Are diesels worth it, for costs per mile?
Was at a car dealer out of town, and the dealer (name with-held to protect the guilty) was trying to warn me away from a diesel on the 3500 models he was selling, unless I had at least $15,000 a year ...
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cbwallace wrote:Rlaubert wrote:
I just gave my Dodge 3500 Diesel Dually to my son-in-law as we are now on the road in a diesel motor home. First very few people have any issues with a diesel engine. The upkeep is not much different than a regular engine other than the fact that the oil is a little more expensive and you need more of it. Filters still need to be changed etc. In my opinion the dealer was speaking out of his A$$. Newer engines will require the cow piss, but that in once every 15,000 miles (I think). Diesels are much simpler engines than the gas counterparts and will last for over a million miles if properly maintained.
In my experience, at least on the Duramax DEF has to be refilled every 3,000-4,000 miles.
Every 5-6K miles here. 2012 Duramax. Fairly consistent with most others on the Dmax forums. Basically twice a year so from a maintenance standpoint its mute IMO.
As far as the previous comment about diesel engines being much simpler than their gas counterparts may have been the case 10+ years ago, but no longer thanks to all the emissions and computer controls associated with them. Emissions controls are where most of the problems exist with todays diesels and they can be quite frustrating for some owners. Hence why so many rip them off and run a delete tune.
