Another F-250 Thread - Used 2003 King Ranch with 6.0L

DO NOT BUY A 6.0! Especially an '03 (the first year they made them) like the last guy said, lots of problems with them. If you look hard enough you can find an 03' with the 7.3L and have much fewer issues with it in the long run. If you offered me a 6.0 with 30,000 miles and a 7.3 with 250,000 miles I'm taking the 7.3.

Offer him $7000, keep the rest to cover repairs

If you're buying from a dealer, do what NoDust said. Bet he bites. They have a VERY hard time getting rid of those 6.0's and for good reason.

Once you fix the issues they are some bad bitches though. The problem with em is that they were made to have the dog shite ran out of them. They don't handle putting around in traffic well. They need to be wound up and literally have the soot blown out every now and then.

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They need to be wound up and literally have the soot blown out every now and then.

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I hit 100 mph in my truck yesterday on the Mississippi back roads while passing a log truck. It feels good to turn them horses loose and blow some black smoke every once in a while.

One of the problem with the 6 leaker is the variable vane turbo. If you don't run the shite out of that motor and get the EGTs up high enough to cook the soot out of it, the vanes soot up and frick the turbo all up, leading you to a nice new turbo purchase.

The high pressure oil pump and EGR valve are really the only two things you need to look out for if you take care of them well.

ETA: The 6 liter was designed to be a hard-run engine. The people I know who've had good luck with them pull heavy and often with them.

The people who've had theirs in the shop more than on the road sat it in traffic a whole lot.

I had a buddy who went through 3-6.0 liters. He only used his truck to pull his 42ft Fountain though. Grenaded one in the mountains of North Carolina.

My buddy's dad chipped his and used it in New Orleans mainly. He did pull a big bass boat to TX every couple of months though. Had to end up getting a new motor after 60k

I take it as kinda like a crap shoot. Some blow motors, some don't. Big chance to take IMO

Stay away from the 'early' 6.0L or as we call them 'sick-O.

Go with a 7.3L if all possible BUT they are hard to find.

If you do go with a 6.0L engine, buy as cheap as possible. You will have to spend about $5-6K just to get it back to good.

Usually you are going to have change out the FICM(Fuel Injection Control Module, about $550).
HOP(High Oil Pressure pump, about $600).
Fuel Injectors(8 injectors will run about $1800).

Go back with an oil cooler replace kit($300).

You may have to redo the head-gaskets, go with ARP stud kit(around $500),and go with back with OE headgaskets(about $175 per side), stay away from the after-market crap like Black Oynx(they are useless).

Plus go with a EGR delete kit(around $150).


BTW, get a good Ford DIESEL mechanic to do the work.

Stay away from the jake-leg mechanics who worked on a diesel 5 years ago. He will most likely screw-up your engine.
The diesels, after 2003, are a brand-new ball game

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BTW, get a good Ford DIESEL mechanic to do the work.

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That was a pretty well discussed topic last week

Coy's Diesel