Engine Blown, Need Advice

So my buddy's truck apparently needs an engine. 2011, 120k miles. Compression good on all cylinders except #3 which read 30. It has a Procharger installed. Oil is blowing out the crankcase into the intake (no catch can) and spraying out of the supercharger air inlet/breather (sorry I don't know the part, it's a small intake looking thing on the front close to the grille). Engine smokes.

He's got quotes to swap the engine for $9k - 11k.

Do y'all have any ideas for other options? He would be ok dumping the truck, but he can't trade it with it smoking. Would it make sense to maybe get a shadetree to put an engine in, part out all the aftermarket goodies (does a used procharger have value?), and go trade it? Or is his best option to just suck it up and have it fixed and keep driving it?

Has anybody had success with having their engine torn down and rebuilt vs. an engine swap?

Thanks for your advice brothers. I feel bad for my buddy, and I'm trying all I can think of to help him out.

That is what it cost at the dealer with warranty. It's a 32 to 40 hr. job so it's mostly labor.

If the truck is in very good condition, that is the route I would go!!!

Toss the Procharger it doesn't work well on a Raptor.

MTF said:

That is what it cost at the dealer with warranty.
If the truck is in very good condition, that is the route I would go!!!

Toss the Procharger it doesn't work well on a Raptor.

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Thanks for your reply. What would removing the procharger entail to get it back to stock? I would think so many things were modded, it might be a nightmare to undo it all.

Not much, you would have to do some research and buy used parts like air intake from our "for sale" thread.
You can get the install .pdf from Procharger and see what is actually removed.
And buy what you need before letting the dealer do the swap.
It will save a ton of money.

MTF said:

Not much, you would have to do some research and buy used parts like air intake from our "for sale" thread.
You can get the install .pdf from Procharger and see what is actually removed.
And buy what you need before letting the dealer do the swap.
It will save a ton of money.

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Great idea, will do. Is there an advantage to removing the procharger vs. leaving it in after the engine swap?

The Procharger is prone to blowing holes in cylinder heads especially with the wrong Tune like the one from Hennessey.
The Raptor's torque management makes the Procharger not work well. Plus it makes the least power.
You would be better off with a Roush or even better the Whipple.

MTF said:

The Procharger is prone to blowing holes in cylinder heads especially with the wrong Tune like the one from Hennessey.
The Raptor's torque management makes the Procharger not work well. Plus it makes the least power.
You would be better off with a Roush or even better the Whipple.

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Thanks! One last question: We don't know how the truck was tuned (previous owner), is removing the tune a matter of the dealer reflashing PCM?

He's taking it to the ford dealer today for them to take a look at it. Maybe they can do something short of an entire engine swap. I'll ask about removing the procharger (not sure they'll let me bring in OEM stock parts, shops tend to take issue with bringing in your own parts).

All depends on the Tune that's on there. You may have to pay to reinstall the OEM Tune back on there.
After the Procharger is removed.
If your going to spend that kind money I think they will give a break.

Ouch... Take a look online for a replacement 6.2L. There are a lot of these engine out there now as the base platform in the Super Duty 6.2L is the same.
I would probably try and get it back to stock, or at least get procharger set up running right.
I have had a procharged vette that worked great, there is no reason that you cant make that work on the Raptor. But you need a tune from someone that knows what they are doing...