6.0L Power Stroke Engine and DrivetrainDiscussion of the 6.0L Power Stroke diesel engine and drivetrain in the 2003-Up Super-Duties and Excursions. No gas engine discussion allowed except on transmissions and drivetrain that pertain to all models. Please confine discussion of topics in this forum to those items that are specific to the 6.0L Power Stroke engine.
Truck has 67,000 miles. It has no aftermarket mods. It has always run very well. Last week I began smelling what I will describe as a eletrical warm wire smell in my air vents...occasionally. I would not smell it outside of the truck, even when lifting the hood. Infact all looked and sounded well under the hood. I was driving truck to work late last week and while sitting at red light a small puff of smoke/steam came out of the hood close to the windshield. I pulled over and could not find the culprit.
I drove straight to dealership. I described what had happened. He opened the hood. My coolant was gone, but never showed signs of leaking, never had the smell of a hot engine, never showed running hot on the idiot gauges, etc.etc. The dealership tells me that they have seen no less than 200 of these trucks come in with the same issue and it usually turns out to be a blown head gasket.
I left the truck and was told there were two head gasket jobs ahead of me before they will start on mine. I was two months from being out of warranty. The job will cost me $100.
Just thought I would share.
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2005 F350 Crew Cab, SRW, King Ranch 4x4, Dark Copper Metallic
.....Infact all looked and sounded well under the hood. I was driving truck to work late last week and while sitting at red light a small puff of smoke/steam came out of the hood close to the windshield. I pulled over and could not find the culprit.
I drove straight to dealership. I described what had happened. He opened the hood. My coolant was gone, but never showed signs of leaking.....
You had no signs of coolant having been expelled from the degas (overflow) bottle?
__________________ 2003 Toreador Red/Arizona Beige CC, DRW, Lariat, FX4, 6.0 PSD, Torqshift, born early Feb. 03, AIC, MBRP turbo-back exhaust, Tuning by Tony Wildman (Total Diesel Performance), ARP studs & some "other" work done by River City Diesel, AFE PG7, Fumoto valve, B&W hitch, Di-Pricol gauges, Voyager brake controller, DIESELSITE Coolant filter, Timbrens, Rancho RSXs, Michelin XPS Traction's, a whole bunch of "bling", Connex 4300hp, JL Audio 275w amp w/ 12" sub, Alpine door and rear seat speakers.
I left the truck and was told there were two head gasket jobs ahead of me before they will start on mine. I was two months from being out of warranty. The job will cost me $100.
Just thought I would share.
I thought the warranty on the engine portion of these trucks is up till 100k miles?
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2003 Toreador Red/Arizona Beige CC, DRW, Lariat, FX4, 6.0 PSD, Torqshift, born early Feb. 03, AIC, MBRP turbo-back exhaust, Tuning by Tony Wildman (Total Diesel Performance), ARP studs & some "other" work done by River City Diesel, AFE PG7, Fumoto valve, B&W hitch, Di-Pricol gauges, Voyager brake controller, DIESELSITE Coolant filter, Timbrens, Rancho RSXs, Michelin XPS Traction's, a whole bunch of "bling", Connex 4300hp, JL Audio 275w amp w/ 12" sub, Alpine door and rear seat speakers. 
With some of these issues they should drop the time portion and do just 100k miles. Or how about 200K 
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