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I am hoping that a couple of you guys who are intimately familiar with the 6.0 can make me aware briefly of some of the concerns and issues I might see with this truck. It only has 24,000 miles. I have an extended warranty that is good until 100,000 miles or 2011, 7 year/100,000. (I found the paperwork behind the rear seat and it is transferable).
Thanks in advance for any links to threads or any lists that lead me in the right direction.
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The best advice I can give you is: "Use it on a regular basis", & "maintain it regularly". Get it out every week or so, get it to operating temp and run it around to burn off any acids & water that accumulates where it shouldn't. If you have to "store" it, make sure the tank is full to the filler, and you put a battery tender on it. They like to be used though, and running it about a half an hour ever week / 10 days or so will help to keep the turbo in good shape, the batteries charged and if you run it up & down the rpms, it'll help keep the EGR clean.
Service it on a regular basis. If you can't get 15k out of it a year, than make sure you change the oil ever 6mos. When you get to 5yrs, change your fluids out - new trans ATF, brake fluid, f/r boxes & transfer case & coolant. Change you trans fluid ever 30k (drop the pan & replace it with 8 qrts of MERCON SP (ONLY!)) along with the outside filter. Change your fuel filters ever 15k max (& carry a spare in case you get bad fuel). The air filter is one of the best & it should go at least 35k and probablly more. Oil ever 7.5k. I know the guys here mostly go 5k due to shearing, but I've used DELO 400 or LE 15W40 at 7.5k intervals for the 76k life of my truck, and pulled an OA at every change to track fuel dilution. Blackstone says my oil is working just fine & the engine looks healthy. If you live in the cold, you might look into a good 5W40 syn in the winter (more expensive, but easier starts).
As for mods, just gauges & exhaust is all I'd ever consider. The 7.3 needed a tune to help it out. The 6.0 was tweaked at the factory to almost the breaking point, and adding more will break it w/out additionsl stuff. Gauges - EGT, Trans temp & fuel pressure are what I'd get.
Good luck with it!
OMC
