N-Trouble wrote:
Only reason 7.3 is STILL so highly regarded is because of the decade long failures with the 6.0/6.4. If those motors were half way reliable nobody would even be talking about the ancient 7.3 today... Weak 4-speed, noisy as hell, and not a lot of pulling power by todays standards.
No denying emissions have made modern diesels much less reliable.
Amen!
I've had them all.
2001 7.3
2005 6.0
2009 6.4
2011 6.7
2015 6.7
Every year, they got better and better. Even my 6.0L gave me four years and 51,000 miles of trouble free camper pulling power all over the southeast coast.
By far the least dependable truck I had was the 7.3. Cam sensors left me stranded on the side of the road twice. The second time was the moment I decided it was time to sell and get a new truck.
The 7.3 had its place but if I had to go back to it, I'd just as soon get one of today's gas engines.
