Puking coolant
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I have an '06. It would always puke when I towed and end up with a cold level about .5" below the low level mark. I made a mark with a sharpie that is .5" below the low fill line and never fill above that when cold. Hasn't puked since I started doing that close to 4 years ago.
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I talked to a local Powerstroke head today. He said if it is indeed the head gaskets, I would not have any problems after new ones & ARP studs. Do ya'll agree with him, considering I keep the Air raid, Hypertech & the exhaust?
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New head gaskets & studs won't prevent transmission & turbo problems.
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Not to call BS on anyone, but....... I went & talked to the diesel mech. at my local Ford dealer today. He's not a greenhorn, been working on Ford diesels for about 15 yrs. or so & drives them. He said if it is the head gaskets, install ARP studs & good gaskets. He assured me that I would have no problems after that. He said keep the Air Raid, Hypertech & exhaust. He also said with my set up I would not have any problems with anything else or gaskets problems in the future. I trust him because he has nothing to loose or gain by giving me this info. He also said that the POS coolant cap I have could be bad, I bought a Ford cap today. Hopefully the cap is the problem. Thanks for all the input & I will post after I tow my camper in the next few weeks.
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Good luck, they have had a cap upgrade but on another note you came here for info and decided to ignore a lot of exp. here too. Certain power enhancers do have a track record. Your truck and your money. Same for a/m intakes. Dust the turbo and good luck.
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okay these guys have been around here for a while. they should elaborate a little.
the stock intake has been proven to filter better and have great airflow over most cold air intakes and are great up to 500hp. i have a cold air and have dusted the turbo at 100k. and your off the shelf chip is just that. they may have been acceptable on past motors/trans such as the 7.3 with ok results but not on the 6.0/torqshift. as i had a bully dog and had to rebuild my tranny at 98k. theres a reason most people on this forum run custom tunes. for any motor. and the price is usually comparable or cheaper.
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the stock intake has been proven to filter better and have great airflow over most cold air intakes and are great up to 500hp. i have a cold air and have dusted the turbo at 100k. and your off the shelf chip is just that. they may have been acceptable on past motors/trans such as the 7.3 with ok results but not on the 6.0/torqshift. as i had a bully dog and had to rebuild my tranny at 98k. theres a reason most people on this forum run custom tunes. for any motor. and the price is usually comparable or cheaper.
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okay these guys have been around here for a while. they should elaborate a little.
the stock intake has been proven to filter better and have great airflow over most cold air intakes and are great up to 500hp. i have a cold air and have dusted the turbo at 100k. and your off the shelf chip is just that. they may have been acceptable on past motors/trans such as the 7.3 with ok results but not on the 6.0/torqshift. as i had a bully dog and had to rebuild my tranny at 98k. theres a reason most people on this forum run custom tunes. for any motor. and the price is usually comparable or cheaper.
my 0.02cents
the stock intake has been proven to filter better and have great airflow over most cold air intakes and are great up to 500hp. i have a cold air and have dusted the turbo at 100k. and your off the shelf chip is just that. they may have been acceptable on past motors/trans such as the 7.3 with ok results but not on the 6.0/torqshift. as i had a bully dog and had to rebuild my tranny at 98k. theres a reason most people on this forum run custom tunes. for any motor. and the price is usually comparable or cheaper.
my 0.02cents
May be ower fault or the op's for not doing any homework in the tech folder but some of us have elaborated so many times that it does get old sometimes. Maybe I'm getting old or senile but people ask for advice and then challenge it. In that case I say do what you want. It's your truck and your money. When it's someone with a back ground that is a good challenge but when someone that knows zilch goes by he said she said I say do what you want.
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May be ower fault or the op's for not doing any homework in the tech folder but some of us have elaborated so many times that it does get old sometimes. Maybe I'm getting old or senile but people ask for advice and then challenge it. In that case I say do what you want. It's your truck and your money. When it's someone with a back ground that is a good challenge but when someone that knows zilch goes by he said she said I say do what you want.
I did not mean to **** anyone off, I did come here for advice. I just want to pull my camper, have a good time & not break stuff.
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Where is the best place on the forum to get "custom tuner" advice? I know nothing about that or what it is. I have restored antique motorcycles, built custom Harleys & can make an ATV do crap & go places unheard of. I'm not a punk that thinks he knows everything. I just want my truck to have power & be dependable.
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''May be ower fault or the op's for not doing any homework in the tech folder but some of us have elaborated so many times that it does get old sometimes. Maybe I'm getting old or senile but people ask for advice and then challenge it. In that case I say do what you want.''
true i didnt think about it that way
just sell that intake and chip to fund for the new parts
and like 69cj said there is so much information on this subject just search and if you have questions still go ahead and ask!
true i didnt think about it that way
just sell that intake and chip to fund for the new parts
and like 69cj said there is so much information on this subject just search and if you have questions still go ahead and ask!
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There has also been a considerable amount of debate on the subject of aftermarket intakes and whether or not they allow the engine to make extra HP. IMO they do not unless you expect to exceed the 500 HP mark as mentioned by 79 F.-.R.D. In addition to not gaining any Hp you are also sacrificing filtration which can then lead to turbo problems. Check out this thread which has 4 pages of debate on the topic: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/995796-cold-air-intakes.html
You may find a few people on this forum that would advise you to install a generic tuner and/or an aftermarket intake but they are certainly in the extreme minority.
IMO the best way to do this is to spend your money on reliability mods instead of performance mods. Again just my $0.02
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There has also been a considerable amount of debate on the subject of aftermarket intakes and whether or not they allow the engine to make extra HP. IMO they do not unless you expect to exceed the 500 HP mark as mentioned by 79 F.-.R.D. In addition to not gaining any Hp you are also sacrificing filtration which can then lead to turbo problems. Check out this thread which has 4 pages of debate on the topic: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/995796-cold-air-intakes.html
Mudlift: I noticed that you took note of the conflicting "advice" that you were given 2 yrs ago with the advice that you are being given now. A lot of that stems from the gathering of more(and reliable) information about the 6.0 and mods in general.
The 6.0 had a "perfect storm" of issues that it had to deal with. Rushed to market, new emission controls for diesels, people that still had general ideas about diesels that were based on the older diesels and what you could do with them, and a lot of people that didn't know and/or didn't need diesels that got into the market due to they were cool, hip, in style and easy financing available. All those came together and it's taking a long time to weed out the ground chuck information from the filet mignon information.
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Cowboy65 & Tex25025, I'm gonna take your advice & put the stock intake back on & do some research on the SCT. I'm 47 yrs. old, having a hot rod truck don't mean nothing to me. Like I said, I want power as long as my truck is dependable. I want the power cause where I pull my camper is in the Ozarks, plenty of grade while pulling 16k. Back to one of my questions. Will I be ok with the 4" turbo back exhasust? It's a Magna Flow system with a Magna Flow muffler without the cat.