Looking at a deleted 6.7. Sold my 7.3.
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Looking at a deleted 6.7. Sold my 7.3.
Hey guys, I sold my 7.3 and I'm looking at picking up a fully deleted 6.7. It's a 14 and it has 75,000 on it. Guy said he deleted it a couple weeks after he rolled it off the lot brand new. What do you guys think? Don't know much about the 6.7 and all that. Had a 7.3 for many years
Thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot!
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other than your engine and exhaust warranty being voided, you shouldn't have a problem. Keep in mind though, that you also have NO REAL IDEA how the truck was treated. Many people delete just to delete, but many people also delete to drag race, join tractor pull competitions, and do crazy things to see what they can do.
A major engine component failing could cost you upwards around $10-15k (or an insurance deductible)
also, if it was driven hard (crazy hard take-offs at redlights kinda-hard) then there will be other components that might need addressing. If the factory 400/800 isn't enough for someone as a brand new vehicle, think about why someone would want the extra power vs. keeping their warranty in tact. Some could say for MPGs, but the payoff doesn't exactly repay your ROI.
Just be very careful.
A major engine component failing could cost you upwards around $10-15k (or an insurance deductible)
also, if it was driven hard (crazy hard take-offs at redlights kinda-hard) then there will be other components that might need addressing. If the factory 400/800 isn't enough for someone as a brand new vehicle, think about why someone would want the extra power vs. keeping their warranty in tact. Some could say for MPGs, but the payoff doesn't exactly repay your ROI.
Just be very careful.
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other than your engine and exhaust warranty being voided, you shouldn't have a problem. Keep in mind though, that you also have NO REAL IDEA how the truck was treated. Many people delete just to delete, but many people also delete to drag race, join tractor pull competitions, and do crazy things to see what they can do. A major engine component failing could cost you upwards around $10-15k (or an insurance deductible) also, if it was driven hard (crazy hard take-offs at redlights kinda-hard) then there will be other components that might need addressing. If the factory 400/800 isn't enough for someone as a brand new vehicle, think about why someone would want the extra power vs. keeping their warranty in tact. Some could say for MPGs, but the payoff doesn't exactly repay your ROI. Just be very careful.
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if you have a week or so to wait you could also take a oil sample and send to one of those oil sample company's ( black stone is one ) . that will tell you a lot, water in oil , fuel in oil and any metals ( and what part of the motor the metal is from ) , etc etc
cost about 20$ and takes about a week and you get a full report PDF to your email.
cost about 20$ and takes about a week and you get a full report PDF to your email.
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I deleted mine at 40k miles for reliability and engine health. If you are on here very much you will quickly see that most failures are emissions related. I had a radiator leak after deleted. Put back to stock, warranty honored, redeleted. 106000 relatively trouble free miles and it sounds much better deleted. As posted earlier, get some background info on vehicle use and an oil analysis is a definite.
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I deleted mine at 40k miles for reliability and engine health. If you are on here very much you will quickly see that most failures are emissions related. I had a radiator leak after deleted. Put back to stock, warranty honored, redeleted. 106000 relatively trouble free miles and it sounds much better deleted. As posted earlier, get some background info on vehicle use and an oil analysis is a definite.