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2009 F250?
Posted on 1/19/17 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 1/19/17 at 1:16 pm
Looking at buying a work/hunt truck and local guy has a 2009 F250 4x4 Diesel. Truck has 185k miles on it. Its a 6.4L. Anyone have any recs on this year/model? Never owned a diesel. Tia
Posted on 1/19/17 at 1:32 pm to PT24-7
how much is he paying you to take it?
Posted on 1/19/17 at 2:30 pm to PT24-7
The 6.4 powerstroke is the worst engine ever made
Posted on 1/19/17 at 2:31 pm to PT24-7
If you have a deep wallet and dont care about paying for truck repairs then yeah go ahead and buy
Posted on 1/19/17 at 2:43 pm to FournetteForEver7
Haha, I guess I should've checked this before I bought it. My BIL's gearhead friend told him the 6.4 is good but to stay away from 6.0. I'm paying 16,500 for it and book showed 24. Guess I might put it on Craigslist and see if I can turn it
Posted on 1/19/17 at 2:47 pm to PT24-7
quote:that would have been advisable
Haha, I guess I should've checked this before I bought
Posted on 1/19/17 at 2:50 pm to PT24-7
Even the craigslist scammers won't touch that aD
Posted on 1/19/17 at 2:52 pm to PT24-7
Yeah I always heard bad things about the 6.0.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 2:55 pm to PT24-7
I could have pointed you in the direction of a '11 6.7 FX4 Lariat for not much more.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 2:56 pm to PT24-7
Ford's 6.4 is arguably the worst Diesel engine ever put into service. You're gonna go broke on repairs.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 3:07 pm to PT24-7
Take it from experience.....don't
Posted on 1/19/17 at 3:17 pm to Hammertime
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Take it from experience.....don't
Too late buddy, I'll keep y'all updated on how much of my kids college fund I have to put out on repairs.
Any specific things to look out for?
Posted on 1/19/17 at 3:19 pm to PT24-7
The stuff under the hood and beneath the truck generally speaking
Posted on 1/19/17 at 3:20 pm to PT24-7
Had an 08 F250, truck is a turd and kept having problems with the exhaust manifold bolts braking and the DPF filter, bought a DPF delete and a Spartan tuner set for 275HP and the truck was mean before the tuner i wouldnt pass a vehicle cause it was so slow but the tuner woke it up. About a year later the torque converters went to slipping and i traded it in. Granted the torque converter issue was me and the tuners fault cause is stayed romping on it. Now people say with it programmed you will stretch the head bolts and stuff and i disagree because a 275 tune and me behind the wheel would have definitely caused them to stretch
Posted on 1/19/17 at 3:22 pm to SwampBandit
Thanks, I don't know what any of that is but I'll keep an eye out. I'm just using it for around town stuff and to hunt in. Maybe I'll get lucky
Posted on 1/19/17 at 3:28 pm to PT24-7
If you look under the truck by the passenger front door there is a huge filter that is your DPF filter, every now and then while driving you will notice your truck will go into regen mode which is when it is cleaning out the filter, also you have 3 sensors on top of it, i had one go out i think it was my EGT sensor and it left me stranded on side the road and i had to wait for the truck to completely cool off to hurry my arse to the nearest exit and gas station, luckily i had just stopped and bought the sensor before it happen and had to change it in the parking lot of an exxon lol
Posted on 1/19/17 at 4:00 pm to PT24-7
The 6.4 is worse than the 6.0
Posted on 1/19/17 at 4:17 pm to PT24-7
Delete egr and exhaust. Will need a tuner for truck to start after dpf delete. Get a tuner and put on lowest hp gaines possible. Watch for leaks under truck. Radiator sometimes leak and you will need to change.
This post was edited on 1/19/17 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 1/19/17 at 4:20 pm to PT24-7
Also your BIL gearhead friend probably never owned either a 6.0 or 6.4. So was bad to take his advice
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