Driving home from Gonzales, On a long climb with no place to pull over, and too much traffic to stop in the lane.


Temp gauge spiked, check gauge light came on, motor died as soon as I got out of the throttle. put about 3 gallons of water in it, still not full. Had it towed home, ($750.00) pulled the oil filter housing per mechanic's advice, and the plastic stem is gone. Oil filter was the consistency of pork rinds. Crumbled in my hand.


Motor has 221k on it. What are the odds of it being worth fixing, as opposed to a 6BT/Manual swap?

 

If the stand pipe melted the motor was very hot and probably not worth fixing.

 

You can fix it but will need a FULL rebuild.
That plastic gets in all the nooks and crannies.
The block will need to be tanked and all the oil
passages will need to be brushed to knock all
the plastic out.

You will have to replace all the plastic parts
and rubber. I don't think I would trust the injectors
with all that ground up plastic moving around even with
the screens.

Sean

 

Agreed. Ford won't attempt to fix one of these because the melted plastic gets into places that they say can't be cleaned.

 

That's a shame. I've been told that this was the best of the 6.0's, as it was a "hybrid" having the old style HPOP and the new style oil rails.


221K, I'm not going to dump that much money into it. 6BT time.

 

From the time that standpipe melts, you're done, it's done, game over....

You can go with a 6BT and spend (as it's shown) more time and money converting everything over OR you can save yourself some time, money, and trouble, by picking up a used engine at a fraction of the cost, upgrading it, and calling it a day.

 

Skip the 6bt and find a fresh rebuilt 6.0 or even a used 6.0. It will save you tons of money, time, and headache. Plus, if you decide to sell it later, not too many people want a frankentruck.

 

Also if you go that route your going to have a hard time getting someone
to work on it other than yourself.

And I don't agree that you can't clean that block. It just how much time
and effort you want to invest into it.

Sean

 

To the ones I offend, I apologize in advance. That said, I will NEVER understand what it is with this romance some have, of stuffing in a Cummins engine into the engine bay of where a Powerstroke is supposed to reside. Count me in on the camp of yet another who fails to see the logic. And yes, as other already previously advised by numerous others above, slam a used '04 engine in it and call it a day, OR attempt a Cummins swap and end up with a ride that will have elextrical gremlins for the rest of its service life and cost you more than double the dollars of what it's worth in the process. It's YOUR money at the end of the day.

 

I like a cummins as much as the next guy, but I too would never do the swap. From what I've read, you lose your tow/haul, clutch fan, and have to shorten the driveshaft. Plus spend big bucks to do it.

 

I'm with you Mike, I've done TOO many Frankensteins in my day and worked on other peoples nightmares,...... it just doesn't pay

 

That's sad....

Even worse is the thought that an Android phone, a $5 app, and a $25 bluetooth adapter could have prevented that.

 

I really liked the 6.0. That said, there's not another diesel engine on the market that can touch the reliability of a 12 valve Cummins.

 

Jeff go to any cummns forum, they also have had there issues.

 

Run out of coolant and get a Cummins as hot as you got your Powerstroke and it will also be scrap iron.