re: My new truck

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Why don't you see GM and Dodge guys complaining about blown up engines left and right?

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They do. Bad injectors, cracked engine blocks, failed pumps, all issues the GM and Dodge guys have and they do indeed complain. Navistar International knows how to build diesel engines, they made the 7.3L, the 6.0, and the 6.4 and those same engines saw fleet use in buses and tow trucks. Vast majority of the issues came form owners who didn't follow maintenance procedures, added aftermarket tunes, and technicians who tried throwing parts at the problem instead of proper diagnosis.

I know fleet managers at mines that have plenty of them without issue. Given their guys are trained to work on CATs and Cummins engines that are the size of light duty trucks might be something too. Simply switching over to a heavy duty ELC and running a filter cures a lot of issues with the 6.0 and 6.4 (and CTD's for that matter). I use the stuff in both my gasser trucks after having the OEM stuff eat up plastic and rubber parts and I'd rather not have to go back to the green stuff and flushing it every few years.

Have you ever looked? It had to do with thermal expansion and a thin part of the block would crack and leak coolant. As with other diesel problems (the ever common EGR for example), neglecting the coolant exacerbates the issue. Lock N Stitch Company makes a kit just for them. Just because YOU never heard of the problem doesn't mean it doesn't exist btw.

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You seriously need to lay off the bag of dicks you are working on. Becoming an obsession for you child. Please tell me Dodge CTD's didn't have issues with cracked blocks and bad pumps. Do it.

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Just as I expected. I'll be honest, I don't know...I'm not a mechanic and have never claimed to be...but you can't honestly sit here and try to argue that Dodge and GM diesels are more, or just as, problematic as Ford diesels.

I'm sure you'll just tap dance around that, call me a dumbass or some other lame comeback, drop a bunch of useless jargon, and then try to convince everyone that Ford diesels were given to us by the right hand of God himself and it's purely the consumers fault they grenade left and right.

All of that being said, from what little I do know of the CTD, I have never seen cracked blocks as being an issue. Not saying it's never happened, but I'm sure there have been far far fewer cracked CTD blocks vs. blown up 6.0's and 6.4's.

And just FYI, you wouldn't be a terrible poster or as annoying if you didn't have to resort to lame, immature name calling everytime someone bad mouths Ford or disagrees with your opinion.

ETA: This is what diesel power mag had to say about cracked Cummins blocks...seemed pretty limited and occurred after years of use. An issue? Sure. But hardly as bad as building two complete shite motors for a time span of 7 to 8 years.

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The second potentially deadly flaw occurs in '99 to '02 5.9L Cummins 24-valve engines. It's known as the 53 block problem, because these engine blocks have the number 53 cast into the side of the crankcase. After years of use, the 53 blocks tend to crack until coolant starts to pour out the side of the block. This is an issue that many people kid themselves about. While it's something you can live with for a while, eventually the leak will get so severe that you'll be refilling your cooling system on your commute to work. Sooner or later, the truck will need a new engine if it's not repaired.

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Accidental down vote hammertime. I agree ford trucks are trash outside of the 7.3s and a few others.

I think I'm qualified to say you are overplaying that issue a wholeeeeeeee lot. If anybody is building a straw man argument it's you. 5.9 cummins faults don't belong in the same conversation as power stroke faults.

Anywho, hammer's new rig is probably going to prove more reliable than any of them if he keeps his hot roddding hands out of it.

Me either.

I tried the sea foam trick on my old 350 and it fixed it immediately. Like 1 mile down the road and it was gone.

That's pretty ridiculous. Hopefully I get that outta mine. It's got an easy life now.

Pshhhh

I hope I never have to buy another truck. That's kinda unrealistic, but I'd absolutely love to be able to wait about 10 years before I get another one.

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You wouldnt be such a lousy poster if you took more time than a shallow Google search to educate yourself on these issues. If you paid more attention you'd figure out I give credit where it is due but I don't suffer ignorance when someone, like yourself, bad mouths something out of an obvious lack of understanding.

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Well instead of being arrogant and berating me, why don't you drop some of the knowledge you claim to have and educate? I'm sure others here would be interested if you could provide something worth reading. As downshift said though, I think you're vastly overplaying the cracked block issue. I may not know everything about the mechanics of a diesel motor, but I've been around 4 or 5 different Dodge/Ram forums for 7 years now and don't recall ever seeing a post about a cracked CTD block.

How am I badmouthing out of a lack of understanding? It doesn't take much to understand that the 6.4 is not a good motor and the 6.0 is only a good motor if you throw money at it to bulletproof it or maintain it like a commercial airliner.

Anyway, I'm not hijacking this thread anymore...it's annoying to others and not worth the time.