need help with info on purchasing 03 excursion

[newfordguy2369]

Hello everyone,

I'm looking at an 03 excursion with the 6.0 diesel motor in it. Its an eddie bauer edition with 170,000.00 miles on it. it has 4 wheel drive, 6 disc CD player, dual dvd players, tow package with trailer brakes and hitch, new shocks, new egr valve and new AC compressor. The owner said they would take 12,000.00 for it. Is this a good deal? Anything I should worry about? It appears to have been taken very good care of. Any feed back would be greatly appreciated. Any questions I should be asking the owner? Thank-you for your time.

[mysticblu999]

Thats probably not a bad deal, if its in good shape. I paid 24k for my 05 limited w/ 60k 2 months ago

[newfordguy2369]

What I really could use some info on it the 6.0 powerstroke motor. Is it typically a good dependable motor? I have friends that own or have owned diesels and they try to avoid the 6.0 and buy only the 7.3L. If there are problems what typically are the problems? Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

[newfordguy2369]

just went and looked at the excursion tonight. was pretty nice. just one question for anyone. I'm not very familiar with diesel engines. Is it normal to have a slight hesitation before the turbo kicks in? Once the turbo kicked in it seemed to go like crazy, but seemed to hesitate before kicking in.

[fallendown]

Fairly normal.

[GS247]

Originally Posted by newfordguy2369

Hello everyone,

I'm looking at an 03 excursion with the 6.0 diesel motor in it. Its an eddie bauer edition with 170,000.00 miles on it. it has 4 wheel drive, 6 disc CD player, dual dvd players, tow package with trailer brakes and hitch, new shocks, new egr valve and new AC compressor. The owner said they would take 12,000.00 for it. Is this a good deal? Anything I should worry about? It appears to have been taken very good care of. Any feed back would be greatly appreciated. Any questions I should be asking the owner? Thank-you for your time.

i have this same truck. i paid $12,100 for mine last year with 96k on it. i know i got a smoken deal on it. just make sure it has been well taken care of.

[stuntz954]

I just bought a 1 owner early 2003 bone stock ex with 187000 on it for 10,600. i was lucky and 12,000 is what the guy was asking.