Buying a 2004 f-350 6.0 Good Idea or Bad Idea
#1
Buying a 2004 f-350 6.0 Good Idea or Bad Idea
I have found a 2004 f-350 with only 103750 miles on it. Truck is completly stock.
Used for pulling a camper in the summer time once and awhile.
So I currently have a 98 gmc 6.5 that has given me problems after problems and im sick and tired of it.
So I was wanting to go 7.3 Power Stroke or cummins 5.9
But this truck has come up and I am really interested in it.
6.0 liters reliable lots of problems?
I would be useing the truck for work pulling 12000 pound trailer every day
Used for pulling a camper in the summer time once and awhile.
So I currently have a 98 gmc 6.5 that has given me problems after problems and im sick and tired of it.
So I was wanting to go 7.3 Power Stroke or cummins 5.9
But this truck has come up and I am really interested in it.
6.0 liters reliable lots of problems?
I would be useing the truck for work pulling 12000 pound trailer every day
#2
Since you're going to be pulling 12k pounds EVERY day, just wait and get either a 7.3 or 5.9. Don't even bother with this truck.
The 03-04s were the worst of the 6.0s with FICM, turbo, injector, EGR cooler, head bolt/gasket problems.
Unless you want to spend some big money up front, before putting the truck to work, to address these issues, I'd pass in a heartbeat. Don't get me wrong, unlike most people, I think the 6.0L is a great engine. But it needs upgraded before anything can be done to it performance wise and before it can be worked hard.
Just keep shopping around and good luck in your hunt!
The 03-04s were the worst of the 6.0s with FICM, turbo, injector, EGR cooler, head bolt/gasket problems.
Unless you want to spend some big money up front, before putting the truck to work, to address these issues, I'd pass in a heartbeat. Don't get me wrong, unlike most people, I think the 6.0L is a great engine. But it needs upgraded before anything can be done to it performance wise and before it can be worked hard.
Just keep shopping around and good luck in your hunt!
#3
Since you're going to be pulling 12k pounds EVERY day, just wait and get either a 7.3 or 5.9. Don't even bother with this truck.
The 03-04s were the worst of the 6.0s with FICM, turbo, injector, EGR cooler, head bolt/gasket problems.
Unless you want to spend some big money up front, before putting the truck to work, to address these issues, I'd pass in a heartbeat. Don't get me wrong, unlike most people, I think the 6.0L is a great engine. But it needs upgraded before anything can be done to it performance wise and before it can be worked hard.
Just keep shopping around and good luck in your hunt!
The 03-04s were the worst of the 6.0s with FICM, turbo, injector, EGR cooler, head bolt/gasket problems.
Unless you want to spend some big money up front, before putting the truck to work, to address these issues, I'd pass in a heartbeat. Don't get me wrong, unlike most people, I think the 6.0L is a great engine. But it needs upgraded before anything can be done to it performance wise and before it can be worked hard.
Just keep shopping around and good luck in your hunt!
#5
It all comes down to how reliable of a truck do you want. If you buy it for 11K, do you have the 4K+ to spend on top of that to make it reliable. If I had 15K for a new truck, I'd watch for a good condition 7.3 Super Duty or get a Cummins. Around here, 15K could get me a decent 03-04 CR Cummins and a nice 2nd gen.
#6
It all comes down to how reliable of a truck do you want. If you buy it for 11K, do you have the 4K+ to spend on top of that to make it reliable. If I had 15K for a new truck, I'd watch for a good condition 7.3 Super Duty or get a Cummins. Around here, 15K could get me a decent 03-04 CR Cummins and a nice 2nd gen.
Point taken
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Im almost thinking about when my 6.5 takes a crap just put a new motor in it.
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