I am curious are the issues only showing up on the 450/550 trucks? The reason why I ask is I have not seen any one complaining about the pickup trucks like the 250/350 fords.
Every time I am next to a fellow camper with a new ford he states how great they are and is crowing about the mileage. MY DW wife then ask why is the mileage so low on the Cummins. I am seeing about 12. 5 pulling my fiver. I simply tell her that I do not lie and most people do not know their real mileage figures.
Jim W.
I am curious are the issues only showing up on the 450/550 trucks? The reason why I ask is I have not seen any one complaining about the pickup trucks like the 250/350 fords.
Every time I am next to a fellow camper with a new ford he states how great they are and is crowing about the mileage. MY DW wife then ask why is the mileage so low on the Cummins. I am seeing about 12. 5 pulling my fiver. I simply tell her that I do not lie and most people do not know their real mileage figures.
Jim W.
Well guys, it seems that we are going to bat 1000 on these things. Appears as though we've had yet another one eat a bullet. Same symptoms... .
I KNOW my day is coming!!.![]()
Well guys, it seems that we are going to bat 1000 on these things. Appears as though we've had yet another one eat a bullet.
How many of them do you have?
cheapest price i have heard on def was about 3. 25 a gallon. best prices i have found for oem fuel filters was about 70. 00 shipped. Oil and air filter together are a bit cheaper then my 05' cummins was . . With only a 1,000 miles on the clock, i managed to dump about a quart of def in the tank before it was full again. . Best mileage i have heard was 24mpg on a 3/4, 2wd with those air plane gears. The guy freely admited that was strictly highway, and driveing with an egg under the pedal. . He claimed 20mpg was normal. . Best i have averaged was 16mpg, city/highway/ideling, combined with some light trailer towing[ 6,000lbs]. .
It makes you wonder if the C&C tune is the issue, or if it is more a matter of the pickups generally not being subjected to the same duty cycle. It is a darned shame either way!
I would be willing to bet that is exactly the reason the pickup owners love their trucks. The C&Cs are loaded heavy with service beds, tools, booms, generators, etc.
It was and still is that way with the Sick. Ohh Furds. Owners who use them as commuter cars or only for occasional light towings still believe their trucks are great. Put one in service towing heavy trailers every day and catastrophic failures are a certainty.
Found the motorcraft filters online. . Fuel is a bit more then the dodge x2, the oil is the same, and the air is a bit cheaper. . As for the emission crap, if it screws up on my dime, it WILL get deleted. . The government wants cleaner air and that fine by me, but by the time manufactures get things working right, they have to change it again. . I wont sacrifice reliability and safety for those morons. .
After what i've been seeing, if something bad happened to my current truck, I believe I would go back to a gasser... .
As bad as i hate to admit it, a gasser would possibly be next on my list also. All the newer diesels are getting more complicated and expensive, the gassers seem to be getting even better. Gassers are certainly less expensive to fuel,maintain, and replace if need be. If you dont need the absolute power, a gasser is a solid decision. As for injectors being 10k to replace, i wouldnt be shocked at it. I heard around 7k is the norm for a commonrail 5. 9. They dont call the dealerships, stealerships for nothing...Ya know... . where I work, we are currently working with new Tier 4 off-highway stationary diesel engines. We've been heavy into emissions for the lean burn NG engines for years..... with that said, some of the components of the aftertreatment system are extremely expensive.
I have heard a nasty rumor that a set of injectors installed in the new 6. 7L Ford is right around 10K!!!!. .
I agree, if you never plan on taking it to Kalifornia, delete it. After what i've been seeing, if something bad happened to my current truck, I believe I would go back to a gasser... .
I heard around 7k is the norm for a commonrail 5. 9. They dont call the dealerships, stealerships for nothing...
Yep, that's what my brother did... dumped a '08 F250/6. 4L PSD with 57K miles for a '11 Ram with a hemi and is very pleased with it. The hemi doesn't constantly go into regeneration and limit the power, and so far, the Ram doesn't leak fluids from front to back. From a guy who has always owned Ford pickups, and until he got sick of this Ford, "would rather push a Ford than drive a Dodge". :-laf
Bill