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Do your research Matt. Yes, they are more reliable than the 6.0, but when they break, and they do break, it will sting.
The local diesel shop ALWAYS, has at least one or two sitting in their shop with the freakin' cab off.
I wrench for a living, and I was still scared of the thing. The DPF clogs up , then takes out the Turbos. I have seen many trucks under 100k with the turbos out. Fuel dilution is a problem because of the regen process, and the diluted fuel causes excess cam , and lifter wear.
I bought my truck with issues and screwed it back together myself for a winter project.
This was a well cared for truck with 112,000 miles, no tuner, always serviced at ford. It was a company truck , They had 13 of them, and 6 had eaten motors in the last few years. The guy was getting rid of all his Fords . It needed both heads, ( cracked, ) the entire valve train, ( rockers, bridges , and pushrods) both turbos, the timing cover was eaten away , the dpf, and the cat were toast, etc.. The list goes on.
I had well over 7 k in parts in this thing, it was the biggest piece of **** I have ever unscrewed in my life . When they do have injector problems, there is no warning, and they take out the motor. They just dump fuel, and melt pistons. The regen process, dumps extra fuel into cylinders 7 and 8, and you always see them with cracked/melted pistons in those two cylinders .
These things just are not built well, and there is no way in hell I will ever own another one.
It was marginally faster than my duramax, but not by much. This would be my very last choice. I would buy a 6.0 ford, and stud it and delete it before I would own another 6.4. Even with the cab off, they are super hard to work on .
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