Hey fellas. I bought a F-250 6.0L new in July of 2005(10 miles on it, and yes it was the same day I got engaged
. First, at 30k miles, the EGR stated sputtering real bad, and almost left me stranded hauling my work trailer a couple hundred miles from home. Second, the turbo started stauling out, like they do, and the ford dealership supposidly took it apart and rebuilt it. Now, just yesterday, it got me to the bottom of my driveway, started puking blue smoke out the tailpipe, and when you hit the gas pedal it sounded sick(injectors/who knows). Thank god it still has only 95k on it(still under warranty).
Here's the question. This truck is the backbone of my business. Until I get my truck back, I have to rent a box truck in order to work, which means I have to make a truck payment, AND rent payment. We all love Fords here(bought an 05 GT mustang the same time I bought this truck), but shoud I face the music and realize that some of the 6.0L's are crap(or at least the turbos and injectors are) and buy a Cummins or Duramax, because I certainly don't have the $1500 this truck is going to need every 30k miles or so.
I was told to put an MBRP or Banks 4" exhaust on it, yank the convertor out, and put a tuner on it and these BS problems would ironically dissappear, but will I ever get another state inspection passed? Is it true that if I spend another $2k on these mods, my truck will be more reliable?
thanks for any knowledge you guys can share. I'm not looking towards the lemon law just yet. But $40k on an american made truck that only lasted me 95k miles is unacceptable.