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The original castings were pretty poor in the 6.2 and 6.5 and lots of them crack at the crank webbings. This is supposedly fixed in the AM General blocks. They
by seabrookmx 2y ago
The original castings were pretty poor in the 6.2 and 6.5 and lots of them crack at the crank webbings. This is supposedly fixed in the AM General blocks. They were common work trucks in the PNW (forestry, mining) but while you see the old Cummins or Ford IDI's around still the "Detroit"'s (no relation to the 2 stroke Detroit or Series 60) are quite rare. My family still has an early mechanically injected 6.5 that's held up OK though (~300,000km on it).
- frompdx 2y agoI'd say that 6.5 as plenty of life left. My 6.2 is pushing 400,000km.
- bluGill 2y agothe 6.2 and 6.5 are good engines - but dodge has the cummins and the ford powerstroke (other than the 6.0) are a much better engine and so they get a bad reputation.
- blankx32 2y agoCame to say 6bt aka the 12 valve must be a contender
- seabrookmx 2y agoThe 6.0's problems are solvable. It's the 6.4 you really need to avoid.