2006 and 2007 6.0’s are good. The one before did have some issues. I still have 230,000 on my 2005. Most of it on a super hot tune. I do have new head and new injectors.
Im not having it man. they earned that reputation. Too many need to be "bulletproofed".
99% do need to be bullet proofed, and most are. I'd buy a bullet proof 6.0l over a 7.3l any day, and I've owned both, both with well over 300k miles each.
no, the 2003 was the best of the 6.0s. It had a bulletproof EGR system/ The rest, not so much. My buddy is a Ford diesel tech and I hear all about them lol.
I know a lot of them didn't have issues...but a lot of them have. half the 6.0s on craigslist come with $5000 receipts for "bulletproofing". You don't see that with the duramaxs, cummins, 7.3 or 6.7 PSD. And I understand the argument that fords outsell the others 2 to 1 or more so you are more likely to see trucks with problems just because there are more of them on the road...but again even with other year fords you just don't see that same ratio of issues. Same goes with the 03-07 5.9 cummins...more of those with burnt up motors than any other cummins. People want to argue about how great they are but I ask the question of why so many of them have rebuilt motors at under 200k miles? its because they aint as good plain and simple same as the 6.0.
No, that's simply a lie you've been told. Trust me, I know those engines inside and out. Mine was never bulletproofed and it laid down 450 HP on a custom SCT tune and boosted to 34 psi with no issues ever.
and 95% were driven buy young men with a need for speed and trying to do things with them that they were never designed for. Like I did, only I knew it's limits.
I know who now owns my old 2003 6.0 and if he was to sell it today, I'd buy it back probably. lol, it was an awesome rig.
The majority of 6.0 issues were because of the gold coolant. It was silicone based and had to be changed at 50k miles or it would drop the silicone out in solid form clogging the oil cooler. Poor maintenance was the key. The other issue was the EGR cooler. Heads lifting were because of tunes and people not knowing the limits on cyl. pressures and boost.
Coolant swap and flush using CAT red ELC coolant and an EGR delete is all they needed (unless it was a 2003, then just the coolant swap). And a caveman could do those himself on a Sat. afternoon. I've done 6 of them and can almost do it blindfolded...well maybe not but... lol
Coolant swap and flush using CAT red ELC coolant and an EGR delete is all they needed (unless it was a 2003, then just the coolant swap). And a caveman could do those himself on a Sat. afternoon. I've done 6 of them and can almost do it blindfolded...well maybe not but... lol
