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[rawr]

What mods would one do to a 6l powerstroke to keep it reliable. What are common problems with them besides egrs?

[brine04]

Burn it, then give highroller a tug job.

[2slow]

Burn it, then give highroller a tug job.

x2

[dvst8r]

Highroller will have a more comprehensive list but:

-Early 6L's had turbo vane or actuator sticking issues.
-Head gaskets (this is easily fixed with $1100 head studs)

Once you talk to Dave (Passenger) and get an egr delete setup, and some head studs, they are typically pretty reliable at that point as I understand it.

[rawr]

Thankfully its not an early and It's not going to see any realy heavy boost. Just pulling a toy hauler/ heavy equipment so I think the studs should be cool.

[Passenger]

Change your oil cooler when you do your egr. Add a coolant filtration kit. EGR delete is mandatory.

[dvst8r]

Highroller says he owns a 6.4 now, and 6L's are faggotry.

[Joseph Davis]

Don't be a faggot.




Black Onyx head gaskets and a set of headstuds will set you back less than $1100.

[random-strike]

sell it and get a cummins. probably a 1st gen cause 6l are worthless

[rawr]

Why would it need sold? It is a nice truck.

Dodge... Ohio? Lololololololno


The only thing there good at here is rusting out in 5 years. Decent motor means shit when everything attached to it becomes Orange flakes. especially when the salt spreader gets hooked up. See lots of fags with cummins vinyl and rust up to their window.

TL;dr. Dodge= rust. Truck stays, waiting for highroller tug job.

[highroller54]

sell it and get a cummins. probably a 1st gen cause 6l are worthless

lol, the 6.0l engine is a solid fucking unit that will take a 1000hp on the stock long block with a set of studs like fuck all. They do have some issues though, some can be fixed some you live with just like anything else. I like how cummins guys like to pretend they are bullet proof and never fail even when they do. They can all break, how was your first cummins? (the one with the broken rings). I work at a general repair/diesel shop, we do many fleet accounts, they all fuck up.

[highroller54]

here is what I would do, check ficm voltage, get up to operating temp and check water temp vrs oil temp, check hpop presure, then you know were you stand.
A 6.0 with a good hpop, good ficm and a non plugged oil cooler and a egr delete is dam near bulletproof, if you want to run it hard on kill head studs will be needed. I find alot of miss diagnostics on these things. Run a good synthtic oil

[random-strike]

sell it and get a cummins. probably a 1st gen cause 6l are worthless

lol, the 6.0l engine is a solid fucking unit that will take a 1000hp on the stock long block with a set of studs like fuck all. They do have some issues though, some can be fixed some you live with just like anything else. I like how cummins guys like to pretend they are bullet proof and never fail even when they do. They can all break, how was your first cummins? (the one with the broken rings). I work at a general repair/diesel shop, we do many fleet accounts, they all fuck up.

i like them all, its just smack talk. i'd rather drive a powerjoke than a gas truck.

the cummins is reliable if you keep them stock. morons put pressure boxes on them and fuck their injectors then the engine. basically what happens.

1st & 2nd gen will run forever stock, 3rd gen will run forever stock as long as you replace the injectors when they go out. usually ~100-150k with stock filtration.

cummins > duramax > powerstroke imo
chevy = ford > dodge as the rest of the truck imo

the reason i got a cummins is because of the fuel mileage. if i bought a brand new truck it'd be a duramax

[highroller54]

I also like the cummins but i have no love for the chevy, you could not give me a "one ton truck" with the front suspension out of a s10. Everyone loves them because they "drive like a car", then put a leveling kit in it because they are a 1/2 inch off the ground and then they ride like complete shit. Keeps me busy with front end work though!

[carkrazed]

I have a diablosport predator i'll sell ya cheap rawr. 

[Urban Indian]

I also like the cummins but i have no love for the chevy, you could not give me a "one ton truck" with the front suspension out of a s10. Everyone loves them because they "drive like a car", then put a leveling kit in it because they are a 1/2 inch off the ground and then they ride like complete shit. Keeps me busy with front end work though!

I like my truck because it drives like a car. But it sucks back fuel like no other. 6k left on powertrain warranty then its EFI live, DPF delete, new dp.

[random-strike]

I also like the cummins but i have no love for the chevy, you could not give me a "one ton truck" with the front suspension out of a s10. Everyone loves them because they "drive like a car", then put a leveling kit in it because they are a 1/2 inch off the ground and then they ride like complete shit. Keeps me busy with front end work though!

lol same as the s10 is a bit of an exaggeration. maybe the same basic design. 90% of the people with these trucks won't notice the difference. hell probably 99%. the only idiots who hell run and ruin brand new diesels are rednecks in the south.

the reason i wanted a dodge and the solid front axle is because the suspension is so low in the front you drag it through everything. snow and mud and whatever

[rawr]

....... Rednecks, south, hell run, johnny?


The fuck?

[j.h.christ]

only diesel truck i'd buy right now

[rawr]

thought it was going to be a caddy truck.

[highroller54]

I like my truck because it drives like a car. But it sucks back fuel like no other. 6k left on powertrain warranty then its EFI live, DPF delete, new dp.

my 6.0 was six months old with a egr delete, head studs and a sct with dj diesel tunes run on the race only file daily lol, my 6.4 has waranty untill 2016, h&s black max with kem 345 tune going in this week or next. Already got a dpfe delete, 5" exhaust installed and I still need a egr delete lol. You know whats supposed to ride like a car? a car.

[Joseph Davis]

I like my truck because it drives like a car. But it sucks back fuel like no other. 6k left on powertrain warranty then its EFI live, DPF delete, new dp.

my 6.0 was six months old with a egr delete, head studs and a sct with dj diesel tunes run on the race only file daily lol, my 6.4 has waranty untill 2016, h&s black max with kem 345 tune going in this week or next. Already got a dpfe delete, 5" exhaust installed and I still need a egr delete lol. You know whats supposed to ride like a car? a car.

ITT Chad tries to educate Levi on the finer points of heterosexuality.

And fails.

[highroller54]

I like my truck because it drives like a car. But it sucks back fuel like no other. 6k left on powertrain warranty then its EFI live, DPF delete, new dp.

my 6.0 was six months old with a egr delete, head studs and a sct with dj diesel tunes run on the race only file daily lol, my 6.4 has waranty untill 2016, h&s black max with kem 345 tune going in this week or next. Already got a dpfe delete, 5" exhaust installed and I still need a egr delete lol. You know whats supposed to ride like a car? a car.

ITT Chad tries to educate Levi on the finer points of heterosexuality.

And fails.

I see no fail here 

[brine04]

I like my truck because it drives like a car. But it sucks back fuel like no other. 6k left on powertrain warranty then its EFI live, DPF delete, new dp.

my 6.0 was six months old with a egr delete, head studs and a sct with dj diesel tunes run on the race only file daily lol, my 6.4 has waranty untill 2016, h&s black max with kem 345 tune going in this week or next. Already got a dpfe delete, 5" exhaust installed and I still need a egr delete lol. You know whats supposed to ride like a car? a car.

Lol 5" exhaust, you planning on making 1200whp?

[j.h.christ]

I like my truck because it drives like a car. But it sucks back fuel like no other. 6k left on powertrain warranty then its EFI live, DPF delete, new dp.

my 6.0 was six months old with a egr delete, head studs and a sct with dj diesel tunes run on the race only file daily lol, my 6.4 has waranty untill 2016, h&s black max with kem 345 tune going in this week or next. Already got a dpfe delete, 5" exhaust installed and I still need a egr delete lol. You know whats supposed to ride like a car? a car.

Lol 5" exhaust, you planning on making 1200whp?

It's not considered broformance until you hit 5".

[highroller54]

Lol 5" exhaust, you planning on making 1200whp?

room to grow lol   
quietest 6.4 i have ever heard with no dpf!

[Passenger]

Don't be a faggot.




Black Onyx head gaskets and a set of headstuds will set you back less than $1100.

Great until the stock up pipe breaks/bursts at the flex joint.

[Joseph Davis]

I posted it more to rustle jimmies than anything.

[Passenger]

I posted it more to rustle jimmies than anything.

Its not a bad thing because the coolant still circulates, but blocking off the stock up pipe is dumb, because you are just going to have to pull it out later.  The 05-07 up pipes have a scoop inside of them to direct gas to the heat exchanger, which means they blow the fastest when you plug them.

The dumbest thing is when guys actually remove the egr valve itself, which makes the rad fan run less frequently and the engine run hotter.

[highroller54]

The dumbest thing is when guys actually remove the egr valve itself, which makes the rad fan run less frequently and the engine run hotter.

explain