Diesel vs gas......................

Ray2013 wrote:
This thread needs updating. Most of the information is 8 or 9 years old!
Years ago diesel was $.50 cheaper than gas, diesel engines were mostly mechanical and ran forever with few repairs, had pretty good power and got great mileage. At the same time gas engines were struggling to meet ever onerous EPA emissions and got lousy gas mileage. Today gas engines are more fuel efficient and also make good power, diesel costs $.75 more than gas and modern diesels with high pressure common rail fuel systems are very fragile and extremely expensive to repair when they break. I've heard if you get any water in the system you're looking at $10,000 + to fix it. If you look at the added upfront expense of a diesel engine, the slightly better fuel mileage will never recoup the upfront cost, and this doesn't even consider the higher maintenance cost of oil & filter changes, urea, diesel additives to try to save the HPCR pump, etc. I currently have an old Dodge with a Cummins diesel and when it wears out, I'll go back to gas burners.