Beachbumcook
Kansas Chapter member
With 215,000 miles on my 2003, 6.0L Excursion, I had to spend some money on replacing the following:
1) New turbo
2) New driver's side turbo inlet pipe.
3) Install exhaust manifold gaskets and new bolts
My turbo stuck in the open position, which resulted in poor performance and horrible low end power. As well, the mechanic's computer showed that I had low pressure and I had some "codes" that had been generated.
The turbo inlet pipe and exhaust manifold gaskets were leaking and made for a smelly cab when stopped at a light.
All was fixed by my local Ford dealer and trusted diesel tech in 1-1/2 days.
The next week, my truck would not start at 12:30am after arriving back into the Kansas City airport... had it jump started... and all was well. Went to dealer and had batteries tested due to being only 4 years old.... and what did they find out... that I had 2 bad batteries (at least 1 bad cell in each of the 2 batteries). No warning... nothing... just would not start after sitting at airport for 2 days!!!
Now... all is well... I have power, no exhaust smell in the cab and it starts without fail!!!
BTW, my last Blackstone oil analysis report showed that my motor is operating 100% perfect and has always been... so I am feeling really good about it with 215,000 miles on the odometer.
1) New turbo
2) New driver's side turbo inlet pipe.
3) Install exhaust manifold gaskets and new bolts
My turbo stuck in the open position, which resulted in poor performance and horrible low end power. As well, the mechanic's computer showed that I had low pressure and I had some "codes" that had been generated.
The turbo inlet pipe and exhaust manifold gaskets were leaking and made for a smelly cab when stopped at a light.
All was fixed by my local Ford dealer and trusted diesel tech in 1-1/2 days.
The next week, my truck would not start at 12:30am after arriving back into the Kansas City airport... had it jump started... and all was well. Went to dealer and had batteries tested due to being only 4 years old.... and what did they find out... that I had 2 bad batteries (at least 1 bad cell in each of the 2 batteries). No warning... nothing... just would not start after sitting at airport for 2 days!!!
Now... all is well... I have power, no exhaust smell in the cab and it starts without fail!!!
BTW, my last Blackstone oil analysis report showed that my motor is operating 100% perfect and has always been... so I am feeling really good about it with 215,000 miles on the odometer.