Alright alright so I finally picked up a 6.0.. It is my first diesel I was stuck between a 6.0 and 7.3. I just happened to be at my buddy's dads shop and he had a truck roll in for a oil change, and noticed white smoke rolling out of the exhaust. He called the guy on the phone let him know the problem, and told the guy it was either head gasket or EGR/oil cooler issue. The guy basically said that he would rather sell the truck than deal with the problem. It is a 1 owner 2004 F-350 CCLB Lariat 4x4 (rust free :redspotdance: ) with 200K miles 100K on new long block with receipts. So I jumped on it and bought the truck for 2,000. Knowing either I was in for a head gasket replacement or egr/oil cooler job I rolled the dice. Having the truck trailered back to my garage this week. I ordered one of those bubble testers from bulletproof diesel. Hopefully that can tell me a little more about what I am dealing with. So far from looking at the truck there was no coolant in the oil, and going to pull the egr tomorrow to see how it looks inside. Doesn't look like the degas has been puking coolant either so hoping I get lucky and its just egr/oil cooler replacement. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated also looking for a vendor with good prices to order either the bullet proof kit if its a head gasket replacement!
EDIT: also planning on doing the banjo bolts, blue spring kit, and coolant filter kit while I have it apart.
EDIT: also planning on doing the banjo bolts, blue spring kit, and coolant filter kit while I have it apart.
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