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Originally Posted by bismic
I agree - there are some expensive weaknesses on our 6.0L engines. However, I will say "good luck getting a truck (more than 4 letters) that will not need batteries and brake work before 150k". These items are not even worth mentioning in a post unless they happen at 50k or less. If you are up to an EGR system delete and head studs, these trucks will be well on the way to being very strong and reliable. I know it is expensive, but w/ no warranty - I would find it VERY hard to stick in a "replacement in kind" EGR cooler.
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I had both of my front calipers seize up on my 06 F250 with less than 40K miles on them. I brought the truck in at LEAST three times complaining of the calipers sticking BEFORE 36k miles. At 38K miles when the truck was in for something completely unrelated (torque converter blew apart) at a different dealership, they told me I should look at replacing my brakes. Not too long after this the right side went metal to metal and left a lot of nice metal flakes down the entire side of my truck so every time it gets a bath, I still find a few little rust spots here and there (the brake material stuck to the side of the truck).
I always had a TON of brake dust, and they told me it was NORMAL. HAHAH. jerks. They even suggested those silly looking brake guards. Way to cover up a problem...
I put on NAPA parts (even though the NAPA calipers say FORD on them...) and the higher end NAPA pads, and now they work excellent and have NO brake dust.
I dont tow ever, so my brakes are not used nearly as hard as some of your guys trucks, this is unacceptable. Now it looks like I'm starting to get a lot of brake dust on the rear passenger wheel... might as well just go replace all that stuff too... anyways sorry for the rant.
So what's the deal with this special coolant? Why does the 6.0 NEED this coolant? I dont get it... I have friends with 6.0's that lose SO much coolant on daily driving that they gave up buying the expensive gold coolant from the dealer and add just deionized water. Should they not be doing this? One truck we are doing and EGR delete this weekend, so I will tell him to add the gold coolant when we are done, but WHY?
Thanks all!
Even though we all have some bad experiences with our dealers, I know I'm just glad I have these forums to turn to when the dealer is of no assistance.
