How reliable is Ford's 6.8L Triton V10 Engine? Read about common engine problems including exhaust manifold cracks, spark plug blowout, etc.
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I’m not a Ford hater. All brands suck. lol
I know, but on the internet you will only hear from the trouble cases. Only thing that scares me is an International with a bad EGR cooler. I just replaced one, plus did the oil cooler too, just because I already was disassembled enough to do it while I was there. It was also a pain because it was parked in a chicken manure shed 20 miles from town. But I pulled it off and got it going. Problem is EGR cooler bolts to exhaust manifold. I heated and oiled them bolts for a week. One broke in manifold. 75 miles to go get parts. Manifold was made in three sections, so then I had to take it apart and install new section. It heated and slipped inside the other section, no bolts. So I get it all ready, heavy, awkward, no help, and it had slipped together too far. Bolts wouldn't go. Back off, re heat, knock it apart a little, worked that time. Had to take turbo and all off.
Then, they ganged up on me. Owner and three grown sons, oldest is 40. Said they done talked to so and so and he said that wasn't the problem with these trucks. Other words, that I was wrong.
That's when my finger was held up vertical and wagging back and forth. I done listened to you, so now you gonna listen to me. After I fix this thing, and oil doesn't fill the radiator any more, I won't work on it anymore, how's that? The old daddy was sitting on a front tractor tire, jumped up, no no no no no. Waving his hands sideways like an umpire saying somebody safe in a ball game.
It went back together and we been using the heck out of it. It was the manure spreader truck. I still work on it. It just broke one of the shafts on the hydraulic drive for one of the spinners on the back. I could mail it to Oklahoma city and they'd fix for 800.00, just imagine shipping, but I found a place in Georgia that sold me the guts for 300.00 shipped so I did it myself. Works fine, don't leak, spins good.