Fords 6.7 Scorpion Diesel motor
Anyone have any long term experience with this motor,such as towing ,likes ,dislikes. I like the looks of the Super Duty,but did'nt like the 6.0 motor. Just wondering about the new one. Thank you
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agesilaus wrote:
I have no idea what happened in Ricatic's case. But we are hearing only one side of the issue. I'm not saying that he is wrong but that we just don't know. I followed it as it was posted here. But I have not heard many others saying they had the same problem. There was a period when some people reported problems but since then I don't recall hearing any. Maybe Ford started dealing better with the issue.
Like most others here I haven't had any major problems, the truck just went over 50K about half of that was towing our 5ver.
Would it help you to know that Ricatic is NOT the only member here on the forum to have his 6.7L Ford fuel pump destroy itself?????
There is another. I private messaged this individual. Ford, as with Ricatic, first attempted to deny this fellow warranty coverage. Claiming contaminated fuel, rust and so on.
But this one got lucky. He had an ace in the hole. Seems just before his debacle with Ford, he had taken his vehicle into the Ford dealership and had both fuel filters changed.
Since it was found on the Ford service records, they had painted themselves into a corner. So they in fact warranted this failure.
Mind you, this is a terrible ratio to have from the very small number of folks who post here to have two documented failures.
And this second subject was Canadian, running mostly if not all the better lubricity quality Canadian diesel fuel.
Despite all this, I remain convinced that if, IF Ford and Bosch have solved the CP 4.2 fuel pump problems in the latest (2015) and forward versions of the motor, it will be an excellent motor.
There IS supposed to be a difference in the fuel pumps in the 2015's, exactly what I do not know.
I know NHTSA has become involved with the VW and Bosch CP 4.1 pump. My fear is that someday we are going to hear about someone's Ford stalling while in the on ramp of a freeway and an 80,000 pound semi going right through their tailgate. It surely could happen, as it appears there is absolutely no warning of this about to happen until your motor stalls and your CEL light on the dash comes on.
Oh, and some may have noticed, but I no longer own my 6.7L Ford diesel. No problems, but I surely have a little more piece of mind driving around the country far from home now.
