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My 05 turbo diesel.......HOLY CRAP!
#639960 October 25th 2013 9:51 pm
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Got my van back from the diesel repair shop today, it went in at the end of June. Had the 6.0 gone over, complete engine bullet proofed, all of the known problems taken care of, bolts replaced with head studs, egr gone, cat gone, all harnesses and about 200 parts replaced and the addition of a custom programed Livewire tuner with 3 custom programs, tow, street and performance. $14000.00 worth of work. Good Sam (my extended warranty folks) paid $2400.00 of the work, the rest was all my doing. Well, picked it up and when I left on the frontage road I pushed the pedal down......OMG! The van took off like a flippin rocket, ten mph to 70 in about four seconds and tires yelling at every gear change.....and that was on the STREET tune! Well, I guess it will tow my trailer better even though it was pretty good before and I can only hope it will make it through a number of years with the 6.0 problems not resurfacing. As far as it getting better fuel economy....probably not, at least not until the smile starts to relax on my face when I'm tooling around town......


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Re: My 05 turbo diesel.......HOLY CRAP!
Starlord #640025 October 26th 2013 3:17 pm
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Yep, that ear-to-ear smile can really get into mischief can't it?

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Re: My 05 turbo diesel.......HOLY CRAP!
Starlord #640319 October 29th 2013 12:44 pm
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That's awesome. Well, all cept the price, but as long as you are happy. it's well worth it.


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Re: My 05 turbo diesel.......HOLY CRAP!
Starlord #640477 October 30th 2013 4:54 pm
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Giddy up go is EXPENSIVE STUFF ! Glad you are happy .


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Re: My 05 turbo diesel.......HOLY CRAP!
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Well.....crap crap crap......yesterday coming home from work something went BANG and all umph went in the dumper. Still drivable, no smoke, just no boost at all. Diesel shop needs to look at it, dropped it off yesterday afternoon, could be the turbo, they seem to think it may be the intercooler boots. Guess we'll see. OK van gods, I need to start getting some breaks here.


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Starlord #644783 December 09th 2013 1:52 pm
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That sucks!


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Re: My 05 turbo diesel.......HOLY CRAP!
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Sounds like you had fun while it lasted.Hope it all works out for you.


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Re: My 05 turbo diesel.......HOLY CRAP!
Starlord #644828 December 09th 2013 11:09 pm
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Good news is it was something simple, $50. part, don't know how much the labor is yet. Should have it back tomorrow. Oh, by the way, turbo boot is what went bye bye.


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Re: My 05 turbo diesel.......HOLY CRAP!
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yaygreat news


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Re: My 05 turbo diesel.......HOLY CRAP!
lukester #644889 December 10th 2013 1:19 pm
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yaygreat news


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Re: My 05 turbo diesel.......HOLY CRAP!
Starlord #644940 December 10th 2013 10:56 pm
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Glad to hear it was a easy fix


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Re: My 05 turbo diesel.......HOLY CRAP!
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They don't call it the six point uh oh for nothin, sorry, I know a diesel engine tech that graduated at a school that required students to practically design an engine, American diesels seem to be lacking.
Watch those tunes, they push the engine beyond it's design, and eventually an early death, I know they feel awesome on the street, but I've not seen one of my diesel guys keep those things out of the shop, it seems like it's always something. If you treat it right, it'll last, but kick it around and it'll make you sorry, they're like a mistress, one of the gold diggin type.

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I only paid $1500 Canadian for my 2005 E350 clubwagon with 100,000 miles on it. If I can not get it running this summer I will yank it out and do a reliable powerstroke swap from my 2003.

actually if I get it running , I will probably yank it and put it in my 93 2wd bronco shift
the 6.0 makes some scary power when set up right drool

intercooler plumbing should have been upgraded already for 14,000!!!!! should be a warranty repair in my books.


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