer.
Same place I spent time the first weekend of January (dark, snow on the ground, 5 degrees and four horses) when I lost the two injectors in mine. Hence the reason it is history!!! |
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | Murphy - 2014-10-13 9:34 AM Our 6.0 is a badass. Bulletproof it and rock on.
I sure hope you continue with the good luck. Mine pulled great and I loved it until things started going bad. |
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Location: NE Texas | cow pie - 2014-10-11 8:47 PM You will need an EGR Delete kit, and sensor. Replace the air filter with one of those fancy ones. After a hundred thousand miles your universal joints will need to be replaced. All the rest is pure maintainance,
^^^This. My mother's truck kept overheating and using alot of coolant. After putting on a tuner and doing and EGR delete it is good as new. Don't wait to do this....the mechanic said 90% of the problems with 6.0 is the EGR cooler. |
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Location: Online | Herbie - 2014-10-13 9:33 AM cow pie - 2014-10-11 8:47 PM You will need an EGR Delete kit, and sensor. Replace the air filter with one of those fancy ones. After a hundred thousand miles your universal joints will need to be replaced. All the rest is pure maintainance, ^^^This. My mother's truck kept overheating and using alot of coolant. After putting on a tuner and doing and EGR delete it is good as new. Don't wait to do this....the mechanic said 90% of the problems with 6.0 is the EGR cooler.
Never had 1 problem with the EGR. Two turbos, 6 injectors, a $70 y connector that moves oil from point a to point b, $800 in labor to fix that. Some fan of some sort, don't remember the name. Left us walking with 5 head of horses in 100 degree heat.
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| Herbie - 2014-10-13 11:33 AM
cow pie - 2014-10-11 8:47 PM You will need an EGR Delete kit, and sensor. Replace the air filter with one of those fancy ones. After a hundred thousand miles your universal joints will need to be replaced. All the rest is pure maintainance,
^^^This. My mother's truck kept overheating and using alot of coolant. After putting on a tuner and doing and EGR delete it is good as new. Don't wait to do this....the mechanic said 90% of the problems with 6.0 is the EGR cooler.
This was what went bad in ours.
It is expensive to fix, and WILL leave you sitting on the side of the road.
If it is cheap enough you can do the EGR delete and still come out ahead, I might consider.
People I know that have had this done say they are great after you get this problem fixed, so I am hoping that is the case. |
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Location: Lost in the corn of Iowa. | I love my 6.0. It is a tank. The only issue we had was injectors and we got those replaced. When the owner of a huge nationwide diesel shop says he'd rather have a 6.0 than the other new ford motors, that means something to me. If you all are wondering it's Randall's Performance and he does the testing for Diesel power magazine, so he see a few diesel truck on a daily basis. Just make sure you have all the maintenance records to go with the truck if you are serious about buying it.
ETA: If you decide it's not the right truck for you, would you want to send me a PM, because I'll probably definitely take a serious look at it. 
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Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | First off the 6.0 is not a bad motor if you fix the issues with it.
1: What takes out the injectors is the FICM box. ( Fuel Injection Control Module ) It was made with parts that were barelly good enough to tolerate the heat that is generated in it. It needs to be sent to http://www.ficmrepair.com/ . This guy will fix it with a lot better quality parts. Plus have him put in the Atlas 40 program in it at the same time.
2: What takes out the EGR cooler is the anti freeze that ford used. The silicants would fall out of suspention and plug up the water side of the oil cooler which would shut off the water flow going to the EGR cooler. Which would in turn put cracks in the EGR cooler which then would let water into the intake system and then into the cylinders which would take out the head gaskets. Thus the motor would be low on water and now its letting the motor run hot because of not enough coolant. This problem can be fixed by putting in an EGR delete kit.
3: Ford used torque to yield head bolts which are not good enough for this application. They need to be replaced with ARP head studs.
I have an 02 7.3 with 120,000 miles and an 06 6.0 with 80,000 miles on it. You will find out that all diesel trucks have their good points and their downfalls. All makes of trucks are starting to have injector problems and Emission control problems because of the poor quality of diesel fuel we get today. You can fix a 6.0 for 3 to 4 thousand and buy the truck pretty reasonable. Or you could buy one of the newer diesels for a lot of money and still have problems. To fix one of the newer diesels can be as high as $14,000 if you have to put in injectors and the high pressure fuel pump on all three brands.
If you want to learn about the 6.0 ford go to Diesel Forum - TheDieselStop.com and read here.
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Location: Eastern Kansas | BS Hauler - 2014-10-13 3:39 PM First off the 6.0 is not a bad motor if you fix the issues with it.
1: What takes out the injectors is the FICM box. ( Fuel Injection Control Module ) It was made with parts that were barelly good enough to tolerate the heat that is generated in it. It needs to be sent to http://www.ficmrepair.com/ . This guy will fix it with a lot better quality parts. Plus have him put in the Atlas 40 program in it at the same time.
2: What takes out the EGR cooler is the anti freeze that ford used. The silicants would fall out of suspention and plug up the water side of the oil cooler which would shut off the water flow going to the EGR cooler. Which would in turn put cracks in the EGR cooler which then would let water into the intake system and then into the cylinders which would take out the head gaskets. Thus the motor would be low on water and now its letting the motor run hot because of not enough coolant. This problem can be fixed by putting in an EGR delete kit.
3: Ford used torque to yield head bolts which are not good enough for this application. They need to be replaced with ARP head studs.
I have an 02 7.3 with 120,000 miles and an 06 6.0 with 80,000 miles on it. You will find out that all diesel trucks have their good points and their downfalls. All makes of trucks are starting to have injector problems and Emission control problems because of the poor quality of diesel fuel we get today. You can fix a 6.0 for 3 to 4 thousand and buy the truck pretty reasonable. Or you could buy one of the newer diesels for a lot of money and still have problems. To fix one of the newer diesels can be as high as $14,000 if you have to put in injectors and the high pressure fuel pump on all three brands.
If you want to learn about the 6.0 ford go to Diesel Forum - TheDieselStop.com and read here.
I have an 05 with 56K miles and we have done all the above. I took my truck to St Joe Diesel in St Joe, Mo. Diesel truck are all they work on. I have done all the above and need to add one more suggestion. Change the oil every 3000 miles. They told me this motor is a work horse but needs lots of TLC. Good luck. |
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Location: Online | BS Hauler - 2014-10-13 2:39 PM First off the 6.0 is not a bad motor if you fix the issues with it.
1: What takes out the injectors is the FICM box. ( Fuel Injection Control Module ) It was made with parts that were barelly good enough to tolerate the heat that is generated in it. It needs to be sent to http://www.ficmrepair.com/ . This guy will fix it with a lot better quality parts. Plus have him put in the Atlas 40 program in it at the same time.
2: What takes out the EGR cooler is the anti freeze that ford used. The silicants would fall out of suspention and plug up the water side of the oil cooler which would shut off the water flow going to the EGR cooler. Which would in turn put cracks in the EGR cooler which then would let water into the intake system and then into the cylinders which would take out the head gaskets. Thus the motor would be low on water and now its letting the motor run hot because of not enough coolant. This problem can be fixed by putting in an EGR delete kit.
3: Ford used torque to yield head bolts which are not good enough for this application. They need to be replaced with ARP head studs.
I have an 02 7.3 with 120,000 miles and an 06 6.0 with 80,000 miles on it. You will find out that all diesel trucks have their good points and their downfalls. All makes of trucks are starting to have injector problems and Emission control problems because of the poor quality of diesel fuel we get today. You can fix a 6.0 for 3 to 4 thousand and buy the truck pretty reasonable. Or you could buy one of the newer diesels for a lot of money and still have problems. To fix one of the newer diesels can be as high as $14,000 if you have to put in injectors and the high pressure fuel pump on all three brands.
If you want to learn about the 6.0 ford go to Diesel Forum - TheDieselStop.com and read here.
That was another thing we replaced that wasn't cheap.... The FICM. Then lost 4 more injectors.
You should not have to be a diesel mechanic or know one to have one of these trucks. They should all be dummy proof. It doesn't help that the dealerships aren't straight with people about them. I get tired of people making excuses for these piece of crap trucks. Basically 6.0 lovers who think they have it all figured out are telling everyone with problems that they are idiots. The 6.0 by itself IS a good motor. But not in a hard working truck. They are underpowered and fragile. You fork out $40-$50,000 for a truck (which is what they cost brand new 10 years ago) and shouldn't have to put another $15,000+ in it to go 300,000 miles.
Also, thanks to our tree hugger government, we are unable to get a decent diesel truck. |
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Location: North of Tulsa, Oklahoma | Arkiecanchaser - 2014-10-12 4:07 PM
We have a 2006 with low mileage...57,000 miles on it. So far we've replaced the turbo and it's in the shop right now, at this moment, because Friday on the way to Edmund, OK the transmission suffered "catastrophic failure" according to the mechanic who looked at it yesterday. We were pulling a trailer headed to pickup a new horse when it started making this horrid noise and loosing power. We limped into the McDonald's located into the middle of the Turner turnpike on the west side of Stroud OK. U.S. Rider had a truck there in 45 minutes to haul the sucker back to the dealership. If you buy one, you need U.S. Rider Equestrian. They haul your truck and your horse and trailer when you break down. So ummm NO! Don't buy one! We're contemplating trading this one off... it never breaks down close to home- always away from the house when were pulling a trailer.
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| I have a 2005 6.0 with 190K miles. Majority of those miles are hauling. It does have the EGR delete. I've just started having cold start issues but I'm about to check voltage to the FICM and do the FICM update. They all have their issues. The forums online for diesels are amazing! Also, ford made considerable changes so 2005 and up don't have as many issues with high pressure oil pump etc.
The 6.0 when maintenanced well and the delete done are solid trucks with plenty of HP. This is my fourth Ford and my first 6.0 and I'm very happy with it.
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Location: n.c. | We own 3 7.3 diesels. A 99 F-350, 03 F-250 and an 03 F-250.
All still running strong. 99 has 180,00, 02 has 241,000 and 03 has 185,000.
No major problems and plan on running them till they fall apart.
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| Would love to have a low mileage 7.3 in decent shape, but I have a 2006 6.0.
Keeping myself educated on the problems with the 6.0, I did the EGR delete AND what BS Hauler missed is replacing the oil cooler, which plugs up and THAT take out the EGR. The engine can them overheat, blow the headgasket AND torque the headbolts.
Since truck was already paid for and relatively low milage (87K) doing the improvements was much cheaper than buying a new truck! I replaced with an improved OEM oil cooler instead of the recommended after market one, but we did put in a coolant filter.
Truck now has 150K on it and going strong (fingers crossed).
The 6.0 is not to be taken on lightly but CAN be a good engine.
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Location: Always on call..... | I will give you the same advice I give anyone regarding 6.0's - run. Run really quickly the other direction! LOL. We had one that we spent years paying off the debt from it. Had to replace SO MUCH stuff on it (oil sending unit, EGR delete, injectors, etc, etc, etc). Spent thousands over the 4 years we had it, cause of course it all went south after the warranty was up. Then we finally reached our breaking point (when the rear end went out) we could barely get rid of the thing. We were able to sell my 3/4 gas truck that was 4 years older than the 6.0 for more money.
When it wasn't in the shop that truck ran like a beast, but it wasn't worth the constant breakdowns. There is a reason you can buy them cheap. |
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Location: NW Arkansas | RoanyGoodPoni - 2014-10-13 4:48 PM Arkiecanchaser - 2014-10-12 4:07 PM We have a 2006 with low mileage...57,000 miles on it. So far we've replaced the turbo and it's in the shop right now, at this moment, because Friday on the way to Edmund, OK the transmission suffered "catastrophic failure" according to the mechanic who looked at it yesterday. We were pulling a trailer headed to pickup a new horse when it started making this horrid noise and loosing power. We limped into the McDonald's located into the middle of the Turner turnpike on the west side of Stroud OK. U.S. Rider had a truck there in 45 minutes to haul the sucker back to the dealership. If you buy one, you need U.S. Rider Equestrian. They haul your truck and your horse and trailer when you break down. So ummm NO! Don't buy one! We're contemplating trading this one off... it never breaks down close to home- always away from the house when were pulling a trailer. Did you buy this truck brand new or used?
My husband bought it used. I guess there was a reason it was traded in, because the first time we hauled a couple of hours with it the turbo went out. |
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| mtcanchazer - 2014-10-12 12:12 PM
RnRJack - 2014-10-12 10:49 AM What about a 6.7?
6.7 diesel Fords are so far proving themselves to be a very good truck. I personally really like Dodge Cummins, but I hear the new ones aren't as good as the older ones.
If you can find a 5.9 Cummins ... the engine wont freakin' die. However, the down side is because it is SUCH a heavy engine, your front end will need more maintenance than "usual". I haul quite a bit with ours and like it minus the front end up keep.
The Duramax's (6.6) have been performing well for my family - we have an '06 that ya can't kill with over 250K miles on it. The only maintenance has been general upkeep for a truck with that many miles. The '09 had one injector go funky but was still under warranty, and since then has had no problems - It now has close to 150K miles on it.
Hope this helps! I loathe truck shopping. |
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