Whered you read this??? white smoke is steam not overfueling injectors. that would be black smoke.

 

6.0's are a decent motor, but if i ever buy one it is getting the head studs, or i wont use it.

 

lets play devils advocate.... why wouldnt you drive a working truck without studs???

why wouldnt you maintain it tuned and monitor it until you NEED studs then go ahead and spend the money on them?

 

jake, is it worth the time to discuss?

 

When bored at work it certainly is haha

 

There were several on here:
http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/11...ed-advice.html

After reading a few replies yesterday I googled and searched our forums and the one above. I cam across quiet a few posts where it ended up being stuck injectors.

I'm no expert and am only going off of what I read.

Thanks for the info.

 

not gonna push the subject more after this, but i've seen enough 6.0s cost people ALOT of money after buying them and not replacing the studs and ruining the motor, I dont care to be another 6.0 casualty if i ever get one. Not being a d*ck about it but id rather spend the money and be safe rather than be pulling something down the highway and having the motor go because i didn't.

 

my point here is that if you learn what the signs are that things are going down hill and have the necessary mods to monitor them you will be able to stop catastophic failure. thats my point and yes if it was going to be a daily tow rig it would get studs at the first time it started to show signs but on a DD theres no reason to spend the money right away when you can inform yourself and monitor the motor while driving it. (tuned even like me and dave)

 

Or just buy a 6.4L and only have to worry about taking off the DPF.

Adrianspeeder

 

i understand the signs of catastrophic failure, im not some braindead idiot, but enough beating a dead horse, lets see what this guy had for problems and how they turned out.

 

Black smoke is partially burned fuel. White smoke is raw fuel. If water goes through the injectors and scores them it will smoke white. My vote goes to leaking egr cooler though, if we are playing the odds, and not seeing the truck or the smoke. How does the smoke smell? ...lol
I certainly wouldn't pass on a truck I liked because it had 6.0L. Nothing that can't be fixed.

 

Agreed. I swore I'd never own a 6.0, but after doing my research they are definetly worth saving and I like mine. Pretty much all the short comings have been identified and fixes are out there for them. In stock form all engines have short comings, and the 6.0L really isn't that much worse than alot of the others out there.

I would also be leary of the EGR cooler as well. Knowing what the ECT and EOT delta is would tell you for sure if its failed. If it is the EGR cooler then you'll have to plan on replacing the oil cooler while you're in there or else you'll be going back in shortly to replace it after it blows. Overall the repair for these isn't horribly expensive if you do the work yourself. The work doesn't require any special tools and about a weekend of time to do the work. I'd also recommend putting in the updated HPOP dummy plugs, stand pipes, and turbo oil lines while you're in there.

 

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