2019 Gas or Diesel ?
I was wondering how the 2019 Ford diesel stacks up. OR... should I stick with a gas engine. My driving will be about 50/50 city driving / out in the country driving. Thanks for your comment...
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valhalla360 wrote:
I wouldn't count on any significant longevity benefit. Reality is your average modern gas engine will outlast the truck. Plus new diesels have lots of complex electronics and are pushed much harder than the old big slow turning diesels of 40-50yrs ago....but the myth of longevity has held on.
Yes it has. We have a 15 F450 6.7 135K thats now at the 3rd different Ford dealer in 5 weeks for throwing a bunch of emmisions codes and going into limp, or just shutting down. The first two dealers were clueless. This one has a rep from Ford coming in from MI this week to figure it out. I say wiring harness or ECM, possibly BCM so maybe not diesel specific per se. Had my scanner hooked up and when I opened the passenger door it erased all the codes lol. Longevity lol.
Somewhere around town is a 00 Silverado I sold in 13 at 260+K miles. Still being driven and I know for a fact the only thing ever done to the 5.3 gas engine was a water pump and a few coil packs, plugs and wires. That's called longevity.
