6.0L POWERSTROKE - THE PERFECT STORM

[@powerstrokehelp]

I wanted to demonstrate the chaos in a visible form.

[@volvo09]

I love the mess that the marker board turns into...

[@paddlestealer]

Modern art, honestly

[@streetpreachers5852]

I have a feeling Bill didn't color inside the lines when he was a kid.

[@powerstrokethis03]

Powerstrokehelp has BY FAR the best videos on youtube about these engines. I've learned more from his videos and always recommend them to my friends. Keep up the good work!

[@warrenself]

It’s worth noting that the 6.0/VT365 runs at a lower RPM, produces less boost, and makes similar horsepower and torque that a 7.3 does. 6.4/Maxxforce 7’s are the same way, totally different turbo and fuel system plus the Ford’s never got the upgraded pistons. Ford calibrations and parameters are outside what Navistar wanted. 7.3, 6.0, and 6.4 all using the same lifters makes more sense too after considering those factors. It’s worth noting that Ford Gold isn’t the same technology as the ELC coolant Navistar specified.

[@frankscott8815]

Any young people still living at home with your parents,just fresh out of school,who like mechanics,living in the area of this man and his business ,do yourself the biggest favor in your future life and go offer to apprentice under this man for free. Learn to take and have pride in your work and a job well done.

[@BenjaminEsposti]

+frank scott I dunno where he works but if I do live near him, it'd be awesome to do that! :D

[@chadmeyer9500]

We don't do "apprenticeships" in the U.S. and the worst thing you can do IS be an "apprentice" when you're young and eager and ready to learn. You'll learn only what your "master" teaches you about whatever he happens to be working on. There are a lot of good tech schools in the U.S. where you can spend anywhere from a short year to almost two years getting a good, all-around education with lots of focus on the FUNDAMENTALS. And you'll be taught that all you really need to work on ANYTHING is the desire, the fundamentals and the ability to READ A MANUAL and comprehend what you're reading and apply it. If you don't like to read or at least can't tolerate reading and don't do it well enough to understand what you're reading and follow simple instructions, you're screwed. Apprenticeships take young people with potential and turn them into clones of the out-of-touch, out-of-date parts replacers that "train" them. That is obviously not the case HERE because he is sharp as can be. I've got a couple degrees in diesel technology from the best tech school in the U.S. and close to 25 years in the field working on everything from chainsaws to railroad locomotives. And I'm damn good at what I do not because I cleaned up parts and did grunt work for years watching somebody else get paid for my work, but because I had an interest in it and a passion for it and the brains and reading skills and enthusiasm to jump right in, give a shit what I was working on and tackle anything. And my 21 months in tech school DID include a co-op education program. And it was even at an International Trucks dealer. What a joke. The other guys were decent and good guys but they were also real pricks at times and I was young and dumb and gullible and they pulled some shit on me that really made me feel stupid. And looking back I know exactly what the deal was. They weren't me and they weren't 18 and single and no kids and going to the school I was just when the diesel industry was really booming all around that city and everywhere else and they couldn't pick up their tools and GO somewhere else because they'd GOTTEN just the kind of low-buck "education" you're talking about and were stuck working on trucks. Which are really pretty damn simple and monotonous - service jobs, clutches, brakes and wheel seals are 95% of it. Over and over. And the new electronic engines like the Detroit Series 60 and Cat 3176 and Cummins N14 were just coming and out and even thought they had those signs hanging outside, they knew those engines were going to distributors and dealers for repair and maintenance. Guys get into turning wrenches at OEM dealers to work on NEW stuff and MOST mechanics love engine work. They got very little of it. The kicker was that after my co-op quarter was over 2 quarters before graduation, they had the balls to ask if I wanted to come back for MINIMUM WAGE and work NIGHTS. Was I worth top shop? Of course not. Would I have been the only guy in my class going to work for minimum wage or even CLOSE to it? Yep. So, in the meantime a kid in the quarter behind us that was going to stay for all 7 quarters had lined up a co-op job at a Caterpillar dealership in the heavy-equipment shop, which is where one of my good friends and classmates did HIS co-op. I went in, asked to work part-time after school and maybe go full-time, started going to class 8 hours a day and driving 50-60 miles round trip for a couple hours of part-time work every night and 2 days after I graduated I started full-time at 2.5 times minimum wage and I was working on Caterpillars. Not schoolbuses and garbage trucks and clapped out semi tractors. My first project? Short-blocking a Cat 3204 in a 953 track loader. By myself. In a shop full of guys that were doing what they wanted to do and were anxious to help and glad to have some young, energetic guys around.

[@farmrrick]

John Deere has a pretty good program now .

[@johnjiii414]

Chad Meyer did he touch a nerve?😹

[@nflesher]

I own a 5.9 cummins, but alot of friends and family have powerstrokes. This guy is incredible. Bill I have alot of respect for you for taking the time to upload these videos. You are a wealth of information on these things. I like to learn all I can about diesels. Keep up the good work!

[@powerstrokehelp]

I think it shows the chaos of the situation perfectly.

[@RelentlessHomesteading]

Priceless discussion - great to hear some actual history of what was going down. Hadn't heard the 7.3s had been setup for school buses - explains why they never upped the anty to get some real power out of the 7.3s. THANKS BILL - love you channel. Bought some Archoil there and planning my 'mod pathway' for my 2001 F250 Lariat I've been learning TONs from you -- many many tjanks.

[@eddieedmondson4746]

When I was reading about the Lemon Lawsuit, I read that an Ambulance Company in Georgia had 21 Ambulances on duty on the same day and 14 had to be towed to repair shops, due to the failing International engines. Now we are talking about people's live at risk, not just a bad product. I believe the Ambulance Company had to file bankruptcy because of the failures of the "Ford Diesel Engines." In my case, my '05 F250 service records were deleted from 2 Ford Dealerships. Ford said that there were no records for my vehicle. I bought it new in '05 and transmission was leaking. Took it to the dealer where i bought it the first time. Then I moved and took it to local dealer, less than 6 months of owning it for the same problem-transmission leak. I was told they finally had to weld parts into place to "stop" the leak. My cousin bought the same year and truck, he was able to do the lemon law and recouped his money. I hardly drove my truck for the first 4-5 years and it took 10 years to hit 100k miles, then I had to replace the head gasket. Now it's the oil cooler, after 10k in repairs and it STILL only has 120k miles on it. I'll never buy a Ford again, ever!

[@PaulJersey]

Excellent explanation of the International/Ford crisis. Those big Super Duty's were a huge profit center for Ford. My local dealer told me he has to sell 3 sedans to make what they make on a big pickup or SUV. Great video!

[@mgarza1335]

we have an '03 Ambulance with the 6.0 in it and it is honestly the biggest POS we have ever seen. we pushed the 7.3 Ambulance to the front line until now we have a 6.4 f350 chassis ambulance. and now we are just cutting out the problems with the diesel and going to the triton v10. the 6.7 does not seem to be having the luck that most people hype it to have. I'll be it they get the piss beat out of them but still. Thank you for your info bill, you are truly amazing and I wish the shops out here had the same ethics as you!

[@heygo4093]

you have to remove the emissions on any diesel then it will run right

[@theq4602]

LOL have you seen the size of 6.7 connecting rods. Their tiny.

[@fk4515]

News flash, there was no Navistar International in 1982, it was still International Harvester. Between 2000 and 2014 Ford and International were in a partnership called "Blue Diamond Truck LLC" that made Ford F-650 and F-750 as well as some medium duty International trucks. Same plant and the same chassis but each had different cabs and motors

[@powerstrokehelp]

Yes The City of Atlanta has about 40 in the fleet with excellent results so far.

[@powerstrokehelp]

I agree. FMC has published some great charts and graphs that are not widely distributed.

[@JOSHUAK71]

You are the 6.0 God...Master Bill. You proved it to me.

[@55555me]

I love how at 7:50, a crap load of circles and lines just appear in the upper corner lol.

[@XHikotheproX]

I did not know the depth of this issue thanks for such a great video! I always heard the jokes about the 6.0 but when it comes to ambulances that's not a joke.

[@powerstrokehelp]

Keep the defense running in circles. Right?

[@unclebilliamtube]

i was just thinking - we need a video from you! You have the best info/how to channel i have ever seen. Congrats.

[@powerstrokehelp]

@Richardgitrdone I will take that as a compliment. The scribbling is there to accentuate the chaos between Ford and Navistar. What a mess.

[@wetsailer]

i work at a repair shop for a canadian municipality your rite about 6 ltrs turbo vanes seizing and egr problems because of exceif idling ford didnt help on the warranty we clean egr s every oil change on 6 ltr ill tell my manager about your edas thanx very much lots of very usefull info

[@freeride202]

As far as head gasket failures, the 6.0L was 325 HP and the VT365 was 230 HP max. Higher horsepower creates higher cylinder pressures which then needs more EGR to reduce NOx.

[@mathieulevasseur4082]

Problem is, no one will buy a 230HP diesel truck when Dodge and Chevy offers 300+ HP trucks.

[@powerstrokehelp]

@PWRSTR0KER2008 Thanks for your response. I am currently working on that clip. EDAS monitors your engine coolant pressure and will alert you if you have an issue. If you are running a Spartan and gauges you must also have this device installed to be protected.

[@08duramax1]

I wonder if anything ever happened between Isuzu and GM with the Duramax in the lb7 injectors and the lly with the head gaskets? Really enjoy the knowledge you posses with the powerstroke! I love the diesel engine world and drive a 2008 duramax LMM.

[@powerstrokehelp]

doroleboo= durable I think. Best I can figure is that the 6.7L is working out nicely in the brutal environment of the oilfields.

[@chevyblock550]

I have to call out Ford as mostly fault. They wanted an emissions compliant engine fast and International had no time to develop one so they went to an outsider for the help to get the motors over. Of course, Ford shoehorns them in. Hard to work on. At the end of the day though, the EPA can be blamed because diesels don't like emission controls unlike gas engines.

[@stevenvanheel3932]

I don’t know why ford has to cram their shitty oversized engines into cab-forward vehicles. It’s almost infuriating, and also the main reason why I won’t be working on their stuff for much longer.

[@blackstonshingaling]

Most of the blame can be given to Ford, they put the engines in the trucks in such a way that they can't be serviced or repaired without taring the whole body off the chassis ~ Pathetic!

[@ryanrohauer5940]

Blackaboe its pretty easy to pull a cab on thoes trucks....

[@blackstonshingaling]

Ryan Rohauer Sure if it's from California or Texas - Not in Illinois or Indiana. Plus it takes a commercial lift which makes it hard for Joe-SixPack

[@blackstonshingaling]

***** It's a thing called rust and corrosion due to all the winter road salting.

[@ryanrohauer5940]

Blackaboe I live in NY😂 don't talk to me about rust

[@chadmeyer9500]

Sure. If you have a two-post hoist. And it wouldn't be so bad if was JUST the diesels that required that. The gas-burner Super Duty trucks do as well. You can get the LH (driver side) cylinder head off a Triton V8 but no the RH head. And of course Ford had that great spark plug thread problem on THOSE engines. Sure, once it was a known issue you could buy a kit to put in inserts with the heads installed. But you're risking getting shavings in the engine AND back when I did one the kit was like $300 or more. I was doing it as a side project when I was turning wrenches on John Deeres and as a favor to a friend and I couldn't justify buying the kit and I didn't want to risk damaging anything because the truck belonged to some hunters from the east coast and it died on them in Nebraska. My buddy was guiding them on a hunt and got with me and I got with them and we worked it out. I didn't think it would be THAT big of a deal to just pull a head and have inserts put in at the machine shop. And it wasn't a HUGE job but MAN those engines are a clusterfuck to get a head off of. The whole front end has to come off the engine to get the timing chain off to pull the head. I screwed myself and nicked the soft, graphite head gasket maneuvering the head back into place and had an oil leak almost immediately on startup so I got to do it AGAIN for nothing, but I learned one big lesson: DON'T WORK ON FOR SUPER DUTIES!

[@powerstrokehelp]

Lack of communication, overly ambitious and inexperienced management team, total ignorance of decades of previous experience. Just because you have a great CAD program does not mean that the laws of physics have changed.

[@Jacksonkellyfreak]

Bill, I defend the 6.0 to my friends. All thanks to you. right now i got a 93 7,3 idi turbo but am looking really hard at a 2003 6.0. not sure on it yet but only because of financial reasons not because of the powerplant. anything ever goes wrong im bringing it straight to you

[@notchback93]

I worked at a Ford dealership from 99 to 2015 and during the 6.0 years it was rough! You ain’t lived till you had a group of angry Armenian masons threatening to kill you and everyone you work with unless you get their truck fixed right now!!!!! Good Times

[@IDIDieselJohn]

Fantastic video Bill!! Thanks for taking the time to make it!

[@rxonmymind8362]

As an outsider looking into buying a diesel I think I'll pass. Doing my due diligence I see a lot of maintenance on these vehicles even if you are on point with regular maintenance. Culprit seems to be the emissions demands by the federal government and California as they keep moving the goal post and apply restrictive air pollution controls sometimes retroactively. Thing is for all the chest thumping of electric vehicles and cleaner emissions there WILL be a reckoning in the near future with all these lithium batteries. Once used up and their life sucked dry what happens then on the order of millions of vehicles? With a Diesel/combustion engine one can rebuild them. Not with lithium batteries. My dad said "There's no free lunch".

[@dandable]

You’re exactly correct. EPA knows this though and once we’re so screwed with broken down, interpretable electric vehicles, they’ll have us this country at its knees. Wake up people

[@powerstrokehelp]

@F650Rcr We have not found adequate kits (tuning or exhaust)for any emissions for the 6.7

[@Richardgitrdone]

@powerstrokehelp Yeah it was meant as a compliment! I refuse to buy anything 6.0L and up, I got a 7.3L in my wrecker, blown turbo though. I watched you videos through and through and I now know what im doing under the hood! and the way you put it all was very understandable to anyone, well put Sir!

[@powerstrokehelp]

@killercan10 I can't say directly, BUT take a hard look at the engine in a Mack cabover and you will notice that the engine architecture is amazingly the same. Bed plate, filters injectors all come from the same line of thought. Just like 7.3 injectors look just like CAT injectors. It seemed like a good idea at the time, because European designers had already been dealing with emissions and VGT turbo technology for some time. Welcome to the global economy.

[@powerstrokehelp]

Yep R in upper left and Low 1 granny gear in lower left.

[@chevyblock550]

I love the 7.3 Powerstroke but I'll stick to my Cummins. Too many Ford issues there. Great explanation, Bill.

[@1cummins4life65]

an yet i have an 04 f450 4x4 service truck with the 6.0 that never skips a beat. will pull a house down never had a problem except that delamination in the tank. i run frontier synthetics and love the truck every 4000 miles. its been a good one. but u da man bill learned alot ive seen all your videos

[@powerstrokehelp]

I wish I could but I can only be in one spot at a time. Trying to find techs that will follow directions is difficult.

[@powerstrokehelp]

It sounds like an injector or two is intermittently failing. I really need to see the truck to determine what the issue is.

[@gearans]

I'm glad Ford engines are keeping you busy. Would be awesome to have a guy like you in the Cummins world. Enjoy your vids even though I'm a Dodge owner!

[@darrowfortheprosecution1404]

I KNEW there was a trinket to buy somewhere in this presentation. Ford spent Billions and couldn't fix the problem but this little plug in trinket is all you need. This guy was a Snake Oil Salesman in his former life.

[@theredneckman001]

the 6.0 is a great engine, and it has its flaws, but after its been egr deleted and has head gaskets and studs done they were almost bullet proof but in reliability the 6.7 prevails, then the 6.0 as a close second, then the 7.3 and bringing up the rear is the 6.4. they are all mostly reliable if they are well taken care of, and how long they last depends on how they are driven, and if they are egr deleted+tuned

[@powerstrokehelp]

(EDAS) ENGINE DAMAGE AVOIDANCE SYSTEM will be available to the public on NOV 1, 2010. Stay tuned to POWERSTROKEHELP website or send an email to EDAS_HELP in the contact section of the website to be on the the initial emailing list for product launch. THANK YOU FOR YOUR OVERWHELMING RESPONSE. BILL

[@jaredbrockwayable]

Hey man your videos are awesome thank you so much!! I myself own an 03 6.0L

[@martingallegos01]

+Nicholas Calciano don't think twice then although the 03 model 6.0s are sketchy they can come out to be great engines when bulletproofed

[@jaredbrockwayable]

Nicholas Calciano​ sorry it took so long to reply. In my opinion if it ain't broke don't fix it. I love my 6.0 it's a rocket and a bull when I'm pulling logs. The only problems I've had is a fuel pump replacement that's basically it.

[@r.wesleydukes2825]

this is a good guy. #honest

[@michaelovitch]

Very interesting ! Thanks.

[@powerstrokehelp]

In a word the 6.0 was never designed for the Fseries chassis. It, just like the 7.3s that preceeded it, was only to be used as a school bus engine not a heavy puller. If you go into a school bus shop where they work on the VT365 you will find that they have never done head gaskets on any of them. Lots of injectors but no head gaskets. WHY? The busses are not tuned or overloaded or pushed too hard. The 6.7 is the ONLY engine that has ever been designed just for the Ford Truck.

[@tanksor]

great video this explains everything thats happened with the 6.0L

[@ILLEGAL_ASIAN_73]

I have a 2004 f350 6.0 diesel crew cab 4x2. I'm driving and the engine shuts off but the check engine light does not go on. the engine sputters and then it dies. i changed the EGR, fuel filter (both), upgraded the FICM to 58v and changed the cam sensor. I need help

[@powerstrokehelp]

@tahoeboatbeast No the 2007 is still vulnerable. Egr can still gum up in any 6.0.

[@johnathansparks1678]

Anyone have thoughts on a 2010 E-450 Ambulance with a heavy "Road Rescue box". I was told by the company that is selling it that they have replace the motor twice since they owned it. I know that would prob send most people to the "don't touch with a 10 ft pole" But currently the price at auction is under 3K, and I think the box on the back of it even if it did not run would be worth that much. My goal is to do a Campulance Conversion and drive it all across the country. Thanks in advance for any advise.

[@tnb4mnf]

when i worked for Ford, the 6.0L issues were ALWAYS emissions control related. Put an EGR delete kit on, and you are good to go imo

[@powerstrokehelp]

Is it running out of fuel like a faulty fuel pump?

[@invisibleaznDJ]

Excellent Video. Funny how the gov forces the people into higher emissions "standards" however do not hold their own vehicles (school buses) to these standards.

[@powerstrokehelp]

@windsofestrangement I liken it to a John Madden football play. It turned out about the same for FMC and Navistar.

[@farmyardfab]

So once again let the government fuck up something good

[@chadmeyer9500]

The government didn't fuck anything up. The emissions thing has been a PITA in a lot of ways but it also forced OEMs to modernize and develop some new technology and ultimately the DIESEL industry does all most ALL of the innovating and advancing of technology. Supposedly "new" technology on cars has been used in the diesel industry on either the engines, vehicles or powertrains or electronic systems for YEARS before it gets to cars. And even with all the struggles, the DIESEL ENGINES OEMS have stuck to it and figured it out. Especially those that build VEHICLES and MACHINES instead of just engines. Nobody else has had NEAR the problems dealing with emissions Ford has and when you start from "scratch (even the 6.4 was STILL a Navistar design already in the pipeline because of the 6.0 debacle) and try to build diesel engines AND V-8 diesel engines AND make them do what all the other companies have spent decades in a continual process of R&D and production of new engines, you're going to crash and burn. And even though Bill correctly blames a LOT of the problems on operator or mechanic error and tuners, the engines still can't mechanically deal with it without grenading. There is no safety margin in a PowerStroke. I'm not saying they should be built any heavier or better than they have to be to RELIABLY handle STOCK power long-term, but then again the diesel peformance fad was already underway when Ford started their diesel program. There's a reason Cummins went to the 6.7 and GM/Isuzu have continually upgraded and improved the Duramax. Some guys are HELL on pickups even at stock power levels and they tend to be guys that NEED their trucks and don't have the time and/or money for dealer service and maintenance whenever its time for it AND in Ford's case given Ford's history of customer service and not getting broken trucks under warranty fixed for MONTHS, they don't TRUST Ford dealers. And if they figure it's a time bomb anyway, why not run the hell out of it, do the bare minimum of maintenance and trade it in as soon as its out of warranty. Ford's problems have NOTHING to do with the "government". Ford's problem is that Ford Motor Company has always been controlled by the Ford family and they all have their own private fortunes and extended families and they're damn near American "royalty" in the elitist circles and a HELL of a lot of their buddies in those circles are stock-holders. So they take care of the bottom line FIRST. And their monopoly in various areas of the world where because all the vehicles are Ford or "foreign" cars made by companies Ford owns a big share of allows them to take a "Fuck You!" approach to building shit right the first time. And the reason the 7.3s were decent engines is because of the fuel system and that is mainly CATERPILLAR'S invention. Ford/International/Navistar fanboys will claim it was a "joint effort" but Caterpillar had been building 99.5% of its own fuel injection systems forever and was perfectly capable of designing and building the HEUI system all by itself. In fact, that system was pretty much obsolete as it came out and Caterpillar didn't do a hell of a lot with it. They played with it on the 1.1 and 1.2 (liters per cylinder) engines some and it did go into production in a few engines, but it ended up being way too much of a power sucker for low-rpm inline 6-cylinder engines in that size range. The 3116s and 3126s with what amounted to a Detroit two-cycle injection systems were a PITA to work on and adjust and synch injectors on and we fought injector cup issues for a while and THOSE were a PITA to replace, but it was a much more efficient and practical system than the HEUI.

[@girlfriend9212]

I agree they should have had International and Ford kiss and make-up so that both of those shit shows could burn in a lake of fire 🔥

[@powerstrokehelp]

no actually the Excursions and Econolines ALL had that crap California tune. Poor fuel economy and dogged power. It blows peoples minds when we retune them to even a mild street tune what they act like.

[@dlynes]

Hello, thanks again for all your great videos and information. One of your videos you said said there's tunes and set ups to achieve 20mpg for the 6.0 but unfortunately, that video the comments were disabled. What does it take to get 20mpg on the 6.0? thanks!

[@Richardgitrdone]

You are a modern day god! youre deisel knowledge blows my mind! On a side note, youre scribbling all over that board like John Madden!

[@Roushfan5]

I really hope to see you make some videos on the 6.7L

[@96f1504x4]

great videos keep it up! Looking forward to videos of the new 6.7!!

[@JohnSmith-qd3fu]

Love my bullet-proofed 6.0!!!

[@AmericanMan961]

Yeahhhh still want a 6.0l

[@JoshDub78]

Yeah, super good when it's gone thru all the mods. I agree.

[@powerstrokehelp]

Your guess is as good as mine

[@paulie15]

so what motor would you say is the all around best?

[@AmericanMan961]

as much as people hate the 6.0l im buying one

[@GarryReisky]

Amazing explanation. I really enjoyed this.

[@Kanesgarage]

Great information Bill! Would you make a video just describing the Engine Damage Avoidance system? Do you need this if you have gauges, and a Spartan tuner already?

[@drphilstruck]

So there were problems with the 6.4 as well as the 6.0 with the same problems. and what are head gaskets for?

[@sixohdieselrage]

Great video as always!! Keep them up!

[@powerstrokehelp]

@yamasubaruger napa in the paper catalogs

[@Drewtitus]

should make a video with the difference in emision specifications.

[@shimrra]

i want to hear more about the EDAS. how much is it? how hard is it to install? what exactly does it monitor?

[@sgfreak96]

You guys gotta head up north or west and expand!

[@auburn1577]

i like the stock power a 6.0 has kind considering buying one ive been researching it for sometime.

[@powerstrokehelp]

@gpfordstang302 The 6.7 is a beautiful design. HUGE power and better fuel economy. BUT until we start to see some miles on them we wont know their failure points. At least the parts will be cheaper because the Navistar guys wont have their hands in the deal. I would definitely have EDAS installed on the 6.7.

[@ComputerTechTV]

Great video glad to see more from your channel!

[@XXWRD2BIGBRDXX]

you made a mess on that white board, but informative video none the less

[@08gradhigh]

How many miles you think a 6.7L Powerstroke will go

[@kareemghandour3816]

you are my hero. the 6.7 is definately the future however

[@renohuskerdu4592]

Who was the mystery European firm. Renault?

[@NateSpring]

great information, I personally will never need to know. but damn, you have some great knowledge man, thanks!!!

[@Abapollyon]

I have kind of an odd question....so I'm looking at putting a banks six gun tuner in my 2006 f350 and my question is would I be able to stack an SCT programmer with the banks tuner? My thought process is the banks works off of what the computer programming is at least that is what it appears to me. So by using the SCT to change the computer, wouldn't the banks just modify the horsepower and torque based off of what the SCT level would be? or am I completely bass akward on this

[@rlld23]

Simply amazing info! Just curious, you have any info on the first generation ford diesels?

[@joshbower34]

they call them t444 , dt denotes an inline configuration. the owerstroke is a v configuration, other than that great video

[@sybrae]

Josh Bower its a T444E. The T444E and the 7.3L Powerstroke are almost the exact same motor. In fact, a vast majority of parts are interchangeable.

[@seeinstripes]

9:57 - Did i catch "brick and mortar business?" wtf My '03 6.0 4x4 flatbed (8,000 lbs empty) still pulls like a beast with a big load with 285k on the odo. I get 15-17 mpg's at 65 with 4,000 lbs on the back. All stock save for cold air intake and 5" pipe.

[@powerstrokehelp]

every dog in this fight can point a finger. Only ones getting paid are the lawyers.

[@powerstrokehelp]

thats what the Lawyer's get paid to figure out.

[@bryanmartinez6600]

I'll do a school bus F250 Engine swap lol

[@chrisadams8126]

I took my 2001 F250 to get some injectors fixed it started at 3 and ended up needing 5. I asked them if I needed to replace them all, they said no . your thoughts? also now it knocks a lot louder than before wondering if there is a way to quiet it back down or if something is getting ready to break?

[@roddygeddes4520]

Replace all of them at once

[@ap3xglide962]

Ford had a 401ci straight 6 deisel that they used in tractors, It would have been the ULTIMATE engine for f250's and f350's. If ford were to have used this engine I would probably have one instead of a 91 cummins and 97 cummins

[@powerstrokehelp]

It probably is a great truck but expect to spend some money on it before 200k. Injectors EGR coolers, Oil cooler and possibly head gaskets are common issues in a high mile truck. But if you get it at a right price.

[@eddieedmondson4746]

What is a 2005 F250 worth with 120k miles on it? I have replaced; Head Gasket, EGR Valves/Cooler, Turbo, Fuel System, Glow Plugs and now the oil cooler. I have 10k worth of repairs already and now I have to pay for the oil cooler replacement next week. Is it worth 10K ?

[@masonmoreland8996]

Eddie Edmondson slap 14k on her and wait. Suckers are born everyday

[@KBS117]

That's one story. Wanna hear mine as a Ford sales rep, and finance and insurance guy? I worked for ford, I was at all the High end dealer meetings. With high end Ford representatives. This story was told at the bar to my ceo, by one of ford's highest up officials. Lee Iacocca was a very hated man by Ford. When Lee left Ford and took over dodge, Ford started a campaign to destroy him.. very bad blood between Lee and the new guys running Ford. Lee had designed the dodge pickup to come out in 2000? Lee wanted a high performance v-8 diesel to go in his new design. We kept hearing rumors of a new cat v-8 going into the dodge ram. And it was true, Lee and cat had been working on a V-8 cat and it was ready to go into the dodge ram. Ford knew Lee was aiming at their market share and in a multi million dollar buyout, Ford bought 72% of cat stock and stopped cat from selling the engine to Lee. This pissed international off, as they had also redesigned the 7.3 as a generation 2 engine to go in ford's trucks. Ford then demanded international build and produce the stolen cat diesel for Ford trucks. That's the 6.0.. but the story isn't over. This decision by Ford would end the international engines in the Ford trucks. International sabatoged the 6.0 by putting small oil and egr coolers on these engines, costing Ford 1.1 billion in warranty repairs. And international never designed or built another engine for Ford. Yes the 6.0 was out sourced to overseas companies, as the friction between Lee, Ford and international was at a boiling point. I've heard this story now from 3 very different upper end managers in ford. I've driven a dodge since 2003...I support Lee iacocca... Many will scoff, but ask yourself one question. Why does the 6.0 use cats patented fuel injection system?

[@warrenself]

Interesting take to say the least. 7.3/T444E never changed much in or out of a Ford chassis. Navistar used the 6.0 for a long time and had little trouble on their end ironically outside of EGR and oil coolers. 6.4 is the same way. Ford using the wrong coolant type and turning the performance levels up on 6.0’s and 6.4’s along with unique parts had more to do with it in my opinion. HEUI injection was made in the 90’s and debuted with the 7.3. You look at a school bus T444E, VT365, and Maxxforce 7 and they all produce similar numbers. Ford chassis they’re not as close. 6.4’s having the early pistons, compound turbos, K16 injection pump, and different injectors vs the Navistar stuff too. A long rabbit hole to go down but it gives another perspective.

[@yamasubaruger]

I know I asked before but what model saginaw power steering/brake pump did you say would fit a 7.3? (1997).

[@ArmandoRodriguez-vi4lo]

My truck doesn't stay on it shoots off and if you sicken after is been turned on to anybody knows what can be the problem that is causing this

[@lGoodView4u]

gun shot 10:07

[@catfishakaAMC]

+John Grishom Well, I mean he is in Atlanta!

[@rxonmymind8362]

Thunder?

[@chickenknucklez2604]

Another happy 6.0l owner

[@tom58c]

both the 6.0 and 6.4 are on the same list to me. Im seeing just as much problems with them as the 6.0. But we can only hope the 6.7 is the fix.