Unfortunately my new to me truck decided to give me the 6.0 woes for the first time today. I bought it at 59,800 miles in May and now have 70,400. I had a normal commute home and parked my truck in the driveway like normal, about 20 minutes later I noticed that there on the right side aft engine bay there was a puddle in the driveway. At first I was not worried thinking it was the AC thawing but to be safe I looked into it anyways. To my horror there was 5" diameter puddle of light brownish to my opinion is oil on the ground with a steady drip coming from the truck.
Some maintenance history on my truck:
-At delivery the truck was taken to my local diesel performance shop and deemed to be a perfect truck
-At 62,900 NEW air filter and blue spring kit installed
-Oil changed at 64K miles with factory oil filter and Schaeffers 9000 oil used
-Coolant system flushed at 64,700 miles by the diesel shop and they used 50/50 ELC EC-1 Coolant, mechanic noted that very little deposits were found in the drained ford coolant
-Oil changed at 69,275 with factory oil filter and schaeffers 9000 used again, oil analysis was clean and normal contaminants.
Other info-
-X4 programmer set on street tune and monitor deltas every trip, never more than 8 degree difference
-Degas bottle still full and has dust all around it, no evidence of puking.
-No CEL
-No steam or smoke in the exhaust when cold or normal driving, only black when getting on it.
Have only pulled 1 empty trailer since I have owned the truck so far and it was at 67K miles and I used the 50 HP tow tune. During my drive home I was on the freeway with the cruise set on level ground, no hot rodding at all.
Really this truck has been babied and I know the 6.0 is prone to problems but as far as I can tell there are zero signs of blown heads. I dont know if the truck did it on the way to work and left a puddle in the work parking lot.
From what I can see the leak is coming from around the rear right head, in the pic you can see dried fluid on the head but I dont think that is from this trip due to the amount of fluid I am getting.
Where are some possible trouble areas to look for? Should I park it until the shop can get it in in two weeks?
Some pics to help the diagnostic. Confusing thing is Scheaffers oil is green, my coolant is very clear clean yellow and quickly is absorbed by the towel. The two mixed together does not look like the fluid that is dripping.
Some maintenance history on my truck:
-At delivery the truck was taken to my local diesel performance shop and deemed to be a perfect truck
-At 62,900 NEW air filter and blue spring kit installed
-Oil changed at 64K miles with factory oil filter and Schaeffers 9000 oil used
-Coolant system flushed at 64,700 miles by the diesel shop and they used 50/50 ELC EC-1 Coolant, mechanic noted that very little deposits were found in the drained ford coolant
-Oil changed at 69,275 with factory oil filter and schaeffers 9000 used again, oil analysis was clean and normal contaminants.
Other info-
-X4 programmer set on street tune and monitor deltas every trip, never more than 8 degree difference
-Degas bottle still full and has dust all around it, no evidence of puking.
-No CEL
-No steam or smoke in the exhaust when cold or normal driving, only black when getting on it.
Have only pulled 1 empty trailer since I have owned the truck so far and it was at 67K miles and I used the 50 HP tow tune. During my drive home I was on the freeway with the cruise set on level ground, no hot rodding at all.
Really this truck has been babied and I know the 6.0 is prone to problems but as far as I can tell there are zero signs of blown heads. I dont know if the truck did it on the way to work and left a puddle in the work parking lot.
From what I can see the leak is coming from around the rear right head, in the pic you can see dried fluid on the head but I dont think that is from this trip due to the amount of fluid I am getting.
Where are some possible trouble areas to look for? Should I park it until the shop can get it in in two weeks?
Some pics to help the diagnostic. Confusing thing is Scheaffers oil is green, my coolant is very clear clean yellow and quickly is absorbed by the towel. The two mixed together does not look like the fluid that is dripping.