Purchasing Ford F350 Dually, Need Advice
Hello all, Been some time since we posted here. We live in Everett, WA on board our boat. Which we have loved. Now we are looking at purchasing another Cab Over to do some land cruising in addition t...
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palmwhit wrote:
Sounds like you found a good truck. I'd be VERY leery of using it for a daily driver with only a 7 mile distance. The engine will never get up to full operating temperature. Diesels do best and last when they are run at normal operating temperature. Long idle when cold is also to be avoided. Newer diesels have a "kick up" to 1K rpm when the OAT temp is cold to get the engine up to temp. Most engine manuals will tell you to get a "load" on the engine within 5 min. and they also state to let it idle when coming off high speed/temp to get the turbo bearing temps down before shutting down. The engine manual for the Cummins diesel in my last boat was very clear about it. The manual for my Ford a little less specific but still states the same.
Best of luck, take care of it and it'll be around for a long time.
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Seriously ,that would be hard on that terrific new truck of yours
it would be better if you could swing a "go to work car" and save the truck for longer drives, They really do need to work.
And I really do understand if that is just impossible to do. Then you will just have to go on trips often enough to blow it out and take the long way to work and back.
Enjoy you truck.
