6.0 Longevity question.

06F350FX4 · Jan 12, 2015

Hello everyone. I was wondering what you guys have been seeing for longevity on these stock to lightly moded 6.0 as in rotating assembly and valve train to include lifters.

My truck has 220,000 and counting. I am the second owner and would like to put a few simple mods on it. But if I have to do a bottom end or valve train repair then I will wait.
Any thoughts or insight would be greatly appreciated thanks.

swinky · Jan 12, 2015

My truck was just taken down at 225k miles and it looked pretty good. The lifters looked "okay" but had wear for sure. I'm pretty sure it was neglected until I got it and I'm pretty hard on it. I think it would've made it to 300ish thousand miles. In a well maintained truck lifters seem to fail between 350-450k miles.

It's always a gamble though.

06F350FX4 · Jan 12, 2015

For got to list upgrades I'm interested in. Full intake to include inner cooler. A tuner, full exhaust 4in turbo back. Better radiator

powerstrokedkid87 · Jan 12, 2015

06F350FX4 said:
Hello everyone. I was wondering what you guys have been seeing for longevity on these stock to lightly moded 6.0 as in rotating assembly and valve train to include lifters.

My truck has 220,000 and counting. I am the second owner and would like to put a few simple mods on it. But if I have to do a bottom end or valve train repair then I will wait.
Any thoughts or insight would be greatly appreciated thanks.

if your going to do head studs on the truck, I would have the front set of lifters pulled out and checked if they look egg shapped or have extreme wear, I would consider putting a new set of lifters in. That will also give you a chance to check out the cam lobs and see if there is any marks or scores.

Also when the oil is changed it should be checked for any metal shavings.

Also may not be a bad idea to pull the LPOP cover off and see if there is any wear in the pump gears.

As far as what to do if you opt to do studs: I would consider new push rods, atleast changing the front set of lifters on both sides (since the motor doesn't have to be removed to do that) Also possibly a regulated fuel return, ontop of the other basic parts, studs gaskets, stc fitting, egr delete, oil cooler ect.

06F350FX4 · Jan 12, 2015

Thanks swinky

06F350FX4 · Jan 12, 2015

Yes I was going to do some of the bulletproofing like head studs , oil cooler , fuel loop/ head return. Eye delete , blue spring already done. I'm the second owner of this truck. The oil stays clean for awhile

powerstrokedkid87 · Jan 12, 2015

06F350FX4 said:
Yes I was going to do some of the bulletproofing like head studs , oil cooler , fuel loop/ head return. Eye delete , blue spring already done. I'm the second owner of this truck. The oil stays clean for awhile

did we talk on the phone the other day?

06F350FX4 · Jan 12, 2015

Not sure. Who are you and what did we talk about?

06F350FX4 · Jan 12, 2015

Ooo sorry on my phone missed your name. Yes we chatted on phone.

powerstrokedkid87 · Jan 12, 2015

06F350FX4 said:
Not sure. Who are you and what did we talk about?

06F350FX4 said:
Ooo sorry on my phone missed your name. Yes we chatted on phone.

ahh ok, thought the information sounds familiar.

Glad you made it over on this forum, lots of great people and great information here.

06F350FX4 · Jan 12, 2015

Great to hear Mark.
If it was a 7.3 , isx, c7 or 15, dt466 or 540 , or any gas engine i would know way more about it. But this is my first 6.0 so going absorb as much info as I can.

06F350FX4 · Jan 12, 2015

Great to hear Mark.
If this was a 444 , 466 , 540 , isx , c7 or 15 i would know way more about it or any gas engine. But this is my 6.0 so going to absorb all that I can.

powerstrokedkid87 · Jan 12, 2015

06F350FX4 said:
Great to hear Mark.
If this was a 444 , 466 , 540 , isx , c7 or 15 i would know way more about it or any gas engine. But this is my 6.0 so going to absorb all that I can.

this is certainly the best place to learn. Some of the best powerstroke guys in the industry on this forum.