Howdy, name is Cole I'm from River Falls, Wi. Just bought an '06 6.0 stock, very clean. XLT. Has aftermarket Wheels and tires. Vision wheels and Nitto Terra's. Wondering what my plan of attack should be. Any input would be appreciated.


-BigDirty

 

Hey Cole, welcome to FTE.

 

First of all welcome to FTE! Secondly you should do some reading down in the 6.0 section to learn all you can about your motor. There is a lot of experience lurking down there and they can show you (tell you) what to do or what not to do to your truck.

Now the fun part.....What are you looking to do with your truck (performance mods, appearance mods, etc)? Let us know and we will happily spend your money for you!

 

Welcome to FTE Cole. You'll find this to be a great place for info on your truck.

 

WELCOME..have fun here!

 

Welcome. I would do an oil change with a good quality oil like Valvoline 15-40, or 5-40 if it gets below 40* or so where you live. Also change the frame rail mounted and engine mounted fuel filters, when you do this, buy the updated Ford brass drain plug (check first you may have this). It wont strip out and get stuck in the fuel pump, and it somewhat shoots fuel out in 1 direction while draining the water seperator. Site sponsor Riffraff Diesel should carry this. Throw a new air filter in there too. Make sure you use all and only Motorcraft filters on everything, or you will experience problems. Home - Diesel Filters,Additives,brake rotors, and brake pads for Chevy, Dodge and Ford Diesel Trucks seems to have the best filter pricing. I would also flush the transmission fluid just to be safe

Once you get that out of the way, I would first add a coolant filter (many companies make these, cant really seem to go wrong, i have a Sinister kit and its great) and flush your coolant fully. The ford blue spring mod is also important as you dont want your fuel pressure to drop below 45psi or injectors will start dying off. That brings a fuel pressure gauge into discussion, which IMO is the most important gauge even just for a stock 6.0. Having other gauges to monitor items is great as well, my Scangauge II can monitor Coolant, Oil temp, Voltage, FICM voltage (you never want this below 45v, preferably 48), ICP, IPR, VGT, ICV...etc... you will learn what all these mean as you read more on here. Lots of great articles and info here on FTE

Start going through the TSBs and updates for your model year, you may already have some depending on what the previous owner did to your truck. Post some pics of your truck and engine bay as well!