2007 6.0 Powerstroke reliability.

[QRTRHRS]

Good luck with the FORD,hope it works out well.coobie

Yeah, I agree. Now, another question I thought about, glow plugs. My buddies old 92 7.3 seemed to go through them every now and then. Is that an issue with the 7.3's? By the way, other than some pump issues as the sulfer content was reduced, he had around 300k or so on that truck before he had some head issues.

Not to digress from the 6.0 topic, I may just go with a V10 for now. I need to finish up some other loans before I can think about new or near new. My hauling needs are way way down but not eliminated. Just weighing the 30 to 40 cents gas/diesel differential around me, maint costs, vehicle costs, etc.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Good luck finding a V-10. My uncle has had 2 of them and they are power houses. His current 2005 SRW 4x4 F-350 has 4.30 gears. While its no diesel its as close as I have seen. It pulls like a mule. The down side is the fuel economy but hey, its a truck.

I looked long and hard for a F-250 or F-350 SRW with a V-10 and all I found were ragged out. I found one nice one but it had 3.73 gears and just was not going to cut it. I needed 4.10's or 4.30's.

Chris

 

[JESSE1]

You can still get a V10 in an F-450 and 550 chassis-cabs.

 

[Haoleguy]

I think Dargo made a very good suggestion in purchasing an extended warranty to 7yrs or 200K miles for the 6L at $1200. This would be cheap insurance and would be a good carrot in case you want to sell within the warranty period.

 

[JSUnlimited]

First of all thank you guys for all of your feedback, especially to those who stuck to my original request of giving feedback/experience with the 6.0L. I figured that I'd get replys that offered no help. For example, "I had a 6.0 and hated it.". Great, but why?.....

Anyways off the soapbox.

So, I met with the service manager at that dealership that orginally sold the truck and did all of the service/repairs. What a helluva nice guy! They were very busy and he spent nearly an hour with me going over the many questions I had about the fact that this truck had a new engine installed. The truck developed a bad injector and the previous owner apparently kept driving it until and snowball effect of events led to the injector coming apart going through the piston and so on......

Ford, under warranty installed a new complete long block with new turbo and other assorted items (water pump, etc.). Service mgr. stated that the new engine came with updated parts that were known to cause issues in the past. Everything was also reflashed to the updated programs issued by Ford. Truck had never been hurt and was very clean as well as never chipped, etc.

I have the balance of the 100K mile warranty on the engine and also negotiated an addition 4yr./50K mile powertrain warranty through Ford. The service mgr. also provided me with all the records available (Oasis, build sheet, etc.). I found that the truck other options that I was not originally made aware of.

So all in all I feel very comfortable with this truck and finally have something I really like. While we were there we also dumped the wifes 05 Suburban for a 07 Suburban LTZ with very low miles.

What a very long stressful day but in the end we are both very happy! Thanks again guys for all your input.

 

[Builder]

Pretty much reaffirms what a lot of us had said about the earlier 6L's. They could develop problems that cost ford a lot of money in warranty claims. Your new truck is living proof!

NICE Suburban! :thumbsup:

 

[Soundguy]

looks nice, thanks for the pic!

soundguy

 

[Diamondpilot]

Pretty much reaffirms what a lot of us had said about the earlier 6L's. They could develop problems that cost ford a lot of money in warranty claims. Your new truck is living proof!

NICE Suburban! :thumbsup:

Give it a break. He dumped the GM for a real TRUCK! I know you will love it.

I hope this Suburban treats you better than your last.


Chris

 

[scoutcub]

Well congrats, it looks like you got a better deal than originally planned!

Good luck with the ~2~ new rigs!!

 

[Builder]

Give it a break. He dumped the GM for a real TRUCK! I know you will love it.

I hope this Suburban treats you better than your last.


Chris

So GM doesn't make "real trucks"? I have a GM truck and seems pretty "real" to me.

Sounds like more GM bashing because it's based only on your opinion and no facts. Very disrespectful to the GM truck owners that belong to these forums, including me.