ognend wrote:
4x4ord wrote:
I think the new Powerstrokes are incredible but because you've had problems with your Ford, I'd go to the big city and buy a Duramax if I was you. What will you pay, $6k more for a diesel over a 7.3 gas? 10 years from now you'll get that $6k back. So, to go diesel, it's only costing you interest on the 6k .... about $200 per year and it will save you a little on fuel.
If I were ever going to go to another diesel, it would be to an older truck, not a newer one. The major engine job with my new Powerstroke was a known Ford issue (TSB 16-0041) - which has to do with the emissions system. If you look at the new diesel engines, they are incredibly complicated - they fill up the bay and to get to a part you many times have to take apart half of the top of the engine. The 7.3L gasser, for example, you can see the ground through the engine, it is uncluttered and easy to get to things.
Well you certainly don't need a diesel for what you'll be pulling and if you don't want a diesel... get the 7.3 ... who knows you might have less trouble with it than your last truck.
