Been a while since I updated this so here's the lo down.I wound up replacing all 8 injectors last winter w Motorcraft reman injectors and changed the rest of the stand pipes/dummy plugs w the updated versions.Truck ran good for about a year then back in Mar we were in Lancaster PA and the truck developed a long start and finally would'nt start at all when hot.We were 15 miles from our hotel with a 18 foot trailer,cost me $200 to get them both back to the hotel.Truck sat over night and the next morning it started and we left two days early.We didnt shut it off on the way home and it ran just fine.Got home and shut it off and it would'nt start back.One of the updated dummy plugs had failed.Fixed it and made another trip to Pa and back w no issues.Truck ran good and we made several long trips in it,all w a trailer behind it,IN,IL,.MO,OH.KY never missed a beat.Back in late August we were on our way back from Pa (again w a trailer) and I noticed black smoke coming out of the tail pipe.Truck isnt tuned and has never smoked so i knew something was up. We made it back thru PA.MA, and WV with it rollin coal the whole way.Black smoke turned to blue and I shut it down.Truck would start and run but just barely.Spent the next 7 hours at the Loves truck stop in somewhere VA (6 hours from home) before the tow truck could get there for the truck and my son could get there for us and the trailer.Tow bill was $4/mile and we were 374 miles from home,you do the math.The verdict at the shop is a stuck injector and a melted piston on #1.SOOOOO the cabs coming off hopefully in the next couple of weeks,motor is coming out for a new piston,heads w new inj cups. and Im gonna stud it and replace the lifters while Im in.Yeah I should have shut it down at the first sign of trouble but I was trying to limp it home and avoid the tow bill.You hear over and over again "only use genuine MC parts on 6.0" and everything Ive done has been with MC parts but based on recent events I dont think MC is much better than anyone else.Dummy plug was about 14 months old.injecotr was 16/17 months old and one of my new MC batteries has went bad too.Truck went down at the worst possible time and Ive had to rely on my old 96 7.3 F-250 to get us thru.Im really pretty disgusted about the whole situation to be honest.Truck gets new MC fuel filters (both of em) every 15K and I run Mobil 1 full syn in it w a MC filter.I havent done the math but by the time Im back on the road Im gonna be about 25 K in the truck.
