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2003-2004 6.0 Ford Diesels
Harbor_hunter:
A friend of mine is looking at buying a used truck, likes Fords in this year range and price range. Curious what people's opinions and experience are with 6.0 Fords in this year range. I know early 6.0's have gotten a bad rap, fairly regularly it seems. But you hear others who have had no issues regularly as well. I have an 07 6.0, with 120,000 miles and it has been a great truck and no engine issues, but I cannot speak to early 6.0's. Does anyone have any input? Things to look for in trucks of this year range?
tritt007:
I have an 03 with 253xxx miles on it . Not studded . Just has egr delete and has had the oil cooler replaced and some other random mantinence. Great truck until the injectors recently started to go out . I think his best bet would be to find a later model 6.0 that has been bulletproofed with receipts and was more of a grampa truck . Not a punk kids diesel truck he just rodded around town and definitely stay away from trucks owned by people who log or have logged or work construction or rock quarries such as myself haha . Other than that I don't think they are bad trucks .and they are usually fairly cheaper than other model trucks so spring for the lariat package and all the works when looking for one . I'll never go back to cloth unheated seats
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JWEBB:
I have an 04 with 150k. All bone stock. Never any problems. Yeah if your constantly pulling 12k and hammering it your gonna have problems and I wouldn’t recommend this truck if that’s the way you drive. Otherwise they aren’t as bad as most say. I won’t give up my 6.0 anytime soon. Tons of power and the gas mileage is phenomenal
Smokepole:
My 2005 has 190,000 miles on it, and has been dependable. Had the oil cooler replaced and egr deleted. Haven't had any problems with the head gaskets. Original injectors. Haven't done much else except change fluids, and drive it.
They say, "Drive it like you stole it", which I do from time to time. Mostly, I don't push the truck too hard. Hoping to get at least 500,000 on it before I need a new one. One thing that really helps is a digital monitor mounted to the dash. I have an Edge CS2. You can set high-temp alarms and generally keep track of everything from ficm volts to oil temp. Really helps you get to know these engines, since they don't have much for gauges.
bear:
Had an ‘06. Best truck I ever owned. Put an off road exhaust and an air intake on it early. Had the egr go out but under warranty. Deleted the egr at 90,000. Finally ended up selling it at about 120,000 cause I was afraid it was gonna give me trouble. Loved the way that truck drove though. Switched over to a Dirtymax.
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