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Location: Southern IL somewhere between KY and MO | Should I or should I not buy a 05 F350 the price is right but I don't want a lemon. I need a bigger truck mine just is not going to work. |
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Location: The birthplace of Honest Abe | Dont do it! unless of course the egr valve has the delete kit put on it. |
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Location: Kentucky | I would do it if it's already been bulletproofed. Or if you or you know someone that KNOWS the 6.0. And I'm not talking about any diesel mechanic. The 6.0 is a particular beast, and it takes someone that has worked on this engine before, and won't jerk you around.
We have a 6.0 and I love it. |
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| We have a 6.0 and had the "bulletproof" work done to it and haven't had a problem yet. (knock on wood) turned over 200,000 and still pulling great. |
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Location: Near San Antonio, TX | I have one, and I have had it since it has been new in 2004. It is a great truck now that all the bugs are worked out. It pulls great, anything I want to put behind it, and I get pretty good fuel economy also. |
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Posts: 443
Location: Southern IL somewhere between KY and MO | yes egr delete |
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Posts: 3106
Location: North Dakota | With the egr delete and regular service records-oil changes and fuel filters replaced, it should be a good one! BTW we had a diesel mechanic recomend running a fuel supplement ALL the time as the 6.0 is pretty particular motor and well, fuel is not as good as it should be all the time. |
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Location: Kentucky | coco~n~cash - 2014-01-28 3:38 PM yes egr delete
Injectors also? With the EGR delete and the injectors, I'd go for it. Especially if it was at a good price. You can pick up a nice 6.0 for fairly cheap because lots of people are scared of them. |
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Location: USA | DON'T GET THE 6.0 Sorry for all the caps but we've had several and they've all blew their super charges and have laid down on us every time we'd try to haul somewhere. Or even drive somewhere we had to get it towed to the ford dealership! And it only had 60K miles on it. And then when we were coming home going down a mountain we almost didn't have any brakes! Very scary especially since we had horses we were hauling. The best engine are the 6.7 and 7.3 liter engines if you ask me. Very dependable trucks especially dodges we haven't had any of our dodges lay down on us yet (Knock on wood) lol |
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Posts: 4275
Location: In The Snow, AZ | Been there. Done that. Never again.
Regardless of bulletproofing, I wouldn't. Some have good luck. Most have bad luck. Why risk it? |
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Posts: 12704
| So in October of 2012 we replaced ALL the injectors when 3 injectors failed on our 6.0. We also installed a few parts (that I can't remember the name of) that were supposed to protect the injectors from fouling or failing. In 2013 I hauled to *4* shows. Went to pick up alfalfa in October 2013 and it started running funny. Yep, another injector sticking closed. As our mechanic pointed out, which we knew from the 2012 event, they aren't making new injectors for these engines. Every injector you get, even the high dollar high performance injectors, are a reman.
We did the egr delete years ago. After this injector gets fixed if another goes I will be beyond piffed. It's just about the same labor to fix one as all, meaning it's almost $1000 in labor alone for one or all. |
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Posts: 114
| I would NOT recommend it unless you have someone very reliable to work on the truck. We had a 2007 bought brand new from the dealer and had nothing but problems, the dealer even supposedly fixed the EGR Valve under warranty . Last April we had all the "bullet proof" work done for $3,500 and it broke down again in December. That was the last straw for me, we traded that Ford in for a Chevy 3500 in January. We absolutely love the Chevy, it has so much more power than our Ford ever did. |
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Location: Texas | I'll sell you mine if you want it. It is a 2006 with 78000 miles on it!
EGR Cooler went out at 35K miles. Fortunately still under warranty. Check engine light started coming on again at 70K miles. Computer diagnostics said it was either the EGR Cooler again or maybe just the senser. Took a chance and just replaced the senser and so far so good. But my husband wants me to get rid of it so he doesn't have to worry about me being on the road with it. If it were me... I would stay away from the 6.0L. They are also worthless when you try to trade them in too, even with low mileage. Even the dealers don't want them back! |
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Posts: 6847
Location: Where it is too cold, SD | About $30,000 later I think we have our 6.0 bullet proof? But boy I am scared of it every time I pull out out of the yard.
I want to get rid of it - but the hubby thinks we need to keep it now that we have it fixed.
I will never buy another! |
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| BUYER BEWARE!!!
Everyone I know that has had these 6.0 Ford trucks has put over $3000 in repairs just to end up with something that still doesn't run right and holds less than half the value of similar diesel trucks. A truck of that size is a big investment and too financially risky IMO.
One girl I ride up and down the road with from time to time traded hers in for a Dodge Cummings Diesel and she said that even though she lost A LOT of $$ on the trade in she couldn't be happier with her decision.
Edited by SCS89 2014-01-28 3:37 PM
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 I hate cooking and cleaning
Posts: 3310
Location: Jersey Girl | Don't do it!!!! Run the other way!! |
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Posts: 1314
Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | The only reason the injectors go out on a 6.0 is the fuel injection control modual is going bad. Its running low voltage to them. It can be fixed for about $325 at FICM Repair.com - Your Source for FICM Repair . The 6.0 can be made just as reliable as any other diesel out there. All diesels have problems just differant ones. Wait till you get water in the new ones and have a $12,000 repair bill to get it back on the road.And it doesn't matter which brand. Any of the new one just will not tolerate bad fuel or a touch of water in the fuel. Truthfully I think that the newer gassers will have better resale value that the diesels in the future. The older diesels cost 2 to 3.000 to fix the new diesel will take 10,000 to 15,000 to fix |
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| I have an 2006 F350. I hate it.
I bought it a year and a half ago, same story...beautiful truck, low price.
In June 2013 - Turbo went out in the middle of nowhere, new horse on board. Spent 3 days in a hotel with my poor horse at a filthy stockyards in 106 degree heat - no shelter. $2600
In August 2013 - Stranded again in KS with horses. Oil pressure issue. $1200
In December 2013- engine dogging out (thankfully around home). Ford says I need 4 injectors. Replaced those, mechanic test drove and low and behold now the other 4 are coding. $3500 (and this was the employee price).
So in 2013 I put $7300 into it!
The bigger deal for me though is safety and security. I will never trust this truck. I drove it on 2 long trips and I was alone and stranded on the highway BOTH times. It was terrifying. And before both of these trips I had it in for a "wellness" check and they said it was good to go!
I am now married to this truck as hubby is convinced nothing else could go wrong! I tried to trade it and got a blanket "we don't want a 6.0" from every dealer I called. |
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 I'm not opinionated
Posts: 4597
Location: Online | RUN!! Had the same problems the others have. Been stranded in 100+ degrees with loaded trailer. Not worth it. $11,000 in repairs within 10,000 miles. Of course as soon as the warranty was up.
And those who have said it will pull anything....... It's ok until you drive a 6.4 or 6.7, THOSE are true beasts. They leave the 6.0 in the broke down dust.
ETA: If they weren't terrible engines, Ford wouldn't have lost the class action lawsuit and wouldn't be reimbursing some of the costs to those who have lost their asses repairing them repeatedly.
Edited by rodeomom13 2014-01-28 10:24 PM
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