I need answers and Ford won't give them to me. My engine suffered a catastrophic internal engine failure according to the dealership, who doesn't want to spend anymore time ripping it apart to figure out the problem.

This is a 5 yr old diesel engine with 76,xxx on it!!!

4 months out of warranty, Ford won't provide any assistance. I can't afford to pay for a new motor or even a remanned Jasper to put in it.

Can anyone help. I am the 2nd owner and I should never had this problem. It's my pavement princess, doesn't get beat on and tows a 28' gooseneck horse trailer 2 maybe 3 times a month.

It blew 4/9 when I was towing my horse trailer. It just shut off, luckily at a stop sign because another 30-40 feet and we'd of been in the middle of the intersection and would have been t boned from both directions. Me and my student could have potentially been injured or dead and if I had a horse in the trailer it would have been severely injured or dead too. Not to mention whomever hit us.

Friday the truck was repaired due to bad diesel. On the rail fuel pump went, and both upper/lower fuel filters. I drove it all evening Friday and she ran like brand new. The dealer hoped the engine going was related but they couldn't find evidence of it. They had hoped the high pressure pump disintegrated and threw metal into the engine but it was fine.

The injectors were done prior to me purchasing it last Jan. But theres no service records which means it was done privately. I hope they didn't throw bigger injectors in there without tuning it to them. FISHY if you ask me!

Story of the truck was that the guy who traded it owned a landscaping lot. He used it to plow his lot and only his lot. So unless he didn't know how to plow properly and beat on it. I just have no other answers.

It had 52,1xx on it when i bought it.

 

I have seen major engine failure in the 6.7's a number of times, over reving them does it mainly. If you are towing, and put it into tow/haul mode, it downshifts while you are coasting down grades, and revs to high. I have taken them apart to find a mangled piston sideways in the bore, and the rod smacking around destroying the block.
Not. Fun.

Very hard to say what happened to yours, bad luck for sure!

 

Your options are
(1) Try to have FORD fix the problem even if your truck is 4 month out of warranty

(2) Talk to your auto insurance & see if they will pay to have your truck replaced

(3) If 1 & 2 don't work out, buy an engine from a wreck superduty or a rebuilt.

 

1. I've tried.
2. I'm not sure I understand. I'm not sure if this is the same thing my insurance company explained to me.
3. I can't afford it, I really wish I could.

 

I hope your truck doesn't get stolen
Then your insurance company will have to pay you

 

My turbo blew out in AZ had it towed to the Ford Stealership, They said there was metal in the oil and would need a new engine...BS Had it towed back to Texas to my local dealership, they replaced the turbo and DPF (it was fulll of oil) and all sensors under warranty, So far about 100,000 miles later the motor still runs strong, uses no oil, other than dropping 2 injectors and a starter, So...be careful not all Ford dealerships are equal.