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still ALIVE... lol and now i have the biggest prob ever with my truck... it is getting water on top of the pistons... i think it is going somewhere and it looks like it is coming out of the exhaust manifold... when i start it... plus it smells like antifreeze burning and i have white smoke coming out of my exhaust... and also i have all the front wheel bearings for the 4x4 shafts are shot my u-joints are hitting my ball joints... so what do you guys think is it time for me to get a new truck or what???
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I hate to disagree with you about the duramax and cummins being better than a psd. I have seen many psd go over 400k miles without ever taking the heads off or the oilpan! I know a guy who has a fleet of 15 to 20 psd. He has a couple that have over 600k without ever having the heads off! And he trusts these trucks to pull trailers and equipment all over the country!! I would like to see a duramouse or cummins do that or have such a good reputation like the powerstroke!! excluding the 6.0 mistake!! My truck is a 96 psd 4x4 automatic with 260k and still running the stock tranny!! The engine has never had any major work just normal maintenance and performance upgrades!! I even pull a trailer on a regular basis! 
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I've never really heard of a high mileage duracrap. Not sayin theres no such thing.
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Thanks for backing me up Its good to see other psd owners who have such good sucess with their psd! I havent seen or heard of any duramouses do that either.
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Forget to mention, its a dually, and he has had it loaded to the MAX, little overweight actually, but its been loaded heavy since day one.
I'm not sayin theres no such thing as a high mileage duramax, I'm just sayin I really havent heard of any goin too long.
I'll stay with the PSD, but thats my opinion, everyone got their own.
I'm not sayin theres no such thing as a high mileage duramax, I'm just sayin I really havent heard of any goin too long.
I'll stay with the PSD, but thats my opinion, everyone got their own.
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still ALIVE... lol and now i have the biggest prob ever with my truck... it is getting water on top of the pistons... i think it is going somewhere and it looks like it is coming out of the exhaust manifold... when i start it... plus it smells like antifreeze burning and i have white smoke coming out of my exhaust... and also i have all the front wheel bearings for the 4x4 shafts are shot my u-joints are hitting my ball joints... so what do you guys think is it time for me to get a new truck or what???
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From: Darien, Wi
Say it isn't so Batman!! The Cummings is a good engine, only problem is that it's in a Dodge truck....The Duramouse, better than a PSD.. Don't think so, am thinking of buying a new truck and can't fathom that I'll be buying the worst in quality...
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From: Quinton NJ
did you overheat it? sounds like head gasket/cracked head to me..yeah a new truck is nice but you cant work on em..im happy with my powerstroke 215K and counting.. and i can pull the heads without lifting the cab!!!
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From: Blackwater, VA
I hate to disagree with you about the duramax and cummins being better than a psd. I have seen many psd go over 400k miles without ever taking the heads off or the oilpan! I know a guy who has a fleet of 15 to 20 psd. He has a couple that have over 600k without ever having the heads off! And he trusts these trucks to pull trailers and equipment all over the country!! I would like to see a duramouse or cummins do that or have such a good reputation like the powerstroke!! excluding the 6.0 mistake!! My truck is a 96 psd 4x4 automatic with 260k and still running the stock tranny!! The engine has never had any major work just normal maintenance and performance upgrades!! I even pull a trailer on a regular basis!
