6.0 Fail. Need advise.
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6.0 Fail. Need advise.
I'm typing while dry heaving and cry'n so excuse the typos and rambling....
I thought I had done the proper research before buying my 07 F350 6.0 PowerStroke last year, but within 6 months lost the transmission and luckily had 1,500 miles left on the warranty. Without warning yesterday, I was hauling my 5th wheel and suddenly lost power and started blowing blue and black smoke. Dealer says that I burned up the #4 and #5 piston and they want $15K to fix!! They say the warranty expired in Jan. Are you kidding me? It only has 63K miles on it. I buy a $25K truck, and one year later having driven it less than 10K miles I have a $15k repair bill. I'm absolutely sick....sick...sick. Can't afford to fix it, so it will be yard art that I'm still paying the bank for each month or I need a cheaper solution. I'm fairly confident that I could replace the engine myself, but nervous about how to take the cab off at home without a two post lift. Anyone have a similar situation with ideas and alternatives?? Thanks in advance.
I thought I had done the proper research before buying my 07 F350 6.0 PowerStroke last year, but within 6 months lost the transmission and luckily had 1,500 miles left on the warranty. Without warning yesterday, I was hauling my 5th wheel and suddenly lost power and started blowing blue and black smoke. Dealer says that I burned up the #4 and #5 piston and they want $15K to fix!! They say the warranty expired in Jan. Are you kidding me? It only has 63K miles on it. I buy a $25K truck, and one year later having driven it less than 10K miles I have a $15k repair bill. I'm absolutely sick....sick...sick. Can't afford to fix it, so it will be yard art that I'm still paying the bank for each month or I need a cheaper solution. I'm fairly confident that I could replace the engine myself, but nervous about how to take the cab off at home without a two post lift. Anyone have a similar situation with ideas and alternatives?? Thanks in advance.
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From: knox Tn
Draino if i were you do a compression test on motor to see if they really are burnt up . It sounds like an injector problem and when they do hang open they will hydro lock motor . I haven't heard of many brunt pistons on here . Also take it somewhere else and get a second opinion . JMHO
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heres some pics on how to get an engine out of a 6.0.
I do not pull cabs on any of the trucks and do this for a living.
there all very doable cab on.
heres some pics on how to get an engine out of a 6.0.
I do not pull cabs on any of the trucks and do this for a living.
there all very doable cab on.
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https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/974064-my-ride.html
heres some pics on how to get an engine out of a 6.0.
I do not pull cabs on any of the trucks and do this for a living.
there all very doable cab on.
heres some pics on how to get an engine out of a 6.0.
I do not pull cabs on any of the trucks and do this for a living.
there all very doable cab on.
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Rusty..... this almost looks like a horror flick that I don't ever wanna see! lol.... Black background with a fubarred zombie-lookin piston. Definitely scary stuff that I don't ever wanna see!
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That is an ugly pic alright. I just have a hard time believing the dealer for several reasons and I'm hoping I'll get the same result Crash16 did with a second opinion. I don't see any oil where it isn't supposed to be and when the service guy told me #4 was lacking compression because it was next to #5 which is dead, the big red flag went up. Obviously he doesn't know what he is talking about.
I'm thinking about ordering AutoEnginuity's diag tool. Is there a better tool out there?
I'm thinking about ordering AutoEnginuity's diag tool. Is there a better tool out there?
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Wow! $15k for a motor replacement seems high to me even if that is worst case senario. I would find a pull-out motor from a dism yard and redo HG and Stud it before installing and not have to worry about it plus you generally get a 120 day warranty to check for injectors etc.
This does sound to me like and injector as well. But i am far from a 6.0l Diesel pro.
This does sound to me like and injector as well. But i am far from a 6.0l Diesel pro.
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https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/974064-my-ride.html
heres some pics on how to get an engine out of a 6.0.
I do not pull cabs on any of the trucks and do this for a living.
there all very doable cab on.
heres some pics on how to get an engine out of a 6.0.
I do not pull cabs on any of the trucks and do this for a living.
there all very doable cab on.
Yikes!!!!!! What is that white stuff all over your truck.....
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Just got the truck back to the house and removed the oil fill cap while it was running. Lots of blow coming out the fill pipe. Does this confirm a bad lower end or could it still be salvagable?
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