2012 6.7 Diesel

blofgren wrote:
Back to the topic at hand..... :B

I remember when the 6.7L came out and Ford had a HUGE marketing campaign which talked extensively about the millions of miles they put on this engine in all types of extreme temperatures under extreme loads before they released it. If that was truly the case, how did none of these issues crop up??? :h

By september of 2013 Ford had installed 500000 6.7 Powerstroke diesels in thier trucks. They now have billions of miles put on them and a few have had issues. I don't know of anyone personally who has had a problem with a 6.7 Powerstroke. Our family owns a number of 6.7 powerstrokes and we put about 400000 km per year on our trucks. I've not heard of a single 6.7 engine issue. If I was buying a used Ford diesel I would likely buy a 2015 or newer.

blofgren wrote:
Back to the topic at hand..... :B

I remember when the 6.7L came out and Ford had a HUGE marketing campaign which talked extensively about the millions of miles they put on this engine in all types of extreme temperatures under extreme loads before they released it. If that was truly the case, how did none of these issues crop up??? :h

I think you can put that in the same category as multiple PDI's that RV MFG's brag about.

Back to the topic at hand..... :B

I remember when the 6.7L came out and Ford had a HUGE marketing campaign which talked extensively about the millions of miles they put on this engine in all types of extreme temperatures under extreme loads before they released it. If that was truly the case, how did none of these issues crop up??? :h

Me Again wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

goducks10 wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:
There are also many fanboys here who do not like to tell the truth because it makes their favorite brand look bad. They are usually easy to spot because they will focus only on the bad of other brands and refuse to believe there is anything bad with their favorite brand. They also usually exaggerate numbers so take what they say with a grain of salt just as you would with a fanboy of an opposing brand.

Your post at first sounded Fishy to me. But then again I'm Cummins to believe you're on to something. :)

LOL!!!!

^^^^ That is pretty funny!!!

LOL..... onto the next 100k miles

ShinerBock wrote:

goducks10 wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:
There are also many fanboys here who do not like to tell the truth because it makes their favorite brand look bad. They are usually easy to spot because they will focus only on the bad of other brands and refuse to believe there is anything bad with their favorite brand. They also usually exaggerate numbers so take what they say with a grain of salt just as you would with a fanboy of an opposing brand.

Your post at first sounded Fishy to me. But then again I'm Cummins to believe you're on to something. :)

LOL!!!!

^^^^ That is pretty funny!!!

goducks10 wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:
There are also many fanboys here who do not like to tell the truth because it makes their favorite brand look bad. They are usually easy to spot because they will focus only on the bad of other brands and refuse to believe there is anything bad with their favorite brand. They also usually exaggerate numbers so take what they say with a grain of salt just as you would with a fanboy of an opposing brand.

Your post at first sounded Fishy to me. But then again I'm Cummins to believe you're on to something. :)

LOL!!!!

I never did get the whole fan boi thing?

I bought a lot of good stuff in my life and a few bad things. If a friend ever asked about either I would tell them the good points and the bad points and then they can make up their own mind.

I even get the whole "mine works great" way of thinking but it's not good logic. Case in point is my 5.7 Olds diesel. The 5.7 is THE WORST diesel ever put into a vehicle. The very worst. I own several of them because at the time I got them for a dime on a dollar and wanted to see what was so bad about them. That being said I put 10's of thousands of trouble free miles on my 5.7. Other than oil changes and such I never put a dime in it.

If I didn't know about the reputation of this engine or how it was designed I would be what I call an "ignorantly happy consumer."

I once read where way more than half of the 5.7 diesel owners were happy with their hunks of junk. Over 50%!!!!

My point is, even if my 5.7 diesel has been trouble free doesn't make it a great or even a good engine. They were the worst diesel engine ever put in a vehicle. I admit that and it would be silly to deny.

Unfortunately there are a lot of "ignorant consumers and/or fan boi's" on forums.

Speaking of ignorant, I didn't know about the problem Bill talks about with the 6.7 around the 8 minute mark in this video.

OP it would be good to watch the above video if you are still interested in buying this truck. This problem is included in the year you are looking at.

It's always good to talk to or watch video's of people that work on these things every day of their life.

ShinerBock wrote:
There are also many fanboys here who do not like to tell the truth because it makes their favorite brand look bad. They are usually easy to spot because they will focus only on the bad of other brands and refuse to believe there is anything bad with their favorite brand. They also usually exaggerate numbers so take what they say with a grain of salt just as you would with a fanboy of an opposing brand.

Your post at first sounded Fishy to me. But then again I'm Cummins to believe you're on to something. :)

There are also many fanboys here who do not like to tell the truth because it makes their favorite brand look bad. They are usually easy to spot because they will focus only on the bad of other brands and refuse to believe there is anything bad with their favorite brand. They also usually exaggerate numbers so take what they say with a grain of salt just as you would with a fanboy of an opposing brand.

There’s been a few on here with the CP4 injection pump disaster; one of them only had 9k miles and he traded it in for a gas 6.2L while his truck was on the dealership hoist.

I was a die hard Ford man and my last Ford was a 6.0L diesel. I was getting tired of the problems and started looking for a new truck in 2014. About then a lot of the issues that T&P posted about were becoming known. I seriously considered a Ford 6.7L until I saw this and I became determined that I wasn’t going to pay my hard earned money to fix Ford’s shortcomings again. I bought the truck in my signature and have never looked back. I watched a few Powerstroke Help videos by Bill today on the 6.7L issues he has seen and after my head stopped spinning I was very tempted to go out to the garage and hug my Ram! :B

I think overall the 6.7L is much better than the 6.0L and 6.4L, but if you happen to have one of the potential issues with it you’re in for a whole lot of hurt on the pocketbook. JMHO