6.0L Power Stroke V8 Leads To Fraud Ruling Against Ford

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• Really disappointing to me always been a Ford man

  • Do what I would do buy a Kia Rio and leave those diesels alone

    • Because a kia Rio is going to make a great work truck 🙄 diesels usually are really reliable (ask a Chevy Duramax or Cummins owner)

      • I think the 6.0 is a good motor. Most people run them hard and don't do regular service intervals. I definitely wouldn't buy a 6.4 or early 6.7

        • The 6.0 was the most problematic of all the power strokes. I have one and after 14k it is a reliable motor. Should've came that way from the factory but oh well. The 6.4 was based on a very similar artitecture and was much less problematic. Mostly had to do with dismal fuel economy related to the emissions system and of course people not maintaining the emissions system properly.

          The 6.7 is a rock solid motor. The biggest issues are again people neglecting the emissions system and not maintaining them correctly or the turbo bearings on the earlier ones. They tended to give out at 100k. But not an super expensive fix if swapped out before they grenade. Obviously if it does and it sends shrapnel through the engine then that can FUBAR the engine. Again something that should have never been in the engine to begin with.

          The newer ones have addressed those issues and are excellent motors.

          Even Cummins had the KDP. Can destroy a motor because of a down pin. And this is the mighty 5.9 Cummins! Which I still think is a great motor, had one in a medium duty truck. But even the best motors can have an Achilles heel.

          Not as familiar with the 6.6 Duramax, except that they have their own quirks but are still super solid motors.

      • Bent or broke Pushrods/ Ball joints, body and Hubs.

• What a Douche, this is the problem with America, any litigious minded jack wagon can make his problem someone else’s problem. I’ve been working on the 6.0 since it’s conception and it’s still to this day one of fords strongest motors. I’d like to take this guy to court for lack of maintenance and using aftermarket parts

  • Your full of it they was junk and everyone who bought one soon found out.

    • I believe If everyone would stop with this tuning of the 6.0 that's so popular,,why cause they want to hear the whistle well then there ya go..blow them up..or go buy you a damn whistle and blow away...so unless you actually need the extra HP leave it alone. I own 2 6.0s now and a 7.3 all tuned and the most I've had to do in 8 years was oil changed , fuel filters coolant filters and injectors on 1 of them ,, great motors,, and trucks all together..

      • 100%

  • So you mine cheap jackass! Of course not. You won't put your money where your mouth is. Nobody wants these garbage trucks. Can't give mine away

    • Ill take it. Im looking for one.what year and model?

      • I have an 2003 Super duty XLT 4c4 6.0 bullet proofed with new turbo and tires. I’m looking to sell.

  • Confirmed junk unless you put $6K worth of work into it. Lucked out selling my '05. Talked about 10 peeps out of seriously buying ANYTHING ford

    How the resale value on these POS?

  • Your the douche moron. I'll match my Duramax against any freaking Ford any day. My friends who had a powerstroke have all gone to GMC. Best truck by far!

  • The engines were/are good engines, but required a lot of regular maintenance. Ford and International fixed a lot of the problems in the early 6.0's, but they continued to take the cheap route, especially with the head bolts and gasket failures. Ford should be liable for re-studding every 6.0L that exist today! It also doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the engine oil cooler is crap.

    All in all the 2005 and later motors, replace the head bolts with ARP studs, O-ring the heads, and do meticulous routine maintenance and you will get a 500,000 truck. And of course if you put a monster tune on it, you are on your own, thats not Fords problem.

• Should change his name to Karen

• You are so full of crap that the 6.0 is the strongest Engine its the crapiest 1
  I've had nothing but trouble w mines
  So u go to hell

  • The engine block, crankshaft, pistons, heads are bulletproof. It was fuel system, emissions system and complex oil system that was major issue with 6 liter if we could turn back time the understanding we have now would have made these a lot better PowerPoint.

  • I don’t know bout that if you don’t hot tune it and use it as a truck and not a race truck once your o ring the heads stud them they usually are fine

    • O-ringing the heads is completely unnecessary on a stock engine, it is just for 1000 plus HP engines. The emissions system, EGR cooler, EGR valve, oil cooler, and most important of all the head studs. But when you bullet proof and engine it is more than doing a delete and call it a day. When you pull the engine out you also go through the whole engine and make sure everything is up to snuff and replace anything that is near the end of it's lifespan and take care of all the 100k mile items that will just go out regardless. When you have the engine out and disassembled. It is stupid not to because you already paid for the labor, just need the new parts and then you will have a solid truck that won't have any issues for a long time.

• My (100% stock) 2006 has had multiple failures and I'm a maintenance fanatic. E.G. The bed plate leaked oil within the first month of ownership; The FICM died; The dash instrument cluster gauges went hay-wire in the first year and had to be replaced; All but one bulb in the instrument clust died; The turbo VGT seized within the first two years; I had the steering death wobble, which I fixed myself by replacing all the steering rod ends with high quality MOOG components. Ford claimed the wobble was "normal". Wobble never returned after I fixed it (now 100K miles later); The high pressure oil STC fitting failed resulting in "no start"; The EGR cooler failed, Top turbo CAC hose poped while towing. All of these issues were dismissed by local dealer as "normal" and not considered ford's problem. I kept the truck (still have it) because I could not aford a replacment. i.e. It was cheaper for me just to fix it myself.

  • As usual, want it fixed right, do it yourself. This is about the first time in years reading this Ford forum that Ford owners are trashing Ford. It's almost daily on GM Authority forums.

  • Well Said!!!! I too, purchased a brand new 2005 and before I had 50K miles on it, it was towed three times, spent a total of 6 weeks in the dealer who replaced "supposedly", FICM, entire wiring harness, 2 turbos and the oil cooler. All while 100% stock. They had no clue what was happening to the thing and went so far as to tell me nothing was wrong. It was only when the truck almost killed me due to the "no throttle response" stemmed from the HPOP fitting failure, that I had had enough. I couldn't afford to fight them or replace the truck so I began doing the research and learning how these things worked. Bought the bullet proof kit, installed it myself and 10years later, I am still driving the truck and most importantly, trust it!

• It is and was a difficult and time consuming engine to properly diagnose. The first big issue was injector stiction. Leaking evr coolers misdiagnosed as head gasket failure. Siezed turbos vgt vanes causing undetrcted overboost that did blow head gaskets. Consumers added power enhancements only exasperated problems. Lots of misdiagnosis by technicians due to unfamiliarity with new technology.

• I'm one of the lucky ones that purchased a 2006 get used with 60,000 miles in 2013,still own it,but can't drive it,it has all the problems that the 06 lawsuits claim,I'm just about ready to call Altman and Knight law firm,(show me the money baby)

• If the 6.0 is so bad why is Bill from Powerstrokehelp is able to make them work? He re-engineers the engine & it lasts for 500,000 miles mininum. His business is knowing what it takes to make the powerstroke last. He is straightforward with no bull$hit!

  • Your logic is off. The product should work well from the factory... not after being serviced or massaged by a third party.

    You can make anything work and last... but definitely at no small expense.

  • He's making a killing on Ford's crap.
    There's no guy out there doing this on the Chevy or dodges.
    Interesting there's no swap in kits for power strokes, only swap outs.

• An that's why I got the 7.3 with 444,588.2 still starts up every day an runs great

• The 7.3 was & still is a beast. The 6.0 was, still is & always will be .. a POS in stock form. I sold my 2001 7.3 with 315k miles. It had an upgraded turbo, intercooler, exhaust & engine managment system. The only "maintenance" it ever had was injectors & oil pump replacement at 250k miles. Like an idiot .. I sold it to buy a 2005 6.0 F250. Problems from 20k miles on. Texas has lemon law protections. Ford rebuilt the entire engine at 45k miles .. along with a settlement amount. I had 11 "in the dealership" service appointments .. specifically because of engine issues .. .. before complete engine failure. The settlement allowed me to BULLETPROOF the rebuilt engine. The mods are typical of the 6.0 to prevent engine failures. It's ridiculous for the d*ckhead above .. claiming the best engine ever. Must be a Ford executive. After I replace the leather seat covers on my truck with new .. it will be sold. Know what I'm looking for ? A LOW MILEAGE 7.3 POWERSTROKE FROM 1999 TO 2002 !!!!!

  • I'm guessing by complete engine failure you mean the engine was damaged beyond rebuilding. What did you do to cause this? The 6.0 has its issues but catastrophe failure isn't really one of them unless its been neglected or abused.

    • Hey 6.7 owners - How's those $6K DPF exhaust repairs workin' for ya? I sold my 6.0 and got a "02 7.3 and haven't looked back.

      Ofter not mentioned - 50% chance all 6.0 have at least 1 cylinder head crack - try and get the heads reworked after the cylinder gasket replacement. Lucky for ford Toyota didn't come out with their diesel dually in the US.

      I shoulda bought a Dodge