Longevity of the detuned 6.7 Powerstroke

shepstone wrote:

1jeep wrote:
I have yet to experience it, what I read a lot about on the ford forums is people tuning their trucks and having issues. running longer periods without dumping their separators and having problems add in going longer periods on filter changes, but why does ford not want to cover it, because they state in the manuals the service intervals.

Like I said I have yet to experience it personally, but I go by the schedules and leave my truck as it was when it left the factory.

I dont see why any manufacturer should warrantee damage from the owner using improper fluids, that includes contaminated fuel.

As a consumer I would have to ask how common contaminated fuel is and am I likely to know in advance that it is contaminated. If this problem is at all common and/or I would have no way of knowing that I was getting bad fuel then I would be very disappointed to get $10,000 repair bill and probably a ruined trip on random occasions. Granted, the manufacturers can't cover every contingency but they have some obligation to prepare for the more common ones.

I have to agree with some of the others here that for whatever reason there seems to be less complaints as more trucks hit the road and miles accumulate on the older trucks so it does seem like maybe it was just a startup bug. The point that some pumps have a much less catestrophic failure mode than others is a strong arguement to change pump designs. I have to confess that the fear of pump failure did affect my decision not to buy a diesel in my new truck. I will probably not consider a diesel until I know that the issue has been resolved or at least the cost of repair has been greatly reduced.