Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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I bought 4 Gallons of Oil for $31, truck takes 15 quarts. My filter runs $18. I change mine every 5,000. Manual says I can go 7500 miles. I use the heavy use schedule though. For comparisson sake, If I had a V-10. Oil Filter is $6 and I would run 6 quarts of Mobil 1 in it every oil change. Mobil 1 goes for about $4 a quart.
Fuel filter is a stinker at $54, but that get's changed every 15,000 miles. Of course anyone that cares about their gas truck should do this periodically too. The V-10 filter will run about $7 as a comparisson
Coolant/antifreeze? 27.5 Quarts. It is the same in the V-10. So no costs savings there.
I don't run any additives in my truck. Haven't had the need to do so.
I change the oil, oil filter, and fuel filters myself as they are extremely easy to do. I did have Grease Monkey change my oil a couple times. Didn't cost all that much more than having them do a full synthetic on my 2001 F150.
So I go through a little more oil than a V-10. I hear that the 8.1 does consume about a quart of oil about every 3,000 miles. That is a characteristic of a big block, nothing uncommon or bad. Let's see even if there is a $20 difference per oil change, the $450 fuel consumption per 10,000 mile advantage will be trimmed to $410. Ok after 30,000 miles that would be $1230 right? Wait I have to account for 2 fuel filters in there, so that would be $108 in fuel filters so that trims the savings down a little more. I guess I would be looking at $1122 in savings at 30,000 miles. That's about how many miles I drive in a year by the way, about 40% of which has been towing.
Still keep in mind that the V-10 version of my truck was about $4,000 less. So, I paid up front to have the diesel. At my current rate, break even will be just short of 4 years.
Tom
Fuel filter is a stinker at $54, but that get's changed every 15,000 miles. Of course anyone that cares about their gas truck should do this periodically too. The V-10 filter will run about $7 as a comparisson
Coolant/antifreeze? 27.5 Quarts. It is the same in the V-10. So no costs savings there.
I don't run any additives in my truck. Haven't had the need to do so.
I change the oil, oil filter, and fuel filters myself as they are extremely easy to do. I did have Grease Monkey change my oil a couple times. Didn't cost all that much more than having them do a full synthetic on my 2001 F150.
So I go through a little more oil than a V-10. I hear that the 8.1 does consume about a quart of oil about every 3,000 miles. That is a characteristic of a big block, nothing uncommon or bad. Let's see even if there is a $20 difference per oil change, the $450 fuel consumption per 10,000 mile advantage will be trimmed to $410. Ok after 30,000 miles that would be $1230 right? Wait I have to account for 2 fuel filters in there, so that would be $108 in fuel filters so that trims the savings down a little more. I guess I would be looking at $1122 in savings at 30,000 miles. That's about how many miles I drive in a year by the way, about 40% of which has been towing.
Still keep in mind that the V-10 version of my truck was about $4,000 less. So, I paid up front to have the diesel. At my current rate, break even will be just short of 4 years.
Tom
