How are the new Ford diesel engines?

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

State Fan wrote:
Thanks for all of the replies. I traded my Ram 2500 in on a Chevy 1/2 ton last year and I haven't been keeping up with diesel engines on the forums. The 1/2 ton doesn't meet my needs and I need to go back to a 3/4 ton. It sounds like most on here would recommend that I go back with a Ram or Chevy. Is that true? Would either be a good choice?

I can't speak for anybody else but I'm not saying what to buy.

You asked how the 6.7's are and I pointed out they are having some problems and told you about those problems and even gave you several links to those problems.

I'm sure you will get lots of people saying their 6.7 has no problems. That's all good except just because they had no problems does not mean there are no problems. Case in point; I have had no problems with my 5.7 Olds diesel; the worst diesel ever manufactured. There are some that even to this day that think the 6.0 was a great engine. Funny thing is, even Ford disagrees with them.

The best thing to do is go on different forums and see what the common problems are.

First go on this forum and look for common problems.

Then go on this forum and look for common problems.

Go back 5, 10, 15 pages or so and look at the difference in problems between the two forums. I think you will be able to tell the difference immediately in the problems people post between the two forums.

And remember that Ford sells about 3 Powerstrokes for every 1 Duramax that GM moves. Even a basic understanding of math explains why you'll see more people complaing about their powerstroke vs. their Duramax. There's a bunch more powerstroke owners out there, which equals more problems.