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Message: [QUOTE="rowekmr, post: 1538499, member: 10971"] First let me say I love Powerstrokes having owned a few 6.0l's and briefly a 6.4L. I drove that F450 single cab chassis stake bed that me and heavy diesel tech bought. When we got it the company mechanic said the engine was totaled puking coolant and oil mixing. We got it for cheap and he replaced the front engine cover and replaced the oil cooler and sold it. I did drive it for about 4 hours and it did drink gas (16 mpg empty IIRC) but I like the specs of the heavier duty brakes, tires, and rear end for hauling. The issues I recall for that engine are top end issues with rockers, cracked pistons, leaking radiators, emission issues from extended idling. I know the heavy diesel tech would replace the rockers on many he serviced. He would also use a different piston in them (IH?), the aftermarket has a brace and all medal radiator to address the leaking radiators I believe. I am looking to get either a F350 or F450 for part time hauling work and don't want new truck price so looking at 6.0l or 6.4l. The 6.0's are plentiful but many are showing their miles/age and I wonder how the oil temps would be on extended tows with 20k trailer athough my Ex 6.0l tuned and ******d felt just as strong as a new F250 6.7l I drove for a few months. I like the stock power of the 6.4l and even more the modded power and the upgrades to the interior creature comforts that come on the 08-10's cabin. Now they have been out a long time I was wondering if there were any other big issues or aftermarket solutions. I'm not dead set on getting it just seriously considering but wanted to hear from the experts here where I tend to get all my truck info. I see a good number of 6.4L's for sale over 150-175k with engine issues (at auction) is it poor maintenance, driver abuse, extended idling or just its design. I thought I heard that the 6.4L's used in MDT faired better without the Ford installed emissions but never saw hard proof of that. Bill at Powerstrokehelp on YouTube declared he won't work on them anymore so wondered how do they fare in the real world. He said that quality spare parts are harder to find even new ones from Ford. Any recommended shops that do quality affordable rebuilds. I would consider getting one with bad engine and putting in a fresh quality built rebuild if the numbers look right. Otherwise I would try to get something less than 125k and probably ******. Let me know what you guys think. [/QUOTE]