Please help me understand

[plumber1969]

I just bought a 2005 F-250 with the 6.0 turbo diesel. With all the problems with this motor that I found after I bought the truck, have there been any recalls on the entire motor? Class action law suits against Ford for this? I spent $25,000 for this truck and it was well maintained but that does not reduce my fears. It came with the Banks monster exhaust, Banks High Ram Intake, Banks Techni-cooler and Edge Performance chip. Will these upgrades help with some of the EGR issues on this motor or should I still be worried. If it matters, I will not be hauling anything over 8,000 pounds, three to four times a year. I did purchase a 3 year extended warrant just as a precaution. Any help would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks,
Kirk

[Evil Eye]

Welcome to the ORG, Kirk. Recalls are usually only due to life safety issues, so there haven't been any recalls or class action lawsuits on the entire engine. Your fears are well-founded, but there are a number of different ways of ensuring longevity out of your new purchase. I personally went with the Bulletproof Diesel EGR cooler and oil cooler and after going through 4 EGR coolers in the first roughly 100k miles, I'm no longer worried about those failures.

PS. Did you happen to get an OASIS report when you bought the truck? It is a report that details what work has been performed under warranty. If not, get one from your local dealer and post it up. It will tell us whether you have reason to worry.

[PGreenSVT]

With the options that you mentioned have you looked to see if you have an egr delete or head studs already installed? If the egr cooler is still there it still might be blocked off. Unfortunately there is no way to tell without disassembly. If you live in a smog state where you can't delete it plan on replacing it with the Bulletproof cooler Shawn mentioned.

There are solutions to pretty much all of the 6.0's problems. Once those are taken care of you will have a fine dependable truck.

My first suggestion for you is get rid of the Edge programming and go with an SCT device and custom tunes. That is really the only way to go with the 6.0. Especially if you are concerned about reliability. If Your Edge has monitoring functions keep it for the display. If not sell it and put the money toward your SCT.

You need to monitor your Engine Coolant Temps (ECT) and your Engine Oil Temps (EOT). If these differ by more than 15* it means your oil cooler is clogging up and you need to have it rebuilt. Most of the problems with blown EGR coolers and head gaskets are directly related to the oil cooler clogging and the continued use of the truck in that state. The only way to know you have a problem developing is by monitoring those temps. If you truck has the latest Ford Flash updates one of the things they added is that it will now throw a Check Engine light if those temp deltas exceed 15*.

I also recommend that you flush your cooling system out real well and change to an ELC coolant from Rotella, Cat, or Fleetrite. The silicates in the Ford Gold coolant and the heat generated in the EGR cooler causes the silicates to gell and that is largely what clogs up the oil cooler.

That should get you started. There is just a ton of information here about making your truck reliable and a strong performer. Spend your spare time reading on this forum and educating yourself about the 6.0 and you will save yourself tons of grief and $$. And don't be afraid to ask questions. There are lots of knowledgeable and helpful folks here.

Enjoy your truck and don't worry.

[Shane3507]

Can I obtain an Oasis report for free from my local dealer (even if I have never purchased anything form them before)?

[Chiller]

Originally Posted by PGreenSVT

With the options that you mentioned have you looked to see if you have an egr delete or head studs already installed? If the egr cooler is still there it still might be blocked off. Unfortunately there is no way to tell without disassembly. If you live in a smog state where you can't delete it plan on replacing it with the Bulletproof cooler Shawn mentioned.

There are solutions to pretty much all of the 6.0's problems. Once those are taken care of you will have a fine dependable truck.

My first suggestion for you is get rid of the Edge programming and go with an SCT device and custom tunes. That is really the only way to go with the 6.0. Especially if you are concerned about reliability. If Your Edge has monitoring functions keep it for the display. If not sell it and put the money toward your SCT.

You need to monitor your Engine Coolant Temps (ECT) and your Engine Oil Temps (EOT). If these differ by more than 15* it means your oil cooler is clogging up and you need to have it rebuilt. Most of the problems with blown EGR coolers and head gaskets are directly related to the oil cooler clogging and the continued use of the truck in that state. The only way to know you have a problem developing is by monitoring those temps. If you truck has the latest Ford Flash updates one of the things they added is that it will now throw a Check Engine light if those temp deltas exceed 15*.

I also recommend that you flush your cooling system out real well and change to an ELC coolant from Rotella, Cat, or Fleetrite. The silicates in the Ford Gold coolant and the heat generated in the EGR cooler causes the silicates to gell and that is largely what clogs up the oil cooler.

That should get you started. There is just a ton of information here about making your truck reliable and a strong performer. Spend your spare time reading on this forum and educating yourself about the 6.0 and you will save yourself tons of grief and $$. And don't be afraid to ask questions. There are lots of knowledgeable and helpful folks here.

Enjoy your truck and don't worry.

Nice Post

My truck is not studded and still has the egr, I tow everyday and even drag the truck. These engines do have their problems but so dont. Keep up the maintenance on it, dont be easy on her, the 6.0s dont like that. I agree with what greensvt said, heat is what kills this motor get a good set of gauges, coolant filter and you should be in the clear.

[Evil Eye]

Originally Posted by Shane3507

Can I obtain an Oasis report for free from my local dealer (even if I have never purchased anything form them before)?

Yes.

[plumber1969]

I will get a copy of the report and post it for the site to see. Is this anything like a carfax or is it dealer based tracking of their makes of vehicles serviced? I did get a copy of a report that showed some general maintance of the truck (oil changes, etc..) but nothing like engine flushes, transmission filter changes etc... I will post it as soon as I get a copy. Thanks for the input.

[2006PSDSD]

Originally Posted by plumber1969

I will get a copy of the report and post it for the site to see. Is this anything like a carfax or is it dealer based tracking of their makes of vehicles serviced? I did get a copy of a report that showed some general maintance of the truck (oil changes, etc..) but nothing like engine flushes, transmission filter changes etc... I will post it as soon as I get a copy. Thanks for the input.

The Oasis only shows the warranty work done to a vehicle. You may be able to ge the maintenence records from the dealer, only if they did the work though. The 6.0 is a great engine, has some issues, but they all do. We have a member here, that owned an 05 with over 230k on the odo, and I don't believe he ever had an issue, don't quote me though. He did say that he loved his truck FWIW