Just when I had faith in Ford that they had 6.0 cleaned up well enough to buy one this happens. I blew my first injector on the '07, only 18000 miles. Its pretty depressing really. I think I might go back to Dodge after the 1st of the year.

 

wow pretty harsh, that sux though sorry to hear that

 

Covered under warranty?

 

18k, still well within the 36k whole truck warrenty, and the 100k powertrain warrenty.

While I like the dodge cummins, I would stay away from the 6.7 cummins right now. Tons and tons of plugged DPFs and blown turbos.

 

THIS BELONGS IN THE 6.0 L FORUM. LEARN YOUR FORUMS

I'll bet that when you get your Dodge and blow an injector you will lose faith as well, I assume. Why do you give up so fast, put up a fight or something. I.E. FIX THE DAMN THING

 

Its not Ford that let you down. It's Navistar's (International) problem child!

 

I put a quip in there about "going back to Dodge" to spark interest/debate/educated opinions about which is better. I think this would be better suited here for such talk.

I would be pretty down if I had a Dodge blow an injector at 18K but every Dodge I have owned has pretty much been problem free other than the fact the body broke down around the motor. I am however, in better financial condition than I was in '98 so I can get things traded off before said case happens.

Calm down, its in the shop as we speak.

Furthermore I am thinking maybe of going w/ either a Chevy Dmax 3500 or maybe, just MAYBE a F F350 w/ the V10.

The Chevy is #1 to expensive I think, #2 I have had HORRIBLE luck w/ Chevy's in the past and its more of a mental block to get over for me to buy one more than anything.

The F-350 is a nice truck and all but I dont know if the V10 is enough motor for what I do with my 1 tons. I pull a heavy trailer ALOT in the spring/summer, usually somewhere in the 14-17K lbs department 2 to 3 times a week. A V10 dually would probly do the trick I am thinking and cost me about 10K less than the Dmax. What do you all think?

 

I think you get what you pay for...no pun intended.

Why the beef with the duramax? Why is an injector such a let down? It wasn't a turbo or a completely blown motor... it's like a spark plug. Ya, it's important, but not really the end of the world and not a sign of things to come. Lb7's Duramaxes have had injector issues as have the cummin's. Are you loosing faith?

Why even consider a V10? Do you really miss the safety and reliability blanket of poor gas mileage of the V10 (I'm asuming the last truck with the V10 treated you well.) and the "no-go" compared to the diesel? There is a huge tradeoff there IMO.

You know in your heart and in your wallet what you can and will do. I am not one to jump ship esp at 18k even though it is disheartening. I would put an injector in it and drive on if it were me. If other problems come up, then I would ditch it. But right now I would stay the course.... If that helps at all?

 

The 3V V10 hardly provides "no-go" compared to the 6.0L, or any current diesel for that matter.

 

I've driven quite a few 2V V10's and they performed very well in our application.

( 3/4 ton, supercab, long box, with 2 quads on a deck on top of the box and survey gear loaded inside the box )

Do they still build the V10?

 

I kind of agree... to a point.

No beef w/ the Dmax, just GM in general, I had 2 trucks and they both were lemons, like I said, more of a mind set than anything.

Its a let down because when I pay 47 grand for a truck I would like to think that I can get more than 18K trouble free miles out of it. Its not like its a used truck or a project truck, I bought this thing BRAND NEW for a lot of money therefore I think I should be entitled to a little peace of mind.

Not the end of the world no, and hopefully not a sign of things to come.

The 6.0 HAD issues too, I thought 4 years was long enough to get them under control, guess I was wrong, thats the worst part.

I have an '03 2v V10 and I love every minute of that damn truck. Best gas vehicle I have ever owned. It will haul *** if i want too but it can also pull better than any other gas on the market. 12 MPG is fine by me, I dont buy a truck for the mileage, I buy them to get the job done. I have heard the 3V V10 has far more power than mine and gets better mileage, sounds good to me. Especially since its so much cheaper at the sticker price than a brand new Dmax.

Like I said I would have to wait until the 1st of the year before I trade anything at any rate.

I dont have a whole lot of choice on that one since its covered by warranty.

It does.

 

Yea I wouldn't sweat an injector man. If it was re-occuring then I would be more concerned or make ford replace them all or something. But from my understanding it's kinda like day-surgery for your truck :-)

 

Just to side track this abit,

How is the new rig treatin' ya so far DMAX?

 

The 6.0s were known for blowing turbos, headgaskets and bolts. I don't think they were very bad on injectors. But an injector is no big deal, 1 injector goes bad at 18k, while the rest are fine. Its still under warrenty and its neglidgeable. s**t happens. Now if 5 injectors blew, both headgaskets blew out, and the turbo vains gunked up all at the same time, then I would be let down

 

Yeah, the 3V V10 will be available in Super Duties until replaced by a Boss V8.

2V V10s can still be had in the E-Series.

I've driven bucket trucks (~18,000 lbs.) with both the 6.0L PowerStroke and the 3V V10, and honestly the 3V feels stronger than the 6.0L to me.

http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/2007...otout5mpg.html
http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/2007...otout7mpg.html