No trouble but interested in an 03 turbo or an aftermarket with more VOLUME for more thrills per mile!! I fugre the factory 03 would be more affordable and less hassle to install.
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2006 F-350 XLT CC Lb. 5" Expandit exhaut, ACCUFAB elbow, AEM Brute Force Intake, 2.5" Leveling kit, AMP Steps. BCP mod (Switch #4), Mega ZooDad. Infinity Kappa seperates and BasslinkII. DVD,MP3 & USB. Jack Rabbit. I LOVE MY DUHA! Road Armor Front bumper, need a new back.
BALLISTIC Jester's Blacked out Vertical Grille, IH symbols and side letters.
Coming SOON... 8" Fabtech 4-link on stock tires, the new COOL (still waiting!!)....and Mr. Avery's bumpers didn't work out...... he still has my money though, so one of us got a heck of a deal!!
Our aftermarket 6.0L Turbo Thruster kit is slated to be "re-released" in March 2009, we are working to further improve the spool up time on the charger and should have it ready for spring.
I took the truck in for servicing (oil, tires etc) and I mentioned that there didn't seem to be the same power as new.
I was 6 months to the end of warranty (3 Yrs) so they they said that they would check it out.
The next day they told me that they were sending away for a new turbo. The truck would be in the shop 3 or 4 days.
In the end, it cost me nothing or very little & I had more power. Good.
I'm also aware that all dealerships make good $ on warranty work in slow times.
The truck is off warranty now. So, I will be paying for everything from now on. I'm crossing my fingers....
I took the truck in for servicing (oil, tires etc) and I mentioned that there didn't seem to be the same power as new.
I was 6 months to the end of warranty (3 Yrs) so they they said that they would check it out.
The next day they told me that they were sending away for a new turbo. The truck would be in the shop 3 or 4 days.
In the end, it cost me nothing or very little & I had more power. Good.
I'm also aware that all dealerships make good $ on warranty work in slow times.
The truck is off warranty now. So, I will be paying for everything from now on. I'm crossing my fingers....
Good feedback, sounds like you have an honorable dealership to deal with. They get paid less for warranty work, but if they are slow its better than no work. The best advise I can give for that new turbo is to open it up frequently, let it stretch it legs! The vanes in those variable turbos are prone to getting stuck, if you idle around all the time carbon will build up on the vanes and eventually not allow them to open all the way when you need them to.
I voted for "more then twice", however, I don't know exactly the failure you are looking for so I would like to clarify. My 04 I used to own at around 15k miles had the VGT portion fail 4 times and Ford replaced the VGT solenoid under warranty. After the turbo failed like the previous on the 5th time, Ford replaced the entire turbo under warranty and I did not have another problem from then on. I never had a catastrophic failure. 04 ext cab shortbed 6spd manual all stock.
My current 07 in sig has had zero problems
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07 F-350 xlt 6.0 PSD LB CC SRW 4x4, black on tan, A/T, 5" exhaust 4" downpipe, S&B CAI, the rest is good from
67 F-250 Project truck, currently in a billion pieces
04 F-250 xlt 6.0 PSD SB extcab 4x4, 6spd, all stock, Sold
97 F-250HD xlt 7.3 PSD extcab LB 4x4, 5spd, Superchips tuner, 4" turbo back exaust, K&N CAI, 02 intercooler installed, Sold
Near 90K and have never had one issue with the turbo. Or the 6.0l as a whole as a matter of fact. The truck is used to pull heavy on a 600 mile loop for work. Maybe this is why the turbo keeps clean, I'm guessing anyway?
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2004 F-350 4x4 CC DRW
6.0l all stock
105k no problems, clean oasis
Snug-Top Shell
Bed Rug
ARB Front Bumper
Rough Country leveling kit
Rough Country Nitro Shocks
Power Slot Rotors
EBC "Green Stuff" pads
24' Haulmark Jobsite
2007 Arctic Cat 650H1
I set this up so guys that were having problems with warranty being denied on the variable turbos could revert to this thread and create a common ground to identify a problem with these chargers.
So far it seems like the dealers are taking care of most of you which is great to see!!
No mods huh, do you know what failed on the turbo's? or what Ford claimed happened to them?
I have a bumper to bumper 7 year 100k so I'm not taken any chances with the warrenty..going on 50k miles now.
No idea except it chuged..boost guage bounceing between 10-15 lbs trying to pull a hill....guess what it has started again
FYI this Ex. spends 90% of the time on the freeway and we live in NV and go to CA every 4-5 weeks so see lots of big hills!
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95 f250 4x4 xlt Excab Lb. white, BTS Trans, 4.10ls, Dana 60, ORU RS kit DR 4"front 5" reas springs!, Bilsteins, Centerline 18x9", 37" Toyo MT's,H2e, Tapercore IC,3" Billet intakes, Tymar 4" exhaust,intake and HX mod,Beans 2's, Stealth and Fuel system and DI studs, JS's IDM mod, TW 4 pos chip,TSM Rear Disks, 198k miles.
2004 EB 4x4 6.0 X born 05/18/04
white, LS,premier group, tow package, dvd. centerline 18x9" w/ 35" Toyo MT's, Edge 4.5" Lift, V's & custom B codes 37k miles 3rd turbo 6 5150 Specialy valved Bilsteins!
bumper to bumper 7 year 100k HMmmm... how do you get a warranty that long??
bought our 2005 Excursion and paid extra for the warranty and its good for 5 yrs or 45,000
let me know ????
My Turbo had to be cleaned_so they said BUT they told me at the ford dealor the turbo was covered under warranty but some parts on the inside are not HMMMM,,,,
I said to the service guy hmmmmmmmmmmmm your kidding right,, turbo is covered but some of the parts are not....Murphys law
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