Gas vs PSD
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Oil consumption is not something that plagues every owner of a particular engine....I had a Honda 2.4 that burned enough oil to get a replacement engine on an extended warranty (or lawsuit). A small percentage of 2.4 owners burned lots of oil, the auto industry rates engines by "problems per hundred", or an easy percentage calculation. Just because you don't burn oil, doesn't mean it's not an issue with a particular engine that you have. Like I said, Google 6.2 ford oil consumption.
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From: very South Texas
So is it 100 engines that burn oil.. make it an oil burner?? 10,000.. 1,000,000..
I do not see many burn it. or did.. as I retired last year.
I guess it must be location.. in my home area.. 6.2 are very well rated.... many work trucks. snow plow trucks.. with 6.2
I am a retied auto mechanic.. worked on many trucks ...
a reputation is earned or slapped on .. because of bad treatment.
I am done here .. blame all you want.
I do not see many burn it. or did.. as I retired last year.
I guess it must be location.. in my home area.. 6.2 are very well rated.... many work trucks. snow plow trucks.. with 6.2
I am a retied auto mechanic.. worked on many trucks ...
a reputation is earned or slapped on .. because of bad treatment.
I am done here .. blame all you want.
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From: Maryville, TN
In all seriousness, I wasn't aware of the oil consumption problem. I did google it, and saw there was an effected date of 3/14 through 9/15 because of a defective baffle in the valve cover. Luckily mine was built 2/16. I'm going to research it some more, but is there more to it than just the defective baffles? I do check my oil every so often, but at both of my oil changes so far, I've still been perfect on oil.
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I'm sure its more than you think that consumes oil. Doesn't mean its a bad engine just a flaw of the engine. You gasser bring up flaws of the diesel engine and I bring up one and you guys get all offended by it. Reminds me of the LS1 guys. lol
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In all seriousness, I wasn't aware of the oil consumption problem. I did google it, and saw there was an effected date of 3/14 through 9/15 because of a defective baffle in the valve cover. Luckily mine was built 2/16. I'm going to research it some more, but is there more to it than just the defective baffles? I do check my oil every so often, but at both of my oil changes so far, I've still been perfect on oil.
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From: Maryville, TN
After googling it, every post I pulled up, which there were not that many, was on a '14 or '15 model. so yes, there was a baffle problem on the valve covers. Luckily, I'm not effected. So I'm not checking my oil the rest of this trip pulling the space shuttle. Y'all may want to check your fuel filters again though, heard it could be costly not too.
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Citing nonsense doesn't help any case.
Anything above 10% (10 problems per hundred) is considered a catastrophe in the automotive world.
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From: Boise
My post of the day find:
Since you're not towing that much weight and so you don't have to worry about fuel gelling up I would get a f350 6.2 with 4.30 gears. - Strokin-A-2010
We finally agree
Since you're not towing that much weight and so you don't have to worry about fuel gelling up I would get a f350 6.2 with 4.30 gears. - Strokin-A-2010
We finally agree
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From: Hattiesburg, Ms.
Not sure if it's a "reginal" thing or what, but you hardly see any SD's down here with the 6.2L gas engine, unless it's a barebones fleet style truck. If I were to purchase another SD, it will probably be another diesel, nothing against the gas engine trucks though, I just have no experience with them.
Yes, you see a lot of folks talking about deleting the diesel trucks, but that's not a blot against the Diesel engine itself, just the emissions system that takes a toll on them (mine was deleted with 3,000 miles on the clock).
For me, one downside of the gas Super Duty trucks (in my area atleast) is the amount of depreciation. If you plan to keep it long term it's not as much of an issue I guess, but I had somethings go on that I needed to trade my 2014 two years after I purchased it, i got the same amount for the truck as I paid for it and I didn't return it to stock, traded it deleted which affected the price I got for it. Had it been gas, I'd have taken a pretty good hit on trade, I lost money for sure (lift, tires, etc) but not as bad as it could've been
Yes, you see a lot of folks talking about deleting the diesel trucks, but that's not a blot against the Diesel engine itself, just the emissions system that takes a toll on them (mine was deleted with 3,000 miles on the clock).
For me, one downside of the gas Super Duty trucks (in my area atleast) is the amount of depreciation. If you plan to keep it long term it's not as much of an issue I guess, but I had somethings go on that I needed to trade my 2014 two years after I purchased it, i got the same amount for the truck as I paid for it and I didn't return it to stock, traded it deleted which affected the price I got for it. Had it been gas, I'd have taken a pretty good hit on trade, I lost money for sure (lift, tires, etc) but not as bad as it could've been
