What do yo know about an 09 6.4 Ford Diesel?

bmanning wrote:

MX-RV wrote:
35-v10's
All three from my understanding were due to dry oil sumps. As they all ate oil it was only a matter of time before more went. The trend was there and predictable from what I know the ones that blew were taking 3-4q a day up until their early demise.

But yes the fuel economy was poor to say the least. With the psd's we refueled every 2-3 days @~ $150 with the v10's it was daily at about the same. The new bowties are equipped to shut down when batteries are fully chaged and an aux heater installed to heat the cabin's so winter we are refueling every other day @~ $150-170 summer with ac is daily at same.

As for the 6.4 psd if your bent on a diesel (I'd sure love one) there's got to be aftermarket replacement parts designed to fix the faults in the oem parts. But I do year great things about the 6.7

Thanks for clarifying; surprising and somewhat disappointing that 3 of 35 (9%!) blew and many others drank oil as they did. I've read other reports of fleets having terrific success with V10s (MPG aside LOL) but I suppose ambulance duty is the most extreme usage possible so maybe it shouldn't be that surprising to me.

Were the V10's run on 5W20 oil?

To sum up this topic I wouldn't own a 07.5 - 12 RAM or 08-10 Ford diesel due to the first generation emissions on these trucks. I'm leaving out the Chevy because I'm not familiar with how they are doing with the first gen emissions, but I can say their sheet metal is tin can thin and leave ripples in the sheet metal.