Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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well these old timers, those that were weaned on DP's can tell you more than I can, but in general a diesel has to get closer to running temp before you put a load on it due to the enormous pressures it works under, it's fuel type, many cases relate to brake pressures, being absolutely oil pressures are up and so on. short hops are made better letting it sit and idle. truckers leave big rigs on all night with very little problem. in the morning when they take out they'll blow out what carbon has accumulated in a short time. carbon build up is a big issue for diesels that are run and stopped over and over again throuhout a day, but newer PU diesels are much better about it.
as far as maintenence for PU's i have friend that don't change oil except for every 10k or more miles. in fact you can put an external, additional oil filter on some diesels and every 2k miles change that 1 filter and put in a quart or less to top it off and you can stay that way for a year. this external filter should be previous to the factory filter.
total service, all filters and all fluids can cost $200 to $300 depending on your rig and where you are and who is doing it.
or you can do it yourself if you obtain the aide of a good diesel mechanic and simply pay him to do it once and show you how. it'll cost you under $75 per total service on a PU assuming all filters and fluids are changed and you do the work.
these other guys will give you much more specifics shortly i am certain.
stephen
as far as maintenence for PU's i have friend that don't change oil except for every 10k or more miles. in fact you can put an external, additional oil filter on some diesels and every 2k miles change that 1 filter and put in a quart or less to top it off and you can stay that way for a year. this external filter should be previous to the factory filter.
total service, all filters and all fluids can cost $200 to $300 depending on your rig and where you are and who is doing it.
or you can do it yourself if you obtain the aide of a good diesel mechanic and simply pay him to do it once and show you how. it'll cost you under $75 per total service on a PU assuming all filters and fluids are changed and you do the work.
these other guys will give you much more specifics shortly i am certain.
stephen
