ford 6.2 engine

I just test drove a F250 6.2 CC SB a few days ago. It had all of 53 miles on it.

It's a BIG gas engine. The trip meter for one freeway exit to and from the dealer reported 10.4 mpg, but I put my foot in it pretty good. It had 3.73 gears.

It has power to move a huge 7000 lbs truck around, and power to pass a semi at 75 mph, but it sucks gas, because it's a big engine lugging a huge truck around. You can buy a whole lot of gas for the price of a $8300 diesel engine option, plus the oil changes are not 15 quarts either. Much less hassle.

No surprises there. It's on my very short list of things to seriously consider buying.

Gdetrailer wrote:

blofgren wrote:
We have several of them at the city I work at. To this point they have been bulletproof although they get very poor fuel economy.

Acutally, compared to engines from 1980s and back they get FAR BETTER fuel mileage than those older trucks.. PLUS they have nearly 3 times the HP too boot..

I am happy that my 6.2 in my F250 gets 15MPG when I compare that to the 1980 F350 with a 400CID engine that my Dad bought new only got 5MPG (and that was downhill with a 30MPH wind at the rear)..

Not to mention the 1980 400CID only made about 130 HP and crawled painfully at a blazing speed of 40MPH empty up a 10% grade EMPTY..

I will HAPPILY take that 15MPG AND 385 HP 6.2 ANY DAY!

This reminds me of the first camping trip I went on with my dad in the early 70's. He had a Pontiac station wagon with, I believe a 428 engine that took premium fuel. He checked mileage every fuel stop and was getting just over 4 mpg! The look on his face was priceless when he saw the mileage. Of course he only got 10-12 not towing.

Gdetrailer wrote:

blofgren wrote:
We have several of them at the city I work at. To this point they have been bulletproof although they get very poor fuel economy.

Acutally, compared to engines from 1980s and back they get FAR BETTER fuel mileage than those older trucks.. PLUS they have nearly 3 times the HP too boot..

I am happy that my 6.2 in my F250 gets 15MPG when I compare that to the 1980 F350 with a 400CID engine that my Dad bought new only got 5MPG (and that was downhill with a 30MPH wind at the rear)..

Not to mention the 1980 400CID only made about 130 HP and crawled painfully at a blazing speed of 40MPH empty up a 10% grade EMPTY..

I will HAPPILY take that 15MPG AND 385 HP 6.2 ANY DAY!

True enough :B

blofgren wrote:
We have several of them at the city I work at. To this point they have been bulletproof although they get very poor fuel economy.

Acutally, compared to engines from 1980s and back they get FAR BETTER fuel mileage than those older trucks.. PLUS they have nearly 3 times the HP too boot..

I am happy that my 6.2 in my F250 gets 15MPG when I compare that to the 1980 F350 with a 400CID engine that my Dad bought new only got 5MPG (and that was downhill with a 30MPH wind at the rear)..

Not to mention the 1980 400CID only made about 130 HP and crawled painfully at a blazing speed of 40MPH empty up a 10% grade EMPTY..

I will HAPPILY take that 15MPG AND 385 HP 6.2 ANY DAY!

We have several of them at the city I work at. To this point they have been bulletproof although they get very poor fuel economy.

I have had great service from my 6.2 it does everything I need , sure it doesnt have the over the top power of a Scorpion 6.7 but I saved ten grand on the truck and another ten on the lightweight rv which added up to 20 thousand, plus the sales tax at 13%. And then rolled the saved funds into another sticks and bricks house turning the savings into a true r.o.i

I have had two 6.2L, a 2011 and a 2014 and both were/are excellent with not one problem with either of them. Tow approx. 9000 lb TT. Use tow haul always when towing and get 8-9 mpg and approx. 13 when not towing. Tow at 62mph(100kph) and empty about 65 mph.

lawnspecialties wrote:
The OP started this thread almost a year ago. I imagine he's made his decision by now.

Haha, you're prolly right! Bored out of my skull at the in laws for Xmas watching it snow with every piece of snow fun gear sitting at home 1200 mi away......I've been posting all kinds of unnecessary stuff!

The OP started this thread almost a year ago. I imagine he's made his decision by now.

OP, there's a thread every week on the 6.2.
Haven't seen any real high mile reports on them but the 2 I've had for work trucks, a 13 and now a 15 have been good on the 40k mi or so.
No they won't get good mileage towing, no gasser does. Yes you will be running 4-5k rpms towing up most any hill and every hill at altitude, but they will get you from point a to b with a decent size trailer without issue.
I've only had 3.73s in mine and only occasionally tow 10-14k construction trailers. If it was my personal vehicle I'd get the deepest fears I could. 3.73s will hum along at a little over 2k rpms at freeway speeds. Too low IMO for a truck that makes its torque up high.