How a Popular Kit Makes Ford Trucks More Reliable

A truck that breaks down just when it is needed the most will always make life more difficult and less pleasant. Most pickup buyers prize reliability, with few being willing to accept much in the way of associated compromises.

Unfortunately, some trucks turn out to be less reliable than expected, sometimes because of problems inherent in their design. Ford's 6.0-liter Power Stroke diesel engine, for instance, is notorious for failing because of a handful of built-in problems.

Companies like bulletproof diesel have found ways to overcome these hurdles and make any such engine a lot more reliable. The Fully Bulletproof Diesel Package designed for the 6.0-liter Power Stroke has become an especially popular product for this reason.

The Easiest Way to Improve the Reliability of a 6.0-Liter Power Stroke Engine

Designing a modern truck engine is difficult, complicated work, so mistakes can easily be made along the way. Ford's highly respected engineers made several missteps when developing the 6.0-liter Power Stroke, all of which have since become common knowledge.

Fortunately, all of these issues can be resolved with the installation of carefully selected parts and corresponding alterations. Some of the components that help make the bulletproof 6.0 kit such a comprehensive solution include its:

Exhaust gas recycling (EGR) cooler. The EGR system attached to the 6.0-liter Power Stroke helps limit the amount of ugly, dark soot the engine produces. Reintroducing hot exhaust gas into the engine's cylinders, though, would reduce torque and power output significantly. The EGR cooler performs the important function of cooling and condensing those gases so the hydrocarbons they still contain can be more completely combusted. Unfortunately, the stock cooler is prone to failing and rendering the entire system dysfunctional. The Fully Bulletproof part does away with this frequently disruptive weakness.

Bypass oil filter. The 6.0-liter Power Stroke engine design includes a two-way oil filtration system. Most of the oil flowing through the loop under normal conditions ends up passing through a fairly coarse, conventional filter. A bypass filtration device does a better job of pulling out the finest impurities, but the stock version is prone to clogging. The improved product included in the Fully Bulletproof kit is much more reliable.

A Far More Reliable Power Stroke Awaits

Aftermarket parts like these can easily make a 6.0-liter Power Stroke far more reliable once installed. Given that the Fully Bulletproof kit contains these upgrades and others, its popularity among Ford owners should be easy to understand.