Hello ,, I Am Glad To Be part of this Site, I am BRAND NEW Here ,,and also to diesels,, I just bought a 2004 ford super duty 6.0L ,,,the guy was honest,, (I thought) He said he just put six new injectors in it, it has 160 thousand miles on it, Never been chipped, Stock since he bought it, I paid 8250 dollars for it,, got it home and drove it for 5 hours,, AND,,, Started missin,,, BUMMER,,,,, any ways,, took it to a shop,,, It was diagnosed with three bad injectors,,, Found out what it takes to replace these injectors,, SO,,, I decieded to do it all,, ordered ARP Head studs, Bullet proof EGR cooler, 8 Ford Oem Injectors, Ford OEM Head Gaskets, Ford OEM Oil Cooler, Bostec EGR Valve, All The Good Stuff, I Figured while its that in Depth,, I Might as well do it all,, SO,, Now im No Longer A Diesel Fan,,, If this happens again,, I Can Not Fix It,, SO,,, With that being Said, It will Be Fixed,, Then Immediately Put up for sale,, Hope to get my money back At Least,,, I Thought I would join your group, for any and all opininons and thoughts,, Glad to be here guys,, Thanks Dennis !!!!!!!

 

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Thank you,, Thought I really wanted a diesel, BUT,, I got a lemon I think,, and now they scare me,, I am going to do the Upgrade with some BPD Parts, And A Lot of Ford OEM Parts,, But still afraid to drive it,, If a head gasket or ???? goes out in it ,, I wont be able to afford another fix,, SOOoooo,, I have to sell it when its done,, I want to drive her ,, and keep her,, But,, that breakdown keeps going through my head,, I Guess im just a scaredy cat,, if I could have driven this ford for a couple a months before these injectors went out,, I would probably have loved switching to a diesel, but my luck,, I got to drive it maybe a half a day, and it started missin,,

 

This is not the section for technical discussio, you can make a new thread in the proper section or I can move this one and we can continue

 

thank you,, If you would move this, I would appreciate it

 

I will give this all another read over and get back to you tomorrow when the laptop is fired up. It's a big job to do off a cell phone

 

That is understandable to be scared of any diesel engine. any of us big diesel enthusiasts will tell you how many times we have tore down our engines because we melted/broke/destroyed a major component. or at least i could

The 6.0 is a very "finicky" engine in my opinion. with all that you have done i would not think you will have any other major issues. but i cannot promise that. if you do sell it that is very much understandable. the biggest issue that i see is a guy will have an injector go bad and toss one in it. then a month later another goes bad. it is a three hour job to install an injector, but only .2 hours more per injector on the same side. the truck will get a 3 hour bill every other month for the next year. so with that being said it is very good that you made the correct choice by doing it all. personally i would not hesitate driver her around a bit but that all depends what you are planning to do with the truck.

if you do sell it. i would not be scared to buy another diesel, if you are a ford fan the 7.3 Powerstroke is a great engine.

they all break- if it has got **** or tires it will give you problems

 

really do appreceiate the input, ,, finished up the Bullet Proof job,, BUT,,, Now I have no oil pressure at an idle, , engine runs GREAT, Have oil pressure anything over 1000 rpms,all my reading tells me its a pump,,, Just my luck, But maybe some one here can tell me, on the oil cooling housing, that plastic up pipe the oil filter wraps around, There is no little ball bearing OR little spring or a cap on top of the pole,, am I missing some parts ????

 

Rule of thumb for oil pressure is 10psi per 1000 rpm. So if you are in that range you are good!