Subject	The 6.0's are reliable after you sink $4k into them lol
Posted by	bartz32tt on October 16, 2013 at 6:38 PM
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In Reply To	old faithfull had it since it was new 130k on it now posted by black&yellowttz on October 16, 2013 at 06:21 PM
Message	EGR, EGR cooler, and DPF deletes and ARP head studs and they're actually about as reliable as the 7.3's but gobs more power with the VG turbo. Yours still has a ton of life left. Mines got 260k miles (and counting). ________________Sig Separator________________________ Parting out my entire 1990 twin turbo! Please email me for needed parts! See profile for my WTB/WTT list as well.
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(n/m) - njz 18:08:09 10/16/13 Yes, they do salt, but not to the same extent as I have seen - MixManMash 20:48:04 10/16/13 Re: Most of the year, since we have long winters (6-8 months) - spicyZ 08:42:21 10/17/13 I'm leaning towards the Odyssey, but going to check out all - MixManMash 09:08:56 10/17/13 I'm still waiting for a drivers minivan - BigTDogg (MA) 09:20:43 10/17/13 I hear you on that. But I think that will be a long wait - MixManMash 09:38:56 10/17/13 Good luck with that one TMoney! - spicyZ 10:02:52 10/17/13 I went through them all... - spicyZ 10:04:52 10/17/13 Pass on the Quest, it's a rebadged and rengined Renault (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 13:06:44 10/17/13 My wife had a 2004 Mazda 6 that was rusting on the rear - Haasz32 11:44:30 10/17/13 Before I painted the wheels gun metal: - RAGTPZ 15:58:19 10/16/13 '96 B-Line - fuzzymonkey 15:59:39 10/16/13 Sweet. Done any mods? ;) - MixManMash 16:12:31 10/16/13 Can't wait until he makes that thing HellaFlush! (n/m) - -Grimm- 16:40:55 10/16/13 '97 civic DX coupe w/ 231k+ - black300zx 16:13:06 10/16/13 With the oil consumption you mention, I would try and change - MixManMash 16:16:24 10/16/13 Hmmm - I'll give that a shot in a couple weeks when I do a - black300zx 16:29:29 10/16/13 Agreed. I've changed the timing belt on my Protege twice. - MixManMash 16:33:35 10/16/13 Not the manual steering in my first post:) no PS pump to - black300zx 16:46:01 10/16/13 Ah yes, and not to mention that you can't do the other trick - MixManMash 16:58:18 10/16/13 Try Restore oil additive - -Grimm- 16:42:04 10/16/13 I would try the PCV valve first since it's like a quart ever - MixManMash 16:58:59 10/16/13 2nd the Restore after the PCV - BigTDogg (MA) 09:22:11 10/17/13 Re: Daily Drivers.....post the pics! - BlitZ91TT 16:18:38 10/16/13 '05 Frontier KC 4.0L 4X4 - vorpalZ 16:45:56 10/16/13 What's the story with the last picture? 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