2004 F250 Head Gaskets blown!

[bushpilot]

Ya but there has to be a shop in my area to put the computer back to stock that isnt a ford dealer...

well since you dont know & cant tell us what you have installed
we cant necessarily help you...

as others have said...banks has never made a downloader for the 6.0,
its a "flip chip"....remove the banks crap & you SHOULD be back to stock...
but again its hard for ANYONE here to know w/out photos or more info
on what makes you think you have a programmer or flip chip to begin w/.

stickers in a glove box could have been obtained from anywhere.

ive yet to see you mention anything of externally visable engine mods,
even a selector switch.

your crappy fuel mpg COULD be an indication but it could also be
an indication of other issues just as easily.

 

[04superduty]

well since you dont know & cant tell us what you have installed
we cant necessarily help you...

as others have said...banks has never made a downloader for the 6.0,
its a "flip chip"....remove the banks crap & you SHOULD be back to stock...
but again its hard for ANYONE here to know w/out photos or more info
on what makes you think you have a programmer or flip chip to begin w/.

stickers in a glove box could have been obtained from anywhere.

ive yet to see you mention anything of externally visable engine mods,
even a selector switch.

your crappy fuel mpg COULD be an indication but it could also be
an indication of other issues just as easily.

The banks stickers i think are from an intake, b/c there is warning sticker under the hood about a banks intake system on the truck. but my other diesel buddys have said the truck is defiantly faster than stock. So it probably has a programmer that you plug in like a diablo sport and take out...

 

[bushpilot]

youre guessing ! and we dont know what your other buddies are comparing
it to either...the 6.0L is a faster truck (over the stock 7.3l) from the factory.

good luck figuring it out.

 

[04superduty]

So I took the truck into ford and got everything worked out...


They had to replace both head gaskets, cracked head, and piston and rod.


But its runs strong again!!

Thanks for your guys help. Maybe ill post picks later....

 

[bushpilot]

so did you find a dealer to cover all this under warranty ???
did they find out if it had a tuner on it or not ?

wondering if that thing was abused before you bought it...or
was this caused by the busted radiator & over heating ?

 

[04superduty]

so did you find a dealer to cover all this under warranty ???
did they find out if it had a tuner on it or not ?

wondering if that thing was abused before you bought it...or
was this caused by the busted radiator & over heating ?

No it was abused, it only has 20,000 miles on it, and its already had the head gaskets replaced once, so this is the second time. They did do it under warranty but said its the last time. I just told them to make sure everything is stock. This truck is BALLS ASS SLOW. This is my first diesel, before i had an srt8 jeep. So the truck wasnt that much slower, but now this thing is DEAD crawling, no wonder my gas mileage was so bad, now its nice and normal...

 

[bushpilot]

bummer that some one did this....'specially considering that it would NORMALLY have had a 100k warranty on it !

 

[04superduty]

bummer that some one did this....'specially considering that it would NORMALLY have had a 100k warranty on it !

Ya i know it sucks !!! i might end up selling it, but idk yet, i love driving it!!

 

[Kleetus]

I'd probably go back after the person you bought it from for fraud...

 

[04superduty]

I'd probably go back after the person you bought it from for fraud...

It was from a dealer... Once you drive off the lot, they dont give 2 ****s. Dealers now a days RARELY even test drive a car they are taking in on trade. The truck runs great now, if i think its going to break again, im just gonna go trade it in for a new range rover....