Oil in the coolant of a 2004 6.0l Ford diesel

[Pistonbroke]

I don't know chit about 6.0 fords but do read the diesel mags. EGR cooler seems to be a weak spot. Several companies selll kits such as this one as an upgrade:

Ford Power Stroke 6.0L Parts Upgrades from BulletProofDiesel.com

good luck...

 

[CapeHornHimark]

Living here in Idaho, I bought a new F250-6.0L Diesel back in 04 and had no warranty issues until I got within 60 days of my 3yr. warranty expiration date. After filling up with fuel at a truck stop on the interstate, I was approx.40 miles down the freeway doing about 80 mph when the truck all of a sudden started to jerk and buck and lose power and slow down to 50mph and then I would pump the gas pedal like hell and then it would clear up for a few miles and then start doing it again so being out in the middle of nowhere at night I just kept going through this routine for another 100 miles or so until I finally mad it home...I might add that it was also blowing one hell of a smoke screen out the back where I couldn't see any headlights behind me...I called the truck stop and told them I thought they sold me diesel with water in it and told them what the truck was doing...They told me that they sell a very large of diesel (truckers) and have had no other complaints in that time period...The next day I dumped a gallon of diesel anti-gel conditioner in the tank and drained the water seporater under the frame rail and that didn't make much difference after a couple more days past. Finally it just up and quit and when it would start you had to floor it in park and it would just blow heavy smoke... I had it towed to the Ford dealer and told them everything and after leaving it with them for a half a day, they called me and told me it was sensor in the emissions system that was stuck closed, they fixed it and even paid the towing... I drove it for another 30 days or so and it started doing it again but only once in a while and then it would clear up... After about another week I decided to pop open the hood and see what was going on myself and noticed the antifreeze level was low so I added a gallon and a half and then checked it 2 days later and it was low again...I knew at that time this was trouble so I called the Ford again and they told me to bring it back in... When I got there I told them now it is using antifreeze and I want them to do a pressure test on the cooling system... They at first wanted to get out of doing this until I told them where I personally think this is leading to....Just what I thought...Blown head gasket and only 2-3 weeks left on warranty...They called Michigan and Michigan said they would pay the bill. I saw the invoice when I picked up the truck 2 weeks later...$5850 yiks!!! Plus the dealer put me in a new F350 to drive as a loaner for the 2 weeks my rig was down...They really took care of me and I just barely dodged the bullet on the warranty by a couple of weeks... Of course they do want me to buy a new F250 next time I'm around....

 

[MrMorgan]

final diagnosis was the oil cooler. I had the egr cooler delete done at the same time so after the good-guy discount, the bill was $3400 bucks. Now I'm just praying that the head gasket doesn't go. Oh well. If it has breasts or wheels, it will cost you.

 

[swabby]

just had this problem a week ago 140k. on an 06 f350 amarillo it was the egr(oil cooler in engine) cooler still under warrenty but would have been 2k if i was buyin.oil and green pudding comin out of expansion tank didnt look good:d

 

[Syndicate Speed Shop]

Goin through the same damn thing, pretty bad when the state of Texas filed a lemon law against Ford and ending up winning. 6.0L what a joke!!

Just wish I would have done the oil cooler when I did the EGR delete...