6.0 Powerstroke

[Ranger_XL]

Do any of my Ranger brethren own or have owned the 6.0 Powerstroke manufactured by Navistar International? Aside from my Ranger, I own an F-250SD with a 6.8 Triton V10 mated to a ZF6, and I have been contemplating whether to switch to an F-350SD with a 6.0 Powerstroke mated to a ZF6.

 

[Dirtman]

I've worked on enough 6.0s to never want to own one...

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I would not make that trade.

 

[sheep herder]

**** the 6.NO.

 

[Shran]

You'd give up what is arguably the best gas engine put in a Super Duty for the worst one?

The 6.0 and 6.4 should have just never happened. There are legitimate arguments to be made about why the 6.0 is actually a pretty good engine but they all involve spending 10 grand on it to bullet proof it... hard pass

 

[Blmpkn]

Vortec 8.1 FTW

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

You'd give up what is arguably the best gas engine put in a Super Duty for the worst one?

The 6.0 and 6.4 should have just never happened. There are legitimate arguments to be made about why the 6.0 is actually a pretty good engine but they all involve spending 10 grand on it to bullet proof it... hard pass

6.4 was a lot better than the 6.no though...

 

[adsm08]

I'll be the voice of dissent.

I like the 6.0. They are good engines that do no deserve the bad rap they have gotten..... IF you beat on it regularly.

Most of the issues with the 6.0 can be traced to the turbo and the EGR valve and cooler. The turbo issues come when the vanes get stuck from not being exercised enough. The coking problems in the EGR system come from not getting the EGTs high enough to burn all the carbon out. Both things that happen because you don't beat on it enough.

 

[adsm08]

6.4 was a lot better than the 6.no though...

Not really. The compound turbo setup caused more issues, particularly with oil consumption, than I ever saw with a late-build 6.0.

The little turbo would get over-spooled and ruin the seals around the shaft.

 

[Snoranger]

I’m with adsm... The 6.0 isn’t as bad as everyone makes it out to be. The real early ones had snap-to-connect fitting issues. The next update had stand pipe and dummy plug seal issues. And most had FICMs go bad as they got older. Those are the only real problems we see in our fleet.

 

[Ranger_XL]

You'd give up what is arguably the best gas engine put in a Super Duty for the worst one?

The 6.0 and 6.4 should have just never happened. There are legitimate arguments to be made about why the 6.0 is actually a pretty good engine but they all involve spending 10 grand on it to bullet proof it... hard pass

I have a 2003, so it has the 2V 6.8 Triton V10 that produces 310 horsepower and 425 lb./ft. of torque; whereas the 3V 6.8 Triton V10, introduced in 2005, produces 362 horsepower and 457 lb./ft. of torque, albeit I have heard, anecdotally, that the 2V is more reliable, though. In spite of that, neither the 2V nor the 3V ever employed cam phasers, which ignominiously plagued the 3V 5.4 Triton V8; it is because of that odium that mechanics are reluctant or outright refuse to work on my 2V 6.8 Triton V10.

 

[adsm08]

I have a 2003, so it has the 2V 6.8 Triton V10 that produces 310 horsepower and 425 lb./ft. of torque; whereas the 3V 6.8 Triton V10, introduced in 2005, produces 362 horsepower and 457 lb./ft. of torque, albeit I have heard, anecdotally, that the 2V is more reliable, though. In spite of that, neither the 2V nor the 3V ever employed cam phasers, which ignominiously plagued the 3V 5.4 Triton V8; it is because of that odium that mechanics are reluctant or outright refuse to work on my 2V 6.8 Triton V10.

Yeah, that's not the reason.

The 6.8 is a bear to work on because it is shoehorned in and a pain to touch anything, let alone actually work on it.

 

[Dirtman]

Let's all develop an app.

 

[Dirtman]

I have an idea for an ominous beeping app

 

[adsm08]

I have an idea for an ominous beeping app

Why?