Gas vs Diesel for Towing a Fifth Wheel!!!

DiskDoctr wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:
It's a myth based on 40yr old technology that diesel will last longer. Back then carburated gas engines took a lot of maintenance and were lucky to last 100k miles. At the same time diesels were massively overbuilt mechanical and as long as you kept the filters clean, not much could go wrong. With modern engines, the gas engines are good for 200-250k miles with minimal work and diesels are drastically more complicated with computer systems and electronic controls that are prone to failures.

A good 7.3L Powerstroke is just getting warmed up at 250k ;)

Love the powerstroke, we had. Sold it at around 250k because the rest of the truck was falling apart but the motor kept chugging along.

Of course, it was a hold over from the old mechanical heavy low power output diesels and not really comparable to the modern engines.