Would you buy diesel again?
Those of you that have a newer diesel truck, 2015 and up, would you do it again?
Forum Discussion
covered wagon wrote:
Mountaincowboy and Jefe others with the older diesel mindset, like me also understand the 500 k to million mile concept. Even as late as the 24 valve Cummins is still a good option with guys in our truck forum getting up close to the 500 k mark with one reaching the million mile mark and beyond. It turns out the injection pumps on these are one of the easiest to change and with e few minor upgrades are running a reasonable distance. The injectors are 400 bucks new and are easy to change as well.
I find it so very amazing the extent of knowledge coming from guys that know how to keep an older diesel running for a very long time. Some of these guys are very smart and so very unbelievably helpful.
I myself enjoy the ease of an easy to work on older diesel, no smog, enough power. Let the power hungry guys fly on by. I go for safety, miles and mileage. Love the sound of a well running smooth diesel I have a hand in keeping it run so well.
JMHO
I sold my 86 Ford Centurion S/C F350 DRW, 6.9 turbo IDI with 634,000 mile on it and it was still within factory oil usage specs. Had my stock 95 CC 4x4 F350, 7.3 PS till 275K and sold it to get a bigger truck. Sold the wicked (375hp/600+tq) 97 12v mechanical CTD dually, with 328K on it when we got the motorhome. I noticed before I sold the Dodge that the new low sulfur fuel robbed a fair amount of power from my "older" diesel though.
If I had my way I would find a 2002 F450 S/C 4x4 with a 7.3/ZF6 and "refresh" what's needed and it would probably be my last truck.
