Jarlaxle
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Another 6.0PSD, that is. It's in a 2005 F450 wrecker with about 105,000 on the engine (second engine, installed under warranty by a Ford truck dealer) came apart spectacularly last night. Climbing a highway hill with a van on the hoist, the trans kicked out of OD, the engine wound to ~3000RPM...then dropped a valve, that piston shattered, and the connecting rod did a spectacular lawnmower-blade effect, essentially ripping the entire bottom end apart.
Time to Destroke another 6.doh.
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powderman426
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Awww Your exaggerating. Theres nothing wrong with those engines.
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Wills250psd
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DANG, sorry to hear it.
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ScottG
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A post like this does nothing more than inflame people.
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Turtle n Peeps
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ScottG wrote:A post like this does nothing more than inflame people.
Or warn them.
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skipnchar
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Not a typical occurance for any engine to come apart. I've heard of very FEW of them that ever came apart like that. You can sink a LOT of money in things like head bolts, EGR and oil coolers and injectors but they usually ALWAYS get you to the garage. I averaged a couple of thousand bucks every trip I took with mine but it ALWAYS ran perfectly all the way to the garage.
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rvert10
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I got the impression that it was a fuel system problem, so, its now the whole engine?
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gbopp
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:ScottG wrote:A post like this does nothing more than inflame people.
Or warn them.
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FishOnOne
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Something about this story from the OP sounds fishy... Dropping a valve is something I never heard happen on the 6.0 psd.
Now I've heard of Cummins dropping valve seats causing some nasty catastrophic failures!
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benalbert
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Trans shifted out of overdrive going up a hill... Normal
Engine reved to 3000... Normal
What tuner was on the engine?
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