Guys I'm new to the nation and want you alls advice. After months of puking fluid and dealing with an oil leak ive started tearing down the 6.0 to sort all its issues out.
Last march, when I bought the truck, it had 143k miles on it and seemed to run well. I admit I didnt know much about them at the time other than the 6.0s were known for blowing head gaskets. Now, a year later, I feel like I know enough to start making this truck reliable.
I've been pulling the engine down in my spare time and so far have everything off except the passenger head. I plan to pull the driver motor mount and remove it this week. I have a pretty reputable machine shop in chattanooga tn that I plan to use for whatever work is required for them before reuse. I'm not o-ringing or fireringing anything. I don't feel lile I need that. All I run is 5" straight pipe exhaust on stock injectors with a sct tuner. I'm not looking for a million horse power just reliability and a little more pep than stock. I will eventually lift it either 4 or 6 inches depending on what is required to run 37" tires. I think they look nice and I don't hot rod my stuff so hopefully it won't destroy my transmission.
After weeks of research and reading trials I have ordered fel pro permatorque gaskets instead of factory oem. Some folks will disagree but I want to give them a shot on my dollar. Of course Ill also be ordering arp sruds and my injectors are being sent off for rebuild. Other than all this I want to know what else to do. The screen under my oil cooler is disintegrated so I need to know how to flush and test the hpop. My truck already had an egr delete done at purchase. I think ive for a decent torque wrench. The exhaust isn't on yet I just have it ordered. Please post your ideas below. I appreciate all your time.
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Last march, when I bought the truck, it had 143k miles on it and seemed to run well. I admit I didnt know much about them at the time other than the 6.0s were known for blowing head gaskets. Now, a year later, I feel like I know enough to start making this truck reliable.
I've been pulling the engine down in my spare time and so far have everything off except the passenger head. I plan to pull the driver motor mount and remove it this week. I have a pretty reputable machine shop in chattanooga tn that I plan to use for whatever work is required for them before reuse. I'm not o-ringing or fireringing anything. I don't feel lile I need that. All I run is 5" straight pipe exhaust on stock injectors with a sct tuner. I'm not looking for a million horse power just reliability and a little more pep than stock. I will eventually lift it either 4 or 6 inches depending on what is required to run 37" tires. I think they look nice and I don't hot rod my stuff so hopefully it won't destroy my transmission.
After weeks of research and reading trials I have ordered fel pro permatorque gaskets instead of factory oem. Some folks will disagree but I want to give them a shot on my dollar. Of course Ill also be ordering arp sruds and my injectors are being sent off for rebuild. Other than all this I want to know what else to do. The screen under my oil cooler is disintegrated so I need to know how to flush and test the hpop. My truck already had an egr delete done at purchase. I think ive for a decent torque wrench. The exhaust isn't on yet I just have it ordered. Please post your ideas below. I appreciate all your time.















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