2005-2006 Ford 6.0s?

[redthies]

This might apply to you...

http://www.atg.wa.gov/LemonLaw/default.aspx

I have a friend in Phoenix who had so many problems with his 6.0 SMB that he made Sportsmobile buy it back using the lemon law.

As far as 6.0s go, the only person I know that likes theirs, drives it HARD! And that is why it is reliable according to the local diesel gurus. They all agree that regular service and working them hard and often is the way to treat the 6.0.

I agree Pskaat, go for the 7.3 if you can find a clean one. It will hold it's value better as well.

 

[jagular7]

After reading this discussion, and couple of other diesel forums, I may have gotten a good or rotten deal. I recently purchased a 05 F350 with the 6.0l in it. It has 112k miles. I've got the print for the warranty work, but I won't get any print of paid work unless I know of the dealership it was performed. There has been head gasket work, several injectors, couple of sensors, 2 recalls, and they all seem to appear in 1 month spans at a time and while driving. It was used to haul heavy equipment. I figured by now with 4 years behind it and 12k over the warranty period, the 6.0l has finished itself from being a problematic engine. My weight will be ~5k#s with a 1200# trailer and 3800# Jeep. Hopefully, it will like being retired.

 

[etbadger]

I'm a couple weeks late to the party it appears, but I would concur with Brian that I will certainly never again buy a new Ford. We have a 6.0 diesel E350 from 05.

While we have not had the number of issues as Brian, we have had enough, and the reception we have received at the various Ford dealers we have had to stop at for on-the-road service has had much to be desired (All but one has immediately begun accusing us of using a tuner (we don't), said that warranty wouldn't cover the work, but eventually admitted the problem was in the engine from Ford, and sent us on our way (sometimes refusing to fix as "no-one wants to work on the vans").

A couple weeks ago we were stranded miles from any town when the engine went suddenly dead driving down a steep dirt road. Of course power-boost on brakes and steering goes out, and I find myself standing on the brake pedal with all my weight, pulling up on the wheel for more pressure just to stop. 40 mile tow (luckily we were actually on a "road" and I only had to hike 1/2 mile to cell coverage). Problem was a known-poor design part in the high-pressure oil pump. This whole system was supposedly replaced 2 years ago at another dealer due to strange noises, but this shop tech claimed that if the pump had been replaced the broken part would be the "new" design, and it wasn't.

So far:
- Stuck valve, engine pulled: head replaced
- PS pump horrid noise: replaced
- Droning noise: HPOP replaced, no help (and now perhaps it turns out they didn't actually do the work?), told us to leave. (turns out it was poorly mounted transmission cooler parts after head replacement)
- Broken engine mount bolts: Refused to address, said it was somehow our fault, turns out none of the mount bolts were torqued down after head replacement.
- HPOP failure, dead in water: Tow, HPOP part replacement

So far our turbo is the original and appears to be in good operational condition. We are near the end of the warranty for us, and now I am doing the research and changes to address known reliability issues that Ford will not address without a specific problem.

-e