anyone know 6.0 powerstrokes?

[mygreengt]

Today i found an 06 F350 PSD at a dealership for sale for $11k, that caught my attention right away. looks like a nice truck, has 211k miles. When you start it up i didnt smoke at all, i revved it a little bit, and my girlfriend said that it blew some white smoke. i took it for a drive and it drove nice, had a check engine light and ABS light on though. i stopped for a minute and walked around it, i smelled some antifreeze. anyone have any idea why the truck blew white smoke and smelled like antifreeze? thanks.

here is the truck

 

[Raffaelli]

It either has a blown headgasket,

or a blown EGR and oil cooler.

Do yourself a favor and walk away. Either one are 3K dollar jobs.

 

[mygreengt]

ok thanks for the advice!

 

[vermilion]

power strokes are known for head stud stretching. http://fleetservicenorthwest.com/6LHeadstud.aspx

 

[miss2slocoupe]

yes just what he said! my EGR and oilcooler went out and it was a 2,300 job... plus WAY too much money for the miles ( and yes i know diesels go wayyyy longer). i bought my dually for 13k and it had 100,000. its fully loaded too. that truck is sure sexy though

 

[itsblue95]

the 6.0s have really bad issues with lifting the heads thats prolly why your smelling the antifreeze. they are good motors after you put head studs and do an EGR delete.

 

[miss2slocoupe]

the 6.0s have really bad issues with lifting the heads thats prolly why your smelling the antifreeze. they are good motors after you put head studs and do an EGR delete.

very true! its about a 5,000 job. its the labor that makes it so expensive, because you have to lift the cab off the trucks frame. if your interested on buying one though, buy one with this done and have paper work to prove it

 

[mygreengt]

i was gonna trade the mach in on it, but not now.

 

[Sinned83]

Wtf D? I'm tired of seeing sold on all the cars in your Sig. Don't sell the mach!

 

[mygreengt]

i like to change it up!

 

[miss2slocoupe]

nothing wrong with that, just make sure its worth it! glad you came here first to make sure it was a good truck, that woulda sucked to get a truck thats about to cost you 5,000

 

[mygreengt]

yea i knew something was fishy. something about a truck that books for $20k selling for $11k isnt right.

 

[Musturd]

Yea what everyone said. I always do EGR deletes on these pigs all the time