Blown 6.4 at 59000 miles

[Captmikefl]

Heard a small ticking this afternoon that was not present this morning and 17 miles later, boom. Acccelerating from a stop just at the shift point the engine let go, large puff of brown smoke and then the dreaded thumping indicating a broken rod..... ahhhh shi&%$#@. Call my buddy to come get the trailer, call the towtruck to take the truck to the dealer.......

Any sage advice on what I should do now..... or maybe not do?? I'm out of business until this is fixed. Heard rumors of blown 6.4s being fairly common. Any truth to that??

Mike


P.S. Job 1 truck delivered June 2007. No check engine light, no wrench...... nuttin

[f350powerstroke]

at over a half million miles im suprised it took so long!

[Captmikefl]

So mad I cant type right

[bigcountrysg]

Did you put extra zeros on your miles. If not man I say you got your monies worth out of that engine.590,000 miles on your engine in 2 years you been doing some driving. How many sets of tires is that.

[Dirk]

I'm sure at 590000 miles all powerstrokes may let go.


Now is it common for 6.4's to be broken down? Not really.

[bigcountrysg]

Well at 59,000 miles have them replace it under warranty.

[2005F250]

FYI in post #3 the OP corrects himself. He has 59,000 miles.

[2005F250]

If you have a warranty then I would call up dealers around you and see which one can repair it first. I haven't heard of 6.4's breaking rods but I've seen 2 with bent rods.

[CobbsDieselPerformance]

I would bet a good amount of money this failure is oil related, fuel accumulation in the oil and spun a rod bearing, JMO......

[dzchey21]

probably something right from the factory, they will replace it, im sure this is an isolated incendent