transamz9 wrote:
BurbMan wrote:
Thanks for clarifying guys, you can probably tell I've never owned (or worked on) a diesel....
To the OP, if the rest of the truck is in good shape, it's a good investment at only 100k miles considering what you would shell out for a new truck. I went for almost $2k in parts for new stainless brake/fuel lines, new shocks, new muffler, injector cleaning and a few other misc items....and a month of nights/weekends in the garage. I'm at 143K and plan on keeping it for a while.
For all you guys fighting the brand wars, any gasket can fail and/or leak...
As a general comment, exotic cars packed with engineering and technology that push what's possible to the limit always came standard with frighteningly high repair costs, but folks figured if you could afford to buy the car, you could afford to get it fixed. Seems like some of that is trickling down into our everyday trucks. After reading stories about $10,000 HPFP failures, $3000 injector jobs and $5000 head gasket repairs it scares me to think about buying a new diesel.
Tell you what you do, go to your local parts house and tell them you want a thermostat for a 2003 Ford Ranger with a 2.3 liter 4 cylinder gas motor in it and then report back here on your findings. While you are at it tell them you also need a rear axle seal for a 2005 Nissan Titan 2wd.;)
They all have high priced parts. The tires on my car are $500 EACH. Knew it when I bought it.
The complete thermostat assembly for the Ranger is $97. The Titan uses a Dana 44 axle...so yeah, parts are cheap.
What do you drive...a Suburban on 26" wheels?
