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Originally Posted by jorian
A friend has a F350 Powerstroke. He needed a new head gasket. $7800. Required removing the body from the frame. 30 hours of labour. I thought only Audi designed this way.
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I just bought one of these cheap that was smoking BADLY . 2008, 6.4. It ended up being a bad turbo, but I decided that while I was in there, I would lift the heads, stud it, and bullet proof it. I wish I would have left it alone
112,000 miles and this motor was toast. I ended up buying two new heads, complete valve train, two turbos, and a timing cover.
I had 6.5 k in parts and if I had to charge for labor , it would have been around 4k.
Crying shame, that a 45 thousand dollar diesel truck that has been maintained, and not abused, is this far gone at such a low mileage. This truck was owned by an older guy, no tuner, and not abused.
While I love the way this truck runs now, I am scared to own it long term. Nearly every repair is cab off, and parts prices make Porsche ownership look cheap .
The diesel shop quoted him 18k to repair it. ( they wanted to replace the motor ) . Built Ford tough ( tough to work on )
In fords defense it is Navisatar/international who builds the diesel motors of this era.