Considering Trade from Gasser to Diesel
I have read a couple posts regarding the cost of maintenance nad/or repairs for late model diesel engines and am a bit concerned considering I am looking into trading my 09 GMC, 2500, 6.0L gasser for ...
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Hannibal wrote:
Check out 5k rpm. Does this really sound like "screaming" to the rpmaphobes?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBM40-dEpSk
Ya it does. can you imagine what the coolant temp would be if you held 5K.
Do you run your truck at 5K for extended periods of time?
I think what you are missing the diesel makes max power at 2500 rpms and can run there all day.
A 6.2 or Eco require 5500 RPMs to make max power. Do you feel you can hold that rpm for even an hour?
The diesel and gas engines were designed for different jobs.
