8mpg is getting old
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From: South Jersey
and if thats true, there is a 07 F350 crew long bed with the 6.0 AND a 6speed manual not twenty minutes from my house for sale fairly cheap. And the best part for me its a XL so EVERYTHING is manual with rubber floor and vinyl seats!
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From what I've heard a 2007 6.0 is a helluva truck. It's still a 6.0, but it's much better.The 6.4 and 6.7 engines have too much emissions crap on them for my taste... so that's why I might with a 6.0
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From: laporte in
Don't feel bad, my last 2 tanks have been 8.5 mpg SuperdutyScaler. It's the gas that does it. I'm not sure about your daily commute but mine is 60% highway and 40% city. But the highway is hilly so it hardly helps my fuel mileage. Reset my lie o meter and its saying averaging 10.1. Usually about .2 off either way. March is a common month for the stations to start switching back to regular fuel.
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From: Illinois
Your right!My 2007 is the best truck I've ever had.I bought it new and has never been back to the dealer.
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The way things are looking right now, and 2007 6.0 will probably be my next ride. What kinda mileage are you getting?
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I have 07 6.0L and I make around 13 in town stop and go and on the highway at 65mph I get close to 20. It's bone stock. Only problem with a diesel in the winter is the warm up times. Even with the block heater going for 3hrs it still has some warm up time. now dual block heaters would be worth it if you can do it. My plan for it is to get that EGR cooler out of there and then add a catch can to the PVC system. After that changing over to a air to oil cooler is going to make it last. From what I have learned you only need to head stud it if you are going to run a hot tune or if the oil cooler clogged up and wiped out the EGR cooler and the head gaskets lol.
On another note my buddy has a Raptor quad cab with the 6.2L and he gets 12mpg most of the time. at best on the highway I think he said he got 14 or 15 driving normal at like 65 to 70 mph but for the most part he is getting 11 to 12mpg.
On another note my buddy has a Raptor quad cab with the 6.2L and he gets 12mpg most of the time. at best on the highway I think he said he got 14 or 15 driving normal at like 65 to 70 mph but for the most part he is getting 11 to 12mpg.
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This is an interesting thread.
I like the 6.0L engines, but they are pretty expensive to fix when things break. Diesel engines are typically about 30% more efficient than a gas engine, but at the moment in my neck of the woods diesel fuel is 18% more expensive.
So your fuel cost may go down 12% by owning a 6.0L engine, but basic maintenance costs would skyrocket. $50 for a set of fuel filters instead of $10; $70 for an oil change instead of $30, and a set of injectors costing more than 100 times what a set of spark plugs costs.
No doubt they feel more powerful and tow better, but there's no escaping the fact that they are an expensive animal to own and operate, and that's excluding any repair costs that have to be budgeted for. A single high-dollar repair would exceed the savings over the lifetime of the truck unless you spend the majority of your time towing. So if the complaint is the fuel economy the logical underlying reason is the cost to run the truck. If that's the case a diesel Super Duty shouldn't be anywhere in your thought process! You will most likely spend far more money operating that 6.0L!
I like the 6.0L engines, but they are pretty expensive to fix when things break. Diesel engines are typically about 30% more efficient than a gas engine, but at the moment in my neck of the woods diesel fuel is 18% more expensive.
So your fuel cost may go down 12% by owning a 6.0L engine, but basic maintenance costs would skyrocket. $50 for a set of fuel filters instead of $10; $70 for an oil change instead of $30, and a set of injectors costing more than 100 times what a set of spark plugs costs.
No doubt they feel more powerful and tow better, but there's no escaping the fact that they are an expensive animal to own and operate, and that's excluding any repair costs that have to be budgeted for. A single high-dollar repair would exceed the savings over the lifetime of the truck unless you spend the majority of your time towing. So if the complaint is the fuel economy the logical underlying reason is the cost to run the truck. If that's the case a diesel Super Duty shouldn't be anywhere in your thought process! You will most likely spend far more money operating that 6.0L!
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From: laporte in
This is an interesting thread.
I like the 6.0L engines, but they are pretty expensive to fix when things break. Diesel engines are typically about 30% more efficient than a gas engine, but at the moment in my neck of the woods diesel fuel is 18% more expensive.
So your fuel cost may go down 12% by owning a 6.0L engine, but basic maintenance costs would skyrocket. $50 for a set of fuel filters instead of $10; $70 for an oil change instead of $30, and a set of injectors costing more than 100 times what a set of spark plugs costs.
No doubt they feel more powerful and tow better, but there's no escaping the fact that they are an expensive animal to own and operate, and that's excluding any repair costs that have to be budgeted for. A single high-dollar repair would exceed the savings over the lifetime of the truck unless you spend the majority of your time towing. So if the complaint is the fuel economy the logical underlying reason is the cost to run the truck. If that's the case a diesel Super Duty shouldn't be anywhere in your thought process! You will most likely spend far more money operating that 6.0L!
I like the 6.0L engines, but they are pretty expensive to fix when things break. Diesel engines are typically about 30% more efficient than a gas engine, but at the moment in my neck of the woods diesel fuel is 18% more expensive.
So your fuel cost may go down 12% by owning a 6.0L engine, but basic maintenance costs would skyrocket. $50 for a set of fuel filters instead of $10; $70 for an oil change instead of $30, and a set of injectors costing more than 100 times what a set of spark plugs costs.
No doubt they feel more powerful and tow better, but there's no escaping the fact that they are an expensive animal to own and operate, and that's excluding any repair costs that have to be budgeted for. A single high-dollar repair would exceed the savings over the lifetime of the truck unless you spend the majority of your time towing. So if the complaint is the fuel economy the logical underlying reason is the cost to run the truck. If that's the case a diesel Super Duty shouldn't be anywhere in your thought process! You will most likely spend far more money operating that 6.0L!
