klx650a2

Even stock 6.oh-no's go boom. Personal friend of mine, had a 03 1 ton, bone stock. Towed his 5'er for 1.5 years. Truck only had 62,000 miles. He was going hunting, truck was empty, started pumping out white smoke, he pulls over, and the motor quit. Heads were leaking, an injector tip broke off, bounced around the cylinder awhile and then out the exhaust and into the turbo. Scored cylinders, banged up piston, and turbo wrecked. Engine could not be fixed. $8,500 for a used one or $17,852 for a new one. They traded it on the spot for a 08, 1 ton long bed with the V10. At least that motor will stay together.

So, even a stock 6.0 will cause you grief. Yes they are fast, but just not for very long.

peobryant

That is 100% incorrect. I know of plenty completley stock 6.0 trucks that have had problems. I'm sure modding doesn't help, but it is far from the root problem.

Spooler

6.0's are junk even stock. If you tried to hand the keys to a brand new one I would give them back and say " No Thanks " Nice looking and riding but if they won't get you from A to B then what is the use of having one. Had to rescue a friend of mine and I didn't even on that piece of junk.

jmd025

One of my old work trucks, 04 6.0, 2 engines and 3 head repairs in 140k. Recently traded for a duramax. Truck had no mods of anykind. Injectors and headgaskets just kept crapping out. Drove it to the Chevy dealership with a good stream of water coming out the exhaust.

duratothemax

BS. That would have all been covered under warranty.

CTD NUT

Oh? What was the warranty coverage on the engine in the 03 model? I highly doubt it was past 5 years. With the vague timeline layed out, the in service date to the trade in date could have easily spanned 5 years so, why would you claim that is not true? Do you know something that we do not?

jmd025

Warranty or not, It blew. Quite Literally.

wcbcruzer

My neighbors 6.0 has been back to the dealer several times in the first 3 years he bought it. He was really mad at Ford's quality.

deerslayer1979

The 6.0 is a "light" duty industrial engine and they are not that high up on the HP scale. Ford made this motor what it is, junk. If the truck is worked hard from the day it is new, and the weak links are fixed as they break, it wouldn't be to bad of a truck after a while. Its still not a Cummins and it ain't a 7.3 PS, but it still is a decent motor when kept below 200-225HP.
DS79

mini14

there is a used dealer by me that has sold many 6.0's with 150-200k on them for cheap, and i just dont understand that. my friends have had nothing but probs. with theirs, i have to say tho they do drive nice and have no turbo lag...but they all have check engine lights on all the time...heads and egr probs all the time.soon as their warrantys are up they will be getting rid of them and getting dodges.

TexasCTD

My Brother in law has an 05 6.0 no. So far his engine has been fine but he only has about 30K miles on it. He does have a 100 hp chip (I think Dr. Performance or something like that).

My question is this........to help him out........is there anything he can do to avoid having problems? Should he go ahead and install head studs as a preventative measure?

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jaaron

Yes. If he has a 6.0 stock or whit a chip either one, he should install head studs.

And from first hand experience,
My cousin had a 05' 6.0. Put headstuds an a programer on it the day he got it. Never had a problem with it as a daily driver or a frequent tow rig.

A customer from the shop i used to work at has a 03' 6.0 Put headstuds on it two years ago hasn't been back to the shop yet except for a leveling kit.

However, the entire back lot of that shop is filled with dodges with either A/C or motor problems and most of them have been in there several times before?

Just the events that i have witnessed.

(For the record i am not bashing dodge or cummins. I love cummins engines but i wouldnt drive a dodge unless it was an 06' or 07' with a 5.9)

grantx5

Now I have diet coke all over my monitor.

Spooler

My friend had 46,000 miles on it when it let go and it was an 05'. He is looking and thinking hard what to do because his warranty is up in December 09'.

Spooler

Must be a small, small back lot.