Ha Ha Ha, this is sounding just like the other forum, and they wonder why 260 pages.... I gotta go get some popcorn. Looks to me like anouther 260 starting. 
Funny thread. A must read.
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I am trying not to go into Bash mode again, but it is soooooooo easy.
Gearloose1 says above that the PSD has a price of considerable maintenance as befitting a medium duty peice of equipment. If by considerable maintenance you mean higher priced fuel filters, oil filters, air filters, and oil at more frequent intervals and greater sensitivity to these intervals.... ok. I will buy that.
Unfortunately I think considerable maintenance for the 6.0 also includes FICM, turbos, injectors, head gaskets, and egr systems and I do not think these frequencies or occurances are befitting for a light, medium, or heavy duty peice of equipment.
Gearloose1 says above that the PSD has a price of considerable maintenance as befitting a medium duty peice of equipment. If by considerable maintenance you mean higher priced fuel filters, oil filters, air filters, and oil at more frequent intervals and greater sensitivity to these intervals.... ok. I will buy that.
Unfortunately I think considerable maintenance for the 6.0 also includes FICM, turbos, injectors, head gaskets, and egr systems and I do not think these frequencies or occurances are befitting for a light, medium, or heavy duty peice of equipment.
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Most people don't want to take the time to learn how to take care of their vehicles, which is going to be more and more mandatory with each new diesel(or gas) that comes out. They just want to stick the key in and go. Rather or not that's the way it should be that's for another thread.
Owner knowledge(and I'm not talking ASE certified knowledge here) goes a long way with with 6.0 longevity.
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I know, I just can't help myself. I'm seeking therapy, but it's not doing any good.
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Really, for the actual most part if people would just chance their driving habits, alot of that other stuff can either be totally eliminated or mitigated from the worry list.
Most people don't want to take the time to learn how to take care of their vehicles, which is going to be more and more mandatory with each new diesel(or gas) that comes out. They just want to stick the key in and go. Rather or not that's the way it should be that's for another thread.
Owner knowledge(and I'm not talking ASE certified knowledge here) goes a long way with with 6.0 longevity.
Most people don't want to take the time to learn how to take care of their vehicles, which is going to be more and more mandatory with each new diesel(or gas) that comes out. They just want to stick the key in and go. Rather or not that's the way it should be that's for another thread.
Owner knowledge(and I'm not talking ASE certified knowledge here) goes a long way with with 6.0 longevity.
That was some funny chit!Also I challenged this Bill guy (since we both live in TX) to a truck pull against a 7.3 psd 4x4 crew cab at sea level, and found out this guy drives a 2wd van therefore no contest!
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You do realize you just committed a logical fallacy don't you?
EDIT: It really disturbs me when someone says that I said something and I didn't. So I'm posting my response from the thread that I believe he is referencing for all y'all to decide about what he has said that I've said.
I've never had those issues. I had one oil leak with this truck and that was due to the 64mm turbo and the pedestal that went with it. The pedestal also doubled as the oil drain for the turbo. They weren't flush and it would drip some oil. Couple of licks flushing out that spot and no more leaks. That is the only oil leak that I've ever had with the 6.0 and that wasn't with factory parts either.
To go back to your oil leak question just so you don't think I was burying my response with the rest of the "stuff" I said. I learned to live with it with the 5.9. Had that one oil leak issue that I had with the a/m turbo and pedestal on the 6.0 hadn't worked out like it did, I probably would have just learned to live with that as well, but I don't know as that wasn't the scenario that I ended up with. I doubt oil leaks can be prevented if they are going to happen. Now it is very easy to do preventative stuff with regard to EGR valve, VGT turbo etc that really just means changes to how one drives, not very hard to do as long as you want to.
I also left the ability for all y'all to click on the arrow next to my handle in the block quotes so you can easily go to the entire post. I don't want him coming back saying that I didn't put all the posts on there that were talking about oil leaks and the 6.0.
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