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Have we gotten to a point where the internal combustion engine has been made so complex with so many subsystems, electronics, and mechanical controls they’ve been made unreliable? Lighter engines, stamped parts, value engineering to bring a better profit margin with luxury features in the cabin everyone “needs”.
Overall, YES. A 1966 F-350 4x4 that only needs points and plugs is starting to look good. The electronic controls are sitting in the driver's seat. And it was simple to work on.
It may be that the peak of the curve for the best-of-all-worlds was in the earlier years, 2000-2005. Forgive the 6.0L situation.
I'm seeing so many engine issues from all the companies lately. While I think the very light-weight oils may be a contributing factor, it seems like bean counters have over-ridden good engineering. Cost considerations have always been the limiting factor in engineering, but I have a feeling it's both cost and skill degradation.
I'm happy Ford went back to a pushrod engine in there heavy duty gas stuff. The 5.4, 6.2 V8 and the 6.8 V10 where not bad engines, but nothing is as simple, or sounds as good as a large displacement pushrod engine.
They are able to get almost 1000 HP without a blower or turbo's on the 7.3 Godzilla... https://www.thedrive.com/news/ford-g...ost-or-nitrous
Every time I open a 6.0, I'm happy to see how solidly everything is built. The “problems” these engines have never been a problem for me personally.
I'm staying loyal to my 6.0. Great trucks.
I opened this engine a few weeks ago. The short block was still fine, though. I flushed the oil galleries, installed new heads, and now it's running again.
