GotRox
SDD Junior Member
Up until a week ago, my 2006 F350 had been a totally reliable vehcile. I work from home, so even though the pickup is my 'daily driver' it only has 57,700 miles on it. The pickup is paid for.
Typical use is short trips to the shop (30 miles) or store locally with many 600+ mile road trips towing my Jeep wrangler on a trailer. Given the type of use, I change my oil every 3,000 miles. Fuel filters at 15k intervals, Diff fluid, tranny, and t-case all at heavy use intervals. I have no mechanical modifications to the motor (I was thinking I was protecting reliability).
My pickup does have a few mods that should not impact the motor:
Mag Hytec diff covers and tranny pan, Aero turbin muffler, 1"leveling kit and 35" tires.
Last week, my wife drove the pickup to work while her new car was being treated with some hyper expensive carpet and paint protectant... My wife complained that after 20 minutes, the heater still was not functioning. When she drove home and put it in the garage, I could hear the water boiling in the cooling system. All Guages read fine, no oil in coolant (but coolant was VERY low). I'd changed the oil no less than a week ago (less than 200 miles) and there was no coolant in the oil.
Given that it is year end at the office, I have no time to look at it and sent it off to the stealership. First call - Dealer says EGR cooler is probably leaking and that the powertrain warranty has about 6 months left so work will be covered by warranty. Second call - Dealer says EGR Cooler is NOT leaking and they have to test more... I am thinking head gasket, but I have not yet heard back.
Frankly, I'd buy a new one if I had not just dropped a small fortune on a new Lexus LS460 for my wife last saturday and (more important for me) if the new model F350 had the same little glove box by the driver's right knee that I could keep a pound of Double Bubble in...I know, weird one, but I like it what can I say?
For me, the pickup has been utilitarian so I could spend my time and money working on my true passion - the Jeep. At this point, I am wondering if anyone here with more knowlede and experience will chime in with ideas about what is really going on with my diesel, what else I should look out for, etc. I am a bit disturbed that I have less than 60k on the clock and this type of crap is happening...
Typical use is short trips to the shop (30 miles) or store locally with many 600+ mile road trips towing my Jeep wrangler on a trailer. Given the type of use, I change my oil every 3,000 miles. Fuel filters at 15k intervals, Diff fluid, tranny, and t-case all at heavy use intervals. I have no mechanical modifications to the motor (I was thinking I was protecting reliability).
My pickup does have a few mods that should not impact the motor:
Mag Hytec diff covers and tranny pan, Aero turbin muffler, 1"leveling kit and 35" tires.
Last week, my wife drove the pickup to work while her new car was being treated with some hyper expensive carpet and paint protectant... My wife complained that after 20 minutes, the heater still was not functioning. When she drove home and put it in the garage, I could hear the water boiling in the cooling system. All Guages read fine, no oil in coolant (but coolant was VERY low). I'd changed the oil no less than a week ago (less than 200 miles) and there was no coolant in the oil.
Given that it is year end at the office, I have no time to look at it and sent it off to the stealership. First call - Dealer says EGR cooler is probably leaking and that the powertrain warranty has about 6 months left so work will be covered by warranty. Second call - Dealer says EGR Cooler is NOT leaking and they have to test more... I am thinking head gasket, but I have not yet heard back.
Frankly, I'd buy a new one if I had not just dropped a small fortune on a new Lexus LS460 for my wife last saturday and (more important for me) if the new model F350 had the same little glove box by the driver's right knee that I could keep a pound of Double Bubble in...I know, weird one, but I like it what can I say?
For me, the pickup has been utilitarian so I could spend my time and money working on my true passion - the Jeep. At this point, I am wondering if anyone here with more knowlede and experience will chime in with ideas about what is really going on with my diesel, what else I should look out for, etc. I am a bit disturbed that I have less than 60k on the clock and this type of crap is happening...
