Buy a buyback??

[dieselgman]

04 X, 112K miles. $15950.

A CA vehicle that was a buyback @ 25K miles, but don't know why. 2nd owner was retired couple who bought it and used it to tow a small camping trailer across the country for about 90K miles (verified by current seller). No leaks. No blow by. No smoke on start after sitting for a week. Degas bottle is not crusty or white and shows no outward signs of stress.

Need to pull Oasis for specifics on buyback, but it could've been something minor like a bad injector.

What do you guys think.......I'm in my next PSD for the long haul, so a mark on the carfax isn't a big deal to me.

[averageguy]

You need to be a member to get an oasis pulled. there is a special section for the request.

As for the truck you should get a scanner and check the delta temps.

[dieselgman]

Thanks for the Oasis tip. I'll look in to it. Still learning the ropes here

Opinions on the best scanner for ECT and EOT?

[Tuscany]

If you need to buy a monitor let me know and I can get you hooked up! Edge Insight CS/CTS or even the new SCT Livewire TS that is a programmer that doubles as a monitor as well. Let me know what you think!

Bryan @ Stealth Automotive

[F350R]

I can tell you this much my for 6.0L was bought back for a reason and I would never wish that POS on anyone.

[dieselgman]

Still in progress for EOT and ECT deltas. Appears that the buyback inspection was right around the time of a faulty FICM. Tech notes indicate lots of black smoke (excess fuel??) and repeated CEL.

[iskwezm]

Buy backs are not for minor items. They are bought back because the dealer cant figure out how to fix them and they have already made a few attempts.

[Big_Smokey]

U should get a bumper to bumper warranty as well for 12000 miles. I bought one this summer.cali only requires 3 times of unhappy dealer trips and they have to buy it back. Mine was a suspension issue. Ball joints track bar and fixed. Just do all the checks. In Columbia, mo joe machens specializes in them

[iskwezm]

Warranty is a must. I got snookered into my warranty for $2,000 that was hidden in the purchase price. My first trip to the dealer 4 months after i bought it was $2600 bill for a alternator and 4 injectors. Got my moneys worth.

[dieselgman]

Ran the OASIS and started a new thread on interpreting its results. The thread is here: Help Interpreting an OASIS Report