2008 Ford Super Duty F-350

gmonde · 07-09-2009, 07:18 PM

i am ase master tech/shop foreman incharge of a fleet of school buses(international) that use the 6.4 aka max force 7 single turbo charger and we have seen the same issue with these units making oil as well,we are a international dealer and these so far have been pretty reliable ,international had supplied engines to ford fo many years the 6.0 liter was known for eger coolers failing internaly and pushing coolant into the exhaust causing white smoke ,now the new 6.4 has the new high presure comon rail pump, the pump is in the center of the engine in back that runs off the timing gears in the back of the engine ,and is under a cover that houses pump and fuel lines ,,,the ones that are making oil have had internal failures causing fuel to leak in to the crank case ,,,an oil analysis should be able to tell you if fuel is in the oil,,,(we have our own analizer thaT burns samples ) also have injectors fail with small fuel leaks ,,your ford dealer should cover this if they dont they should be taken to court ,,,not saying anything bad about the ford service dept but as we all know there are not many good techs that work at these dealers any more and the techs that do are young and fresh out of tech school and they do not have any experience and the service advisor is at the mercy of these guys ,,its easy to just say the engine is shot ,,its easier to install a drop in engine than it is to do a inchassis repair
my advice keep pressing the issue $21000.00 is alot of money like mentioned file a claim it might take time but it will be worth it gmonde

07-09-2009, 07:18 PM	#24
gmonde Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 615 Likes: 56 Liked 165 Times in 59 Posts	Re: 2008 Ford Super Duty F-350 i am ase master tech/shop foreman incharge of a fleet of school buses(international) that use the 6.4 aka max force 7 single turbo charger and we have seen the same issue with these units making oil as well,we are a international dealer and these so far have been pretty reliable ,international had supplied engines to ford fo many years the 6.0 liter was known for eger coolers failing internaly and pushing coolant into the exhaust causing white smoke ,now the new 6.4 has the new high presure comon rail pump, the pump is in the center of the engine in back that runs off the timing gears in the back of the engine ,and is under a cover that houses pump and fuel lines ,,,the ones that are making oil have had internal failures causing fuel to leak in to the crank case ,,,an oil analysis should be able to tell you if fuel is in the oil,,,(we have our own analizer thaT burns samples ) also have injectors fail with small fuel leaks ,,your ford dealer should cover this if they dont they should be taken to court ,,,not saying anything bad about the ford service dept but as we all know there are not many good techs that work at these dealers any more and the techs that do are young and fresh out of tech school and they do not have any experience and the service advisor is at the mercy of these guys ,,its easy to just say the engine is shot ,,its easier to install a drop in engine than it is to do a inchassis repair my advice keep pressing the issue $21000.00 is alot of money like mentioned file a claim it might take time but it will be worth it gmonde