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Originally Posted by nasty50
I have heard all of the horror stories about these engines, but not much of the good stories. I am looking at an 04 crew cab shortbed 4x4 automatic. it has just over 60,000 miles on it. I drove the truck and it runs awsome. It has a mbrp exhaust. The truck is immaculant. The truck would be for my wife. It will never pull anything that has any weight to it, if it ever pulled anything. It will not get a tuner or chip or any other power adder. Asking price is $22,000. Tell me what I need to hear about this truck and engine-not just what I want to hear. I need good and bad to make my decision. Thanks
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The problem with this engine is that when users add the famous "CHIP" the engine blows the head gasket and it consumes coolant and or compression goes into the cooling system blowing out the coolant through the cap. You need to keep the truck for a week or so, drive the engine hard and check if the coolant level drops or spits it out through the filling cap. Ford already replaced under warranty the heads of my engine once. It has a solution, repair the head gaskets and upgrade the screws of the heads, the kit sells for around $ 800 but the labor is expensive as hell. In order to work the engine you need to remove the cab, what a project!
