Grit dog wrote:
Ford also has some maintainence requirements that the other two do not..
Antifreeze needs to be tested often using the proper kit.. There is more than one available, and even the dealers sometimes get it wrong. This actually has a message that pops up on the DIC.
The fuel filter needs to drained IIRC every 3 weeks
Ford STRONGLY recommends in writing that you use their PM 22 fuel additive religiously. Some have even had to sign a paper about this on delivery.
And Ford seems to have forgotten how to make a radiator that doesn't leak. And they are VERY proud of the replacements that they sell. Which still leak.
This is the bull chit part of the Ferd diesels. Only got 110k mi on my Cummins, but all it gets is oil and fuel filter changes every 8-10k, air filters as needed, changed the coolant at 100k, that's it.
Never drained the fuel filter, heck I dont even drain the bowl to change filters. Use a shot of Power Service once in a blue moon, not convinced I need to, but somehow I spend $10 at Autozone once a year and buy a bottle and add toa few tanks jsut for the heck of it.
That's it.....
I guess you got caught up with all the "Smoke and Mirrors" :W