Bill, I drove a 2011 F-250 with the 6.7L Powerstroke for hotshot delivery in the oilfield. I got the truck with 190,000 miles and got out of it with over 400,000 miles. The owner I drove for had one consistent issue with every truck he bought with the 6.7. Radiator for engine cooling system. Once the truck reached 100,000 miles they started leaking. Engines never overheated because we were diligent in taking care of our trucks. It was how we earned our living. That and EGT sensors. If one went bad, it shut the truck down. The first time it happened, I was coming down I-55 about 50 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi and I got the message "Stop safely now". I IMMEDIATELY starting pulling over and the engine stalled before I could come to a stop. Most of the miles we drove were highway miles and we didn't overload the trucks. 1,500lb in the bed and maybe 5,000lb with a trailer (gross weight). I really liked the truck overall but I wish FMC would iron out these few issues.
Yeah, that's a pain. Your not seeing head gasket symptoms, yet coolant is going away..... You guys are great... America needs more real mechanics like you guys & DIESEL TECH RON (R.I.P) ... Helping America rolling over there odometers.
Ford needs to SERIOUSLY consider installing a BATPHONE in your office for a direct line to Ford engineers. If I was the Chairman of the Board, I would IMMEDIATELY put you on the payroll as a technical consultant. Why Ford does not listen to you is insanity. Again, thank you for you posting these issues so the rest of us powerstroke owners can keep the radar up on.
MJ MOHN they won't listen to bill because he won't make them money. Ford want you to buy a whole new 2018 truck not keep your old one going. Planned obsolescence my man
If Ford keeps doing that, the result will be people buying diesel trucks from someone else. Many years ago, many people stopped buying Ford cars because the Pinto and Escort weren't as good as the competition.
@@skylinefever they pretty much are. Look at how many Ram Cummins are on the road now. And most the ones I know personally are ex ford owners. Ford just has so many creature comforts they know some people will sacrifice performance for. And I agree he would be a good one to have on call for Fords problem solving team lol But he would help make them last to long. As hes said before, for profit reasons international build the motors with little flaws to make people have to trade or fix things sooner since diesels used to last long enough to be passed down from generation to generation and now one man cant even keep a truck long enough to pay it off with out it having issues. No matter what the brand is.
Bill has addressed this before ford don't make money from trucks that last for ever they want to sell you a new one or fix your broken one engineered to fail 10% after warranty
Yeah. You ever notice that each of the three brands know how to leave customers with a missing piece of the puzzle? Ford builds a sweet and tight nice truck body and chassis. Strong running gear for work and tow. But they had all this Navistar bs. I guess the new 6.7 is nice but scarily expensive and complex. - Chevy, decent performance out of the Duramax but inferior cab and chassis, right behind ford on crash rating, and the Allison automatic is good. - dodge: garbage truck and garbage quality control. Poor crash rating. Luxury options but it all falls apart so your better off getting budget level truck. Rusts over night. Odd quality control on outside sourced axles and transmission. The fiat/Chrysler brand trans are just super garbage. But the Cummins engine....sweet! So I guess buyers of ram Cummins trucks decide they can repair and modify the shortcoming themselves to get that Cummins motor. Wiring, dash, rust poor quality control ...is easier to deal with than an expensive complex Diesel engine. And hope you don’t get in a side impact front end collision. And I hear the ram dealers suck and ram leaves you high and dry with warranty. But man...the Cummins goes...gets good mpg, lasts, and is cheap to modify. I think the brands know they can leave some shortcomings to cost us money. You know they ford has more money than fiat/ram. Ford can afford a Cummins for their trucks. Heck. Just copy the Cummins. A Perkins is similar! - I bet ford does watch the channels like this one to gauge public perception.
I have seen this same issue and it was a nightmare to diagnose the first time.. Thank you for putting this video up to confirm what we are all seeing with these early 6.7 out in the independent repair shops. My concern now is what long term damage has that burning of the coolant done to the turbos and DPF systems - time will tell if we see failures downstream due to these cracked heads.
!!There are thousands of shops in America that repair Ford diesel motors. Yet Bill has become a household name to diesel truck owners all around. Thank you Bill for picking up the camera and sharing your knowledge. You dont settle for remove and replace type of repairs. You have built a great reputation for your business. There is alot of R&D that goes into your business model. You are a great marketer. Your staff seems excellent. Ignore the negative people. You don't make money punching some simple sense into people.
I love this channel.. I have learned so much from you Bill.. thanks to and and your Mechanics for taking time out your busy day to Educate us on this stuff.
Bill, I always enjoy your videos and letting potential truck buyers know the weak-points to look out for on these VERY expensive engines. Buying used is a minefield and it isn't necessarily the seller's fault.
Working on a 2012 with 298,000. Started eating coolant with nothing on the ground. I began doing some research because I have only seen external leaks on this engine. After watching this video I started pulling stuff off of the passenger side of the engine. I noticed coolant in the intake tubes to the turbo, but this is a primary cooling system leak that I am dealing with, so I carried on disassembling. I noticed that the passenger exhaust manifold was soaked with coolant as well. When I started this engine to bring it inside, it missed like hell for a few seconds on one hole. Cleared up to fast to see which hole with a scan tool... inside the egr cooler was also wet with coolant. After consulting my boss, we decided to pull the intake/valve cover. The runners in the head were all dirty. Not clean like in this video. So knowing that the coolant was escaping from the passenger side and knowing that it was a primary cooling leak, we opted to pull the head and send for testing. Low and behold, it was cracked inside #1 exhaust chamber right above one of the valves. We pressure tested this engine over night and did not lose any coolant but when we drove it several times 20 miles it would consume 1 quart of coolant every test drive... thanks for this video and I hope this will help other people.
Yeah head cracks can seal up when cold and leak hot .. that's why I always pressure test them with my homemade block heater set on high overnight it keeps the engine constant at 140 degrees and apparently it is enough to show the issue in the 11 and 12 powerstrokes cause it'll usually hydro lock by morning if it has a crack in it.
I had a valve seat drop on the driver side head in my Durango, The main reason I didn't fix the engine was that one head was about $900, and like you said here, what happened to one side likely happened on the other. Mine are different for each side only because its an overhead cam. I didn't feel like spending several weeks or a big chunk of cash plus $1800 on an engine with 203,000 miles and do nothing but the heads. I think the problem started when a radiator hose blew and the engine instantly got hot, and I had to limp it to a Wal-Mart parking lot where I could leave it overnight so I could get a new hose in the morning (was a Sunday afternoon and the parts store was just closing) and fix the think in the parking lot with a Wal-Mart bought tool kit. So the whole engine got hot. It was faster to have a new engine ordered and mine changed out than to have mine rebuilt, and I didn't want to spend $2,000 or more on an engine with almost as many miles as mine. Being these trucks are all early 2000s, low mileage engines are kind of a thing of the past.
That guy bringing that cart in reminds me of that scene from "The Fast & The Furious" when they are building that car towards the end. "Lyin' SOB"..."It's under warranty, who gives a shit??" ..... ROFL.... I wonder if all that EGR stuff on top may be applying stress to that head? I love that Rottweiler!
Oil analysis could show coolant in the oil, yay or nay bill? It's like $23 plus shipping for a test at black stone, I do them on my cummins, but it could be your cheap check up, something bill could touch on if he thinks it could save someone a huge mess, as always I don't like ford but I like powerstoke specialties!
Out of all these 2011 passenger side head issues, how many had the egr still on them? Also do you have the build dates for those trucks? I recently noticed a coolant leak and can't find it but did remove my passenger side valve cover and didn't see anything similar to watch you described. All 4 intake passages looked the same. I've been egr free since 100k and I'm at 205k now. Also have you ever heard or seen this on the drivers side?
So if you bulletproof a 6.0 to keep it running forever what do you need to do to these 6.7 besides deletes under the truck to keep them running without failures
It’s a shame the power strokes have so much trouble. The 6.7 is a beast and The super duty is my favorite vehicle. My Cummins leaked oil constantly but extremely reliable. The dodge truck was just terrible. That’s just my opinion on that one truck. Brother has a dmax all has been good but injectors which is common on those years.
I guess I am lucky. I have a 2011 and have had no real problems. I did have to clean the EGR cooler and it was pretty easy. I have replaced the coolant line to the turbo and that is about all the problems I have had. I bought the 2011 with 44k miles on it, in 2014. I now have 113K. Runs very good. I tow a 12K camper most of the miles.
Can I get some help or a video recommendation? I have a ford truck (2003 6.0) which my dad and I are fixing to be my first car. Currently, it runs at idle perfectly fine, even revs to 3.5k no problems, but it will die sometimes when we try to drive it. For instance, one time we drove it around the lot for maybe 5 minutes, then left it at idle still troubleshooting, and we tried taking it around the block but when we put it into drive and tried to move it just died. Then it had trouble starting.when it finally started,we then left it at idle again. Then we Put it into drive and it died. Any help or recommendations would be great.
As a long time tech I will always change both heads if one fails and if the customer doesn't want to I tell them that I will not warranty the job if only one is changed because if the other fails and overheats then it usually fries the new one along with it... (I also use a 265 degree melting point wax seal on the new heads I put in to make sure they didn't let it get hot enough to destroy the head) no wax= no warranty
Suggestions to help prevent: weak coolant may be boiling inside cylinder head (micro-boiling or localized boiling), which creates hot spots. This boiling may be causing certain 2011 model year cylinder heads with casting flaws to crack under this heat/pressure in same location. Also - engine oil analysis would most likely have detected the presence of coolant in engine oil before major damage occurred. Bottom Line: Test your coolant and service it when needed, and monitor the health of your engine with oil analysis services.
My 16 f350 I haul cars with has done same thing. Took the truck to 3 different dealerships when the coolant started to go away with no signs of where it was going, but neither one of the shops found anything. Drove it for 4 days once I got it back added over a gallon in that time got home on a Friday morning. Stayed parked all day started it Friday night and bam motor felt like it dropped out from the truck. Got it at a repair shop and they are tearing it down now so far they say the heads look to he ok but think it has a bent rod but I'm wondering if they just aren't able to see where its cracked like you have here. Thanks for your videos man you guys help out a lot.
Hey guys. I just bought a 2011 F350 PSD last week and today it threw p0272 code twice. I called the guy I bought it from and he is telling me his mechanic told him it’s the sensor in the DEF tank causing it to throw this code. It runs and isles just fine. Any help or info would be greatly appreciative!
So totally off the subject of this video but do you guys do automatic to manual conversions? Is like to have a zf6 manual put into my 01 7.3 liter just curios if you guys do this and if so how much
Basically what I've gathered over the last few weeks is to avoid a 2011 and early 2012 6.7 Powerstroke diesel engine at all cost. I would compare it to the 1997 - 2001 4.0 SOHC engine that Ford used in their Explorer SUVs and Ranger trucks ... 3 out 4 had a timing chain guide issue and a lot of people lost their whole vehicle because it was so expensive to fix the problem.
On my 6.4 I never had any coolant loss until I flushed the cooling system, now I’m losing a little bit but haven’t any leaks anywhere. It’s not in the oil either. Just can’t explain it
Is there a relation between the cracked valve and the crack in the head ? The intake runner is steam cleaned because the coolant's vapor went back in the intake runner. That mean the valve was not seating properly.
At the very least I could see the head casting failing first and then leaking into the combustion chamber past the intake valve. The coolant coming into contact with the hot intake valve could definitely cause it to crack. There would definitely be some serious thermal stresses in that valve with the relatively cool, coolant, contacting the valve that's in direct contact with the hot combustion gasses.
yep I agree 100% with ya on that one ! DO YOUR DELETES! people ..don't run the hell out of your equipment, and...do your "preventive maintance" and you will have many years of good use out of your Ford Diesel Truck period!!!!
He has more than enough business regardless. He deals with alot of fleet vehicles as you can tell and companies won't pay money to delete their vehicles they like to keep everything factory. Deleted = Another reason to abuse so your shit still breaks down and Bill is still in business.
Hey man great video! I'm in the process of doing a short block, do you know the torque specs on the rocker arm bolts? Also do the rocker arm bolts need to be replaced or can they be reused?
Easy To tell the difference between "torque-to-yield" single use and reusable bolts ..... look at the shaft of it. If the shaft gets smaller just after the threading on it and gets larger just before the bolt head it is a torque-to-yield and cant be reused because it'll likely snap off before actually getting the part tight (they actually designed t2y bolts to stretch as they reach the proper torque)
I had an ‘11 6.7... went through 3 turbos, entire front end (death wobble like a mother). The kicker was when my cylinder head went. All within a year, and 8k miles. I actually had the truck in the shop more than it was on the road, so... won’t be buying an ‘11 6.7 again!
Good thing Oldsmobiles and GMC didn't have non interchangeable left & right heads as the parts man I worked with was always ordering wrong side parts. Didn't help that our "boss" wouldn't send the wrong parts back so the shit kept piling up to where I had little room to work. Last straw was when the body shop dumped months of unused crash parts in my work area leaving me NO room to work. "Boss" said make out a list and he'd send them back to GM...I quit the next week. Chaos, craziness and stupidity don't sit well with me at all.
Do your techs go to dealership training or is it just on the job training? These are complicated engines to repair. Im just curious. Thanks, good info!!!
Bill have you seen any issues from a '13 powerstroke. So far only 2 things I notice is the "typewriter" noise after an oil change but it does go away shortly after. And the mechanic says I have loud injecters.
Nah 13's are good. 14's as well. 15's had issues, not sure about 16's, I think they were ok. That's what I have and why I got it. Typewritter is on all 6.7's. Injectors aren't loud.
I've been told that too. I've look my truck to 3 dealer and 2 independent diesel mechanics. And they have put the computer on it all times and have drove it. And all have came back and said no issues. I don't have the typewriter noise since using ford oil. But I have a tapping noise under a "load" meaning on in drive and all gears but you can only hear it around the 1100-1500 rpm range. But once I get up to speed it's gone until I give it pedal. I've kinda given up on looking for it and ignore it. I've listen around on the engine and tranny and bell housing. Nothing found. One guy said it could be in the TC or tranny. I've been at a loss for about a year now. It is tuned and a full delete also. No lack of power either. All injectors and cylinder pressures are fine.
TXTRUSTUD bought my '13 in '14 haven't had any any catastrophic problems. Did have a leak on the radiator plastic end tank. Replaced it with mishimoto all aluminum primary and secondary. It was a ford dealer mechanic that made the comment about the injectors.
Your assistant there is great I thought he froze for a second while you kept talking. I was looking for the unfreeze option then he came back to life LOL
Dam mine did that after the dpf problems, and turbo issues. The only thing is it did it when pulling a loaded gooseneck trailer. Yea it tour up the engine at only 120k. Buddy to buddy stay the H... away from this engine. Mine was a 2012
U know I was under the impression that the 6.7 powerstroke was a good engine. Interesting to see that nothing has changed since the discontinued the 7.3
Here's my question... Is the coolant leaking into heads FIRST & then, obviously, the head cracks? OR Is the head cracking FIRST then leaking coolant. For some reason I'm leaning towards the first choice but we'll wait for the Power Stoke Help expert to chime in.
if the heads are different from one side to the other and the passenger side is the only one that you have seen crack and ford has an updated head for the passenger side one could assume that replacing only the passenger side is a viable option. At least until you see your first cracked driver side.
Robert Meehan true... But as he said, there are also issues with valves cracking (one in the replaced head). And he's already paying the labor to pull the cab once, why do it a second time later?
its realy the epa's fault on this one. I mean how many hydrocarbons are going to be saved through the dpf and regen cycles, pissing away good fuel to clean the catalyst. how many more hydrocarbons are created to manufacture and ship all the parts needed to fix the broken shit that wouldnt have broke in the first place, just to save a couple pionts in hydrocarbons at the tail pipe. if all the emissions systems were eliminated, im sure it would break even.
Wow, think Bill misspoke or something. The, "CP3" is actually a respected Bosch injector pump with steel cylinders commonly found in 3rd generation Dodge Cummins engines to current. The CP4 on the other hand is two cylinder V twin aluminum cylinder on steel plunger piece of junk in my opinion.
Bernie Cesareo yes they are fuck some early 12s have some of these issues 13 and above are amazing and do ur maintenance!! That's the key you take care of the truck she will take care of you
FORD4LIFE73 bull shit. every single year 6.7 even the new ones STILL have high pressure fuel pump problems and turbo problems! I love the way the 6.7 powerstrokes look yet still refuse to buy one because they are STILL huge piles of shit!! I mean Jesus people why do you think this guy runs a powerstroke repair buisness!?? because that's where the money is DUUUUUUUUUH. Lol people are so stupid ford still pushes nothing but junk off the line and people still break the bank repairing the piles of shit yet people still buy them! DUMB. I literally have not had a single problem with either one of my duramax trucks or my cummins that I've owned. bought one ford broke down multiple times so I sold that piece of shit and bought a duramax! do the same if you want to keep your money people.
Bill, I drove a 2011 F-250 with the 6.7L Powerstroke for hotshot delivery in the oilfield. I got the truck with 190,000 miles and got out of it with over 400,000 miles. The owner I drove for had one consistent issue with every truck he bought with the 6.7. Radiator for engine cooling system. Once the truck reached 100,000 miles they started leaking. Engines never overheated because we were diligent in taking care of our trucks. It was how we earned our living. That and EGT sensors. If one went bad, it shut the truck down. The first time it happened, I was coming down I-55 about 50 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi and I got the message "Stop safely now". I IMMEDIATELY starting pulling over and the engine stalled before I could come to a stop. Most of the miles we drove were highway miles and we didn't overload the trucks. 1,500lb in the bed and maybe 5,000lb with a trailer (gross weight). I really liked the truck overall but I wish FMC would iron out these few issues.
Mikey is a real life golden goose. Prob one of the best diesel technicians on the planet right there.
He's specialized on power stroke like all techs are now
I own a 7.3 but still watch all of the videos. Makes me happy knowing I don’t have to deal with EPA mess.
Same here. You still got yours?
Have a 7.3 thinking about upgrading to a new diesel any recommendations?
Yeah, that's a pain. Your not seeing head gasket symptoms, yet coolant is going away..... You guys are great... America needs more real mechanics like you guys & DIESEL TECH RON (R.I.P) ... Helping America rolling over there odometers.
Ford needs to SERIOUSLY consider installing a BATPHONE in your office for a direct line to Ford engineers. If I was the Chairman of the Board, I would IMMEDIATELY put you on the payroll as a technical consultant. Why Ford does not listen to you is insanity. Again, thank you for you posting these issues so the rest of us powerstroke owners can keep the radar up on.
MJ MOHN they won't listen to bill because he won't make them money. Ford want you to buy a whole new 2018 truck not keep your old one going. Planned obsolescence my man
If Ford keeps doing that, the result will be people buying diesel trucks from someone else. Many years ago, many people stopped buying Ford cars because the Pinto and Escort weren't as good as the competition.
@@skylinefever they pretty much are. Look at how many Ram Cummins are on the road now. And most the ones I know personally are ex ford owners. Ford just has so many creature comforts they know some people will sacrifice performance for. And I agree he would be a good one to have on call for Fords problem solving team lol But he would help make them last to long. As hes said before, for profit reasons international build the motors with little flaws to make people have to trade or fix things sooner since diesels used to last long enough to be passed down from generation to generation and now one man cant even keep a truck long enough to pay it off with out it having issues. No matter what the brand is.
Bill has addressed this before ford don't make money from trucks that last for ever they want to sell you a new one or fix your broken one engineered to fail 10% after warranty
Yeah. You ever notice that each of the three brands know how to leave customers with a missing piece of the puzzle? Ford builds a sweet and tight nice truck body and chassis. Strong running gear for work and tow. But they had all this Navistar bs. I guess the new 6.7 is nice but scarily expensive and complex. - Chevy, decent performance out of the Duramax but inferior cab and chassis, right behind ford on crash rating, and the Allison automatic is good. - dodge: garbage truck and garbage quality control. Poor crash rating. Luxury options but it all falls apart so your better off getting budget level truck. Rusts over night. Odd quality control on outside sourced axles and transmission. The fiat/Chrysler brand trans are just super garbage. But the Cummins engine....sweet! So I guess buyers of ram Cummins trucks decide they can repair and modify the shortcoming themselves to get that Cummins motor. Wiring, dash, rust poor quality control ...is easier to deal with than an expensive complex Diesel engine. And hope you don’t get in a side impact front end collision. And I hear the ram dealers suck and ram leaves you high and dry with warranty. But man...the Cummins goes...gets good mpg, lasts, and is cheap to modify. I think the brands know they can leave some shortcomings to cost us money. You know they ford has more money than fiat/ram. Ford can afford a Cummins for their trucks. Heck. Just copy the Cummins. A Perkins is similar! - I bet ford does watch the channels like this one to gauge public perception.
I have seen this same issue and it was a nightmare to diagnose the first time.. Thank you for putting this video up to confirm what we are all seeing with these early 6.7 out in the independent repair shops. My concern now is what long term damage has that burning of the coolant done to the turbos and DPF systems - time will tell if we see failures downstream due to these cracked heads.
!!There are thousands of shops in America that repair Ford diesel motors. Yet Bill has become a household name to diesel truck owners all around.
Thank you Bill for picking up the camera and sharing your knowledge. You dont settle for remove and replace type of repairs. You have built a great reputation for your business. There is alot of R&D that goes into your business model. You are a great marketer. Your staff seems excellent.
Ignore the negative people. You don't make money punching some simple sense into people.
Always a good day when Bill puts out a video, awesome!
I love this channel.. I have learned so much from you Bill.. thanks to and and your Mechanics for taking time out your busy day to Educate us on this stuff.
You got a good tech there Bill.
Love your videos! No BS and no problem calling out idiot customers.
Cool video Bill I appreciate the attention to technical detail
Looks like Mike is sleep deprived and forgot his coffee or he's must be camera shy.
This is the most straight forward video you’ve uploaded 😂
Bill, I always enjoy your videos and letting potential truck buyers know the weak-points to look out for on these VERY expensive engines. Buying used is a minefield and it isn't necessarily the seller's fault.
Thanks for the unbiased real information!!
I don't have a diesel. ..but love the videos.
You guys r great. Keep up the great work. Take care
Mike is the man!
Bill, did you ever see a 2005 superduty that had an 05 interior and an 04 exterior? Great video!
Good information, thanks for sharing! I did not see it but have you covered the carbon that comes out in coffee can amounts?
I love this channel. Bill is the best place to take a Power-Joke when it blows up...he's gonna do you right
Nice to see that Shoenice is now making an honest living.
Working on a 2012 with 298,000. Started eating coolant with nothing on the ground. I began doing some research because I have only seen external leaks on this engine. After watching this video I started pulling stuff off of the passenger side of the engine. I noticed coolant in the intake tubes to the turbo, but this is a primary cooling system leak that I am dealing with, so I carried on disassembling. I noticed that the passenger exhaust manifold was soaked with coolant as well. When I started this engine to bring it inside, it missed like hell for a few seconds on one hole. Cleared up to fast to see which hole with a scan tool... inside the egr cooler was also wet with coolant. After consulting my boss, we decided to pull the intake/valve cover. The runners in the head were all dirty. Not clean like in this video. So knowing that the coolant was escaping from the passenger side and knowing that it was a primary cooling leak, we opted to pull the head and send for testing. Low and behold, it was cracked inside #1 exhaust chamber right above one of the valves. We pressure tested this engine over night and did not lose any coolant but when we drove it several times 20 miles it would consume 1 quart of coolant every test drive... thanks for this video and I hope this will help other people.
Yeah head cracks can seal up when cold and leak hot .. that's why I always pressure test them with my homemade block heater set on high overnight it keeps the engine constant at 140 degrees and apparently it is enough to show the issue in the 11 and 12 powerstrokes cause it'll usually hydro lock by morning if it has a crack in it.
I had a valve seat drop on the driver side head in my Durango, The main reason I didn't fix the engine was that one head was about $900, and like you said here, what happened to one side likely happened on the other. Mine are different for each side only because its an overhead cam. I didn't feel like spending several weeks or a big chunk of cash plus $1800 on an engine with 203,000 miles and do nothing but the heads. I think the problem started when a radiator hose blew and the engine instantly got hot, and I had to limp it to a Wal-Mart parking lot where I could leave it overnight so I could get a new hose in the morning (was a Sunday afternoon and the parts store was just closing) and fix the think in the parking lot with a Wal-Mart bought tool kit. So the whole engine got hot. It was faster to have a new engine ordered and mine changed out than to have mine rebuilt, and I didn't want to spend $2,000 or more on an engine with almost as many miles as mine. Being these trucks are all early 2000s, low mileage engines are kind of a thing of the past.
That guy bringing that cart in reminds me of that scene from "The Fast & The Furious" when they are building that car towards the end. "Lyin' SOB"..."It's under warranty, who gives a shit??" ..... ROFL.... I wonder if all that EGR stuff on top may be applying stress to that head? I love that Rottweiler!
Mike is the man
New Subscriber. Great Video
Yes Mikey 🤘🤘
Mike looks like he needs a raise.
Oil analysis could show coolant in the oil, yay or nay bill? It's like $23 plus shipping for a test at black stone, I do them on my cummins, but it could be your cheap check up, something bill could touch on if he thinks it could save someone a huge mess, as always I don't like ford but I like powerstoke specialties!
Looks like a defect in the head casting with slight core shift to weaken the intake runner and break under load.
Out of all these 2011 passenger side head issues, how many had the egr still on them? Also do you have the build dates for those trucks? I recently noticed a coolant leak and can't find it but did remove my passenger side valve cover and didn't see anything similar to watch you described. All 4 intake passages looked the same. I've been egr free since 100k and I'm at 205k now. Also have you ever heard or seen this on the drivers side?
Mike is like a young Tom Hanks after waking up from a long nap under the sun.
When Bill mentioned the mileage it seemed like the video skipped so can we confirm that he did say 62-63k on the odometer?
What about the ARP studs did you fit them as all ways both sides,bill an mike....
Were the VIn's close on the three vehicles that had this problem? is it most likely a casting problem that wasn't picked up by QA?
Showing issues with over loaded or overly tuned vs bone stock "normal " use?
So if you bulletproof a 6.0 to keep it running forever what do you need to do to these 6.7 besides deletes under the truck to keep them running without failures
Can you maybe post month and year of the engine manufacturing. Maybe it’s a bad batch?
Reminds me of Jay Leno. Awesome dude
Mike is AWESOME! Hahahaha.
Is it primarily 2011 6.7 power strokes or are the years following the same???i have a 2015 f250 6.7 and so far so good..
It’s a shame the power strokes have so much trouble. The 6.7 is a beast and The super duty is my favorite vehicle. My Cummins leaked oil constantly but extremely reliable. The dodge truck was just terrible. That’s just my opinion on that one truck. Brother has a dmax all has been good but injectors which is common on those years.
I guess I am lucky. I have a 2011 and have had no real problems. I did have to clean the EGR cooler and it was pretty easy. I have replaced the coolant line to the turbo and that is about all the problems I have had. I bought the 2011 with 44k miles on it, in 2014. I now have 113K. Runs very good. I tow a 12K camper most of the miles.
Can I get some help or a video recommendation? I have a ford truck (2003 6.0) which my dad and I are fixing to be my first car. Currently, it runs at idle perfectly fine, even revs to 3.5k no problems, but it will die sometimes when we try to drive it. For instance, one time we drove it around the lot for maybe 5 minutes, then left it at idle still troubleshooting, and we tried taking it around the block but when we put it into drive and tried to move it just died. Then it had trouble starting.when it finally started,we then left it at idle again. Then we Put it into drive and it died. Any help or recommendations would be great.
Does the 2014 to 2017 6.7L Powerstroke Diesels Have Any Of the Problems Fixed Like the Right Hand Heads & TurboCharger Bearings Sir?
I'm assuming you do. But make sure you
Compensate that man well. He sounds like a tech you definitely do not want to lose
As a long time tech I will always change both heads if one fails and if the customer doesn't want to I tell them that I will not warranty the job if only one is changed because if the other fails and overheats then it usually fries the new one along with it... (I also use a 265 degree melting point wax seal on the new heads I put in to make sure they didn't let it get hot enough to destroy the head) no wax= no warranty
Suggestions to help prevent: weak coolant may be boiling inside cylinder head (micro-boiling or localized boiling), which creates hot spots. This boiling may be causing certain 2011 model year cylinder heads with casting flaws to crack under this heat/pressure in same location. Also - engine oil analysis would most likely have detected the presence of coolant in engine oil before major damage occurred. Bottom Line: Test your coolant and service it when needed, and monitor the health of your engine with oil analysis services.
Bill you need to be careful that some performance shopDoesn't hire away you're best technician...
jrbbikerx jrbbikerx im sure he’s payed well enough that doesn’t happen
My 16 f350 I haul cars with has done same thing. Took the truck to 3 different dealerships when the coolant started to go away with no signs of where it was going, but neither one of the shops found anything. Drove it for 4 days once I got it back added over a gallon in that time got home on a Friday morning. Stayed parked all day started it Friday night and bam motor felt like it dropped out from the truck. Got it at a repair shop and they are tearing it down now so far they say the heads look to he ok but think it has a bent rod but I'm wondering if they just aren't able to see where its cracked like you have here. Thanks for your videos man you guys help out a lot.
Late reply but what ended up being the problem, and any other major problems since then?
Hey what ended up being the problem. Going through this now
You had me freaked out about my 17 powerstroke
Robert Fernandez you can't read. Jeramie said he has a 17.
Hey guys. I just bought a 2011 F350 PSD last week and today it threw p0272 code twice. I called the guy I bought it from and he is telling me his mechanic told him it’s the sensor in the DEF tank causing it to throw this code. It runs and isles just fine. Any help or info would be greatly appreciative!
So totally off the subject of this video but do you guys do automatic to manual conversions? Is like to have a zf6 manual put into my 01 7.3 liter just curios if you guys do this and if so how much
Basically what I've gathered over the last few weeks is to avoid a 2011 and early 2012 6.7 Powerstroke diesel engine at all cost. I would compare it to the 1997 - 2001 4.0 SOHC engine that Ford used in their Explorer SUVs and Ranger trucks ... 3 out 4 had a timing chain guide issue and a lot of people lost their whole vehicle because it was so expensive to fix the problem.
Good friends right there!
On my 6.4 I never had any coolant loss until I flushed the cooling system, now I’m losing a little bit but haven’t any leaks anywhere. It’s not in the oil either. Just can’t explain it
Is there a relation between the cracked valve and the crack in the head ?
The intake runner is steam cleaned because the coolant's vapor went back in the intake runner.
That mean the valve was not seating properly.
At the very least I could see the head casting failing first and then leaking into the combustion chamber past the intake valve. The coolant coming into contact with the hot intake valve could definitely cause it to crack. There would definitely be some serious thermal stresses in that valve with the relatively cool, coolant, contacting the valve that's in direct contact with the hot combustion gasses.
Hey guy's at what mileage should I change all my cooling?
I'm new to diesel I got a 2013 ford f250 powerstroke!
Why don't they have engine protection on light duty diesels?
Bottom line is all that emission scrap kills these motors.
Aylmer Kauenhofen bill wont admit it anymore because it will cost him buisness in the long run
yep I agree 100% with ya on that one ! DO YOUR DELETES! people ..don't run the hell out of your equipment, and...do your "preventive maintance" and you will have many years of good use out of your Ford Diesel Truck period!!!!
He has more than enough business regardless. He deals with alot of fleet vehicles as you can tell and companies won't pay money to delete their vehicles they like to keep everything factory. Deleted = Another reason to abuse so your shit still breaks down and Bill is still in business.
Heat is the enemy. Emissions = Heat
So will poor quality castings apparently
What are the years does this impact?
Any common issues with later model 16 and 17 6.7L psd?
Give that man a raise & a good payed vacation.....
Are the big dog heads still available for 6.7s?
HAHAHAHAHA " They know youre retarted" I wish you were my neighbor. I would to talk to you all day.
105Percent_American I bust out laughing when he said that too 😂
Hey man great video! I'm in the process of doing a short block, do you know the torque specs on the rocker arm bolts? Also do the rocker arm bolts need to be replaced or can they be reused?
Easy To tell the difference between "torque-to-yield" single use and reusable bolts ..... look at the shaft of it. If the shaft gets smaller just after the threading on it and gets larger just before the bolt head it is a torque-to-yield and cant be reused because it'll likely snap off before actually getting the part tight (they actually designed t2y bolts to stretch as they reach the proper torque)
I had an ‘11 6.7... went through 3 turbos, entire front end (death wobble like a mother). The kicker was when my cylinder head went. All within a year, and 8k miles. I actually had the truck in the shop more than it was on the road, so... won’t be buying an ‘11 6.7 again!
You had posted the other video with the ambulance head cracks, I wonder if Ford needs to go back to a cast-iron head?
A well designed head doesn't crack under normal use, aluminium or iron. The early VW TDI was aluminum but was very unlikely to crack.
mikey is getting video training because he's taking over some day, thats my guess
As far as the other head, let us know when it comes back to haunt him! (Halloween IS next week!)
Mike? Looks like Ben Shapiro. He needs to debate and destroy the GM fan boys to become the ultimate doppelganger
Good thing Oldsmobiles and GMC didn't have non interchangeable left & right heads as the parts man I worked with was always ordering wrong side parts. Didn't help that our "boss" wouldn't send the wrong parts back so the shit kept piling up to where I had little room to work. Last straw was when the body shop dumped months of unused crash parts in my work area leaving me NO room to work. "Boss" said make out a list and he'd send them back to GM...I quit the next week. Chaos, craziness and stupidity don't sit well with me at all.
Do your techs go to dealership training or is it just on the job training? These are complicated engines to repair. Im just curious. Thanks, good info!!!
Tool Hoarder Fairly certain someone like Mike starts at automotive trade school, does some time at a dealership, then moves to I dependent shop
Bill have you seen any issues from a '13 powerstroke. So far only 2 things I notice is the "typewriter" noise after an oil change but it does go away shortly after. And the mechanic says I have loud injecters.
AdmiralBlackBeard it’s normal.
Nah 13's are good. 14's as well. 15's had issues, not sure about 16's, I think they were ok. That's what I have and why I got it. Typewritter is on all 6.7's. Injectors aren't loud.
I've been told that too. I've look my truck to 3 dealer and 2 independent diesel mechanics. And they have put the computer on it all times and have drove it. And all have came back and said no issues. I don't have the typewriter noise since using ford oil. But I have a tapping noise under a "load" meaning on in drive and all gears but you can only hear it around the 1100-1500 rpm range. But once I get up to speed it's gone until I give it pedal. I've kinda given up on looking for it and ignore it. I've listen around on the engine and tranny and bell housing. Nothing found. One guy said it could be in the TC or tranny. I've been at a loss for about a year now. It is tuned and a full delete also. No lack of power either. All injectors and cylinder pressures are fine.
Earl Cox lifters clattering
TXTRUSTUD bought my '13 in '14 haven't had any any catastrophic problems. Did have a leak on the radiator plastic end tank. Replaced it with mishimoto all aluminum primary and secondary. It was a ford dealer mechanic that made the comment about the injectors.
Your assistant there is great I thought he froze for a second while you kept talking. I was looking for the unfreeze option then he came back to life LOL
He's like a robot trying to be human love it. You're a future Silver Screen star
Dam mine did that after the dpf problems, and turbo issues. The only thing is it did it when pulling a loaded gooseneck trailer. Yea it tour up the engine at only 120k. Buddy to buddy stay the H... away from this engine. Mine was a 2012
U know I was under the impression that the 6.7 powerstroke was a good engine. Interesting to see that nothing has changed since the discontinued the 7.3
It’s an extremely good engine. That’s an 11, the first year of the 6.7
Yo Mikey! ask for a raise buddy
And he called a customer a SOB.
You didn't used to use cuss words when you had hair in your older videos, very helpful channel though.
does the ford motor company ever get in contact with you? do the engineers see this stuff haha
Mikey looks worn out. Let that man get some rest Bill.
So if I were to buy a 6.7 truck, I should be in the clear if I order a 2013 and up?
Kenyon Payne not sure but there’s too many high mile 2011 6.7’s out there, mine as well 117k deleted with 2015 turbo conversion kit.
Here's my question... Is the coolant leaking into heads FIRST & then, obviously, the head cracks? OR Is the head cracking FIRST then leaking coolant. For some reason I'm leaning towards the first choice but we'll wait for the Power Stoke Help expert to chime in.
Crack first and then jail oops sorry. Crack first then leaks into intake.
Bahahaha! You CRACK me up! Thanks for the reply & info.
Love the lack of bull shit in all your videos. Not afraid to tell it how it is. Any more repair series on the horizon, found those really interesting?
if the heads are different from one side to the other and the passenger side is the only one that you have seen crack and ford has an updated head for the passenger side one could assume that replacing only the passenger side is a viable option. At least until you see your first cracked driver side.
Robert Meehan true... But as he said, there are also issues with valves cracking (one in the replaced head). And he's already paying the labor to pull the cab once, why do it a second time later?
All I can say is "Welcome to the 21st Century! ~ we are so screwed..."
Where does one find a 6.7 with a cp3 pump? Asking for a friend.
It's actually a Cp4 pump in they range from $1100 in up depending on what brand want to go with. If can be of assistance reply back.
its realy the epa's fault on this one. I mean how many hydrocarbons are going to be saved through the dpf and regen cycles, pissing away good fuel to clean the catalyst. how many more hydrocarbons are created to manufacture and ship all the parts needed to fix the broken shit that wouldnt have broke in the first place, just to save a couple pionts in hydrocarbons at the tail pipe. if all the emissions systems were eliminated, im sure it would break even.
that rod could be saved .just heat it up and stration it on a hydrolic press .good as new ..lol
Do one side always do the other
Looks like the 6.4 powerstroke isn't much worse than the early year 6.7 powerstrokes
Wow, think Bill misspoke or something. The, "CP3" is actually a respected Bosch injector pump with steel cylinders commonly found in 3rd generation Dodge Cummins engines to current. The CP4 on the other hand is two cylinder V twin aluminum cylinder on steel plunger piece of junk in my opinion.
Yes he said 3 meant the junky 4 he does that sometimes he once called engine in a customers 2008 a 6.7 knowing it was a 6.4
So that explains where the coolant was going in my 2012 6.7.....
That's just Ford's water injection system! You just need to add methanol to the coolant. 😂
Was the mechanic high? Not judging but I want some of that frankinstien weed.
No. He's just uncomfortable on the camera.
I doubt it considering bill has stated before he don't like cameras BUT! I would have to be high as Fu*k to work on these things
Did the glow plugs of the early 2011's ever cause problems? Did I hear that? I have an early 2011...If I blow it up, I'm bringing it your way!
Yes they did, came apart and killed that cylinder. I have seen a few of those too.
Is this a 2011 problem only?Was it fixed for 2012-2015....or later?
Bernie Cesareo yes they are fuck some early 12s have some of these issues 13 and above are amazing and do ur maintenance!! That's the key you take care of the truck she will take care of you
Bernie Cesareo you want 13 or newer. 15 and newer make batter power
FORD4LIFE73 bull shit. every single year 6.7 even the new ones STILL have high pressure fuel pump problems and turbo problems! I love the way the 6.7 powerstrokes look yet still refuse to buy one because they are STILL huge piles of shit!! I mean Jesus people why do you think this guy runs a powerstroke repair buisness!?? because that's where the money is DUUUUUUUUUH. Lol people are so stupid ford still pushes nothing but junk off the line and people still break the bank repairing the piles of shit yet people still buy them! DUMB. I literally have not had a single problem with either one of my duramax trucks or my cummins that I've owned. bought one ford broke down multiple times so I sold that piece of shit and bought a duramax! do the same if you want to keep your money people.