Thoughts on the Triton V10 Engine
Looking to purchase an F350. I see lots of these engines with fairly low miles. I have heard they are great engines, but get poor gas mileage. Would use to haul my camper and pull a small boat for ...
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Owned the V10 or 5 years and now a dodge diesel. I've kept really good records. The Diesel is just as inexpensive to operate as the V10. Diesel is more costly, but the V10 was doing 8 mpg. With the same load on the diesel, I'm getting 13.8 MPG. Wipes out the difference in fuel costs. I had to run 90 octane minimum in the V10, otherwise, O2 sensors and other stuff would get unhappy. Glad I got out of the beast and into the diesel. I bought a used diesel that was cheaper than a new V10. Never looked back. And the torque is a walkaway for the diesel over the V10.
