Now at 342,000 miles and chugging right along!!Had to replace all 8 injectors at 335,000, but I will never give this truck up... the rest of her still runs as designed... same transmission all these miles!!She is a beast!!!
Now at 342,000 Miles...2003 Excursion 6.0L now at 342,000 miles.Had to replace all 8 injectors around 335,000 miles. Oh well, the rest of the truck still runs just like new.
Been a real long time since I posted, but was bored today and here is an update.My 2003 Excursion now has 299,300 miles and runs just great.Had to put into a new radiator and fan clutch last month, but oh well.Will have update and pics when I hit 300,000 miles!!!
As of November 15, 2014 I know have 267,000 miles on my 6.0L Excursion.Have done a few maintenance items... but basically the motor is stock except for new injectors, a turbo and new FICM a while back.Uses no oil and I still run Rotella-Syn 5W-40 and change it every 5,000 miles.
The answer is this...
Racor is the OEM manufacture of the 6.0L oil and fuel filters and housings. They own and control the patent for the housings and the filters!! As it relates to OEM spec'd filters, you need to use Racor, Motorcraft or one of the few companies that buy the Racor filter...
This is a great topic and Ford has a lot of people confused.Many of us with 4X4's have always used used Mercon in our transfer cases (as per our manuals... as mine does).What is funny, is that Ford put out a bulletin that Mercon V replaces Mercon (when they discontinued Mercon)... so even my...
Smell in can was due to cracked turbo inlet pipe (flex joint) and to a lesser degree the leaking exhaust manifold gaskets. The factory does not use gaskets.... so they leak over time.... the fix is to use gaskets.
make sure you have an OEM oil filter cap and an OEM oil filter. Will-fit caps and filters will allow the drain valve to remain open and the oil that is to stay in the oil filter housing drains out... so your motor is starved for oil until the oil filter housing fills back up.
take truck to dealer the night prior... so dealership mechanic can hook up the computer to the truck and check it all out with a cold motor. This is vital when looking for starting issues, injector issues and the like.
Yes, I know what I am talkig about... I replaced all 8 injectors when I...
With 215,000 miles on my 2003, 6.0L Excursion, I had to spend some money on replacing the following:
1) New turbo
2) New driver's side turbo inlet pipe.
3) Install exhaust manifold gaskets and new bolts
My turbo stuck in the open position, which resulted in poor performance and...
The Excursion has a front sway bar already. The Hellwig is just a larger diameter one.... but I am not going to spend the money for it.... I will just stay with stock.
There is no rear one... so that is what makes me wonder if I need or want one... and it just bolts on?