6.0 Ambulance died
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6.0 Ambulance died
Last night I transported a pregnant lady 90 miles to the nearest hospital. She delivered on arrival, but before we actually got in the ER. Anyway, it was a cautious trip due to large numbers of game on the road, the unit does not get abused and generally serves more like a commuter van than what you would see with an urban ambulance. On the way home we were gently climbing a long twisty grade at 7,000 ft altitude. There was the sound of a backfire that seemed to come from the area between the turbo and the tailpipe. The rig gradually lost power, smoke belched from under the hood and there we sat in the middle of nowhere at 02:30. Platform: 2004 F-350 chassis with 6.0 Powerstroke, 17,000 miles. More to follow......
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I think I heard an ambulance w/ a 6.0 in it the other day, but couldn't see a badge to verify it. It's sad that such an emergency vehicle would have such an unreliable engine. And what's even more sad is, Ford has the market cornered when it comes to medium/light weight emergency vehicles.
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if you check out the 6.0 page at the "diesel stop" you will find this is an unbelieveably common scenario. Thing is, even people who have had it happen go out an buy another of these same rigs! (brand loyality?!)
In over 300k miles of driving so far in my life, only once have I had a vechile up, bang and die on the side of the road to the point I was completely unable to travel, and that was an '83 Chevy Celebrity with a 3.0L V-6 and a carberator. I would be so utterly dissapointed if a new, $40k plus vechile did this, I would simply return to the dealer and toss my keys back across the counter!
In over 300k miles of driving so far in my life, only once have I had a vechile up, bang and die on the side of the road to the point I was completely unable to travel, and that was an '83 Chevy Celebrity with a 3.0L V-6 and a carberator. I would be so utterly dissapointed if a new, $40k plus vechile did this, I would simply return to the dealer and toss my keys back across the counter!
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Re: 6.0 Ambulance died
Originally posted by commando
Last night I transported a pregnant lady 90 miles to the nearest hospital. She delivered on arrival, but before we actually got in the ER. .
Last night I transported a pregnant lady 90 miles to the nearest hospital. She delivered on arrival, but before we actually got in the ER. .
Before anybody gets upset, just joking, been there (delivered in transport), done that ( in on 2nd unit just in time to clean up).
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This happened to me an my old '03 6.0 ford. Climbing a small grade in Vicksburg MS. in July. Scared the water out of me. Thought we had a blow out on the trailer. I finally had enough of that piece of crap when they replaced the bed plate due to a faulty seal.
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