I have owned and daily driven a 2003 6.0 PowerStroke F250 CC 4X4 for quite some time. Bought used in 2006 with about 27k miles. Now has 236k miles of 70% highway, 30% city. Occasional towing of a boat, a utility trailer, or a camper. I was tempted to chip it early on, but never did. It's completely bone stock on all counts except for the tires. Despite this being supposedly the worst engine ever produced by any manufacturer in the history of mankind - according to the internet - I have only had the following trouble:
1. Turbo quit working at 46k miles. Replaced under warranty and smooth spooling ever since.
2. Finally had a bad fuel injector at 231k miles. Been waiting for years for this to happen.
3. The vacuum pump finally quit this week. So I can't engage 4x4 or get any cabin air except through the defrost openings. I'll fix it this weekend.
4. The front tire tread starts to show cupping after five or six thousand miles. I let them cup a little, then rotate them to the back where they smooth out again. So regular tire rotations for me.
That's it. I keep up with the normal maintenance mostly. I wash it once a year. I drive like a middle-aged man, but do "blow the gunk out" once in a while. Since the trade in value will hardly pay the sales tax on a new replacement, I plan to keep driving it until it won't drive any more. I cross my fingers and hope that will be another couple hundred thousand miles.
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1. Turbo quit working at 46k miles. Replaced under warranty and smooth spooling ever since.
2. Finally had a bad fuel injector at 231k miles. Been waiting for years for this to happen.
3. The vacuum pump finally quit this week. So I can't engage 4x4 or get any cabin air except through the defrost openings. I'll fix it this weekend.
4. The front tire tread starts to show cupping after five or six thousand miles. I let them cup a little, then rotate them to the back where they smooth out again. So regular tire rotations for me.
That's it. I keep up with the normal maintenance mostly. I wash it once a year. I drive like a middle-aged man, but do "blow the gunk out" once in a while. Since the trade in value will hardly pay the sales tax on a new replacement, I plan to keep driving it until it won't drive any more. I cross my fingers and hope that will be another couple hundred thousand miles.
xtn