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โMay-01-2013 07:41 PM
FishOnOne wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:Flashman wrote:sky_free wrote:
You guys have pretty much convinced me to never buy a diesel truck.
Uh make take a Ford diesel truck.
Last I heard Cummins was one of the longest lasting engines made.
I only have 368K on my 98 12V Cummins. Oil is not black just dark at 5K.
"Think with your Dipstick Jimmy" Not lets talk about your 6.7 oil! :E
โMay-01-2013 07:31 PM
Cummins12V98 wrote:Flashman wrote:sky_free wrote:
You guys have pretty much convinced me to never buy a diesel truck.
Uh make take a Ford diesel truck.
Last I heard Cummins was one of the longest lasting engines made.
I only have 368K on my 98 12V Cummins. Oil is not black just dark at 5K.
โMay-01-2013 07:28 PM
45Ricochet wrote:
Three minute clip HERE.
Houston must have problems selling Fords since they had to add Dodge to their arsenal :W At any rate look up Joe Diesel on youtube for great Master Technician video's. They keep pretty busy in LA, and believe me there is not much water in LA.
โMay-01-2013 07:01 PM
I bought a $70,000 trailer that is a POS. I mean a real POS. Some issues that make it very unsafe on the highway.
โMay-01-2013 06:39 PM
Flashman wrote:sky_free wrote:
You guys have pretty much convinced me to never buy a diesel truck.
Uh make take a Ford diesel truck.
Last I heard Cummins was one of the longest lasting engines made.
โMay-01-2013 06:26 PM
The Mad Norsky wrote:
We must admit here on the tow vehicle forum, shoot the forum in whole, that we are by far just a tiny fractional percentage of total diesel vehicles being used here in North America right now.
And yet, and seemingly against the odds due to our small numbers, we have still suffered two confirmed failures of the Ford HPFP. Most of you remember Ricatic, but there was also a Canadian poster on here who had the same problem.
I PM'd this Canadian poster. He related to me that Ford tried their trump card, water in fuel routine with his vehicle also. Unfortunately for Ford, they had also just recently changed out the fuel filters for this vehicle. Based on this evidence, within their own (Ford's) maintenance records, Ford did in fact, begrudgingly, warranty the HPFP replacement and all assorted costs associated to the replacement, on his vehicle.
So that is two, as I said, from an amazingly small sample of operators.
I want info on this. I own one of these 6.7L Ford diesels.
My biggest fear is that someone, somewhere, is going to be hurt badly or worse by the sudden failure of these pumps. As they seem to die suddenly, without any measurable warning symptoms, I can see someone, attempting to merge onto a busy interstate, having his vehicle chug and die just as he leaves the on ramp and arrives in the traffic lanes, with an 18 wheeler bearing down on him from astern.
It won't be a happy ending or a pretty picture.
โMay-01-2013 06:18 PM
โMay-01-2013 06:16 PM
Vulcaneer wrote:BeerCan wrote:ricatic wrote:
The current sales kill count has grown to 151...that's a lot of lost money for 1 rejected warranty claim...
Have a great day
Regards
Keep it up it seems to be working ๐
Bold above is really what it is all about.
โMay-01-2013 06:13 PM
itguy08 wrote:NC Hauler wrote:
ricatic, don't blame you one bit....if I had to pay $13,000 to fix a truck with only 99,000 miles on it, and it wasn't anything I did...heck, even if it was something I did, I'd try to get some help...that kind of money would really hurt the purse strings and would affect my though processes on what truck I would purchase next...it is what it is...
What I want to know (and I didn't remember readinf) is with Ric's proof that he never had water in the fuel, etc. that he didn't force Ford into arbitration or sued them? I know if someone handed me the stuff he was fed I'd file a lawsuit (and I'm not the suing type). And I'd encourage those within warranties with the failures to do the same.
โMay-01-2013 06:04 PM
BeerCan wrote:ricatic wrote:
The current sales kill count has grown to 151...that's a lot of lost money for 1 rejected warranty claim...
Have a great day
Regards
Keep it up it seems to be working ๐
โMay-01-2013 05:51 PM
BenK wrote:Vulcaneer wrote:
snip....
I bought a $70,000 trailer that is a POS. I mean a real POS. Some issues that make it very unsafe on the highway.
snip...
Not arguing, but curious about that $70K POS trailer and how you managed
or did with it or ????
Am retired and budget for this kind of stuff slim for now...if me, I'd
not keep my opinions to myself...
โMay-01-2013 05:50 PM
sky_free wrote:
You guys have pretty much convinced me to never buy a diesel truck.
โMay-01-2013 03:12 PM
BeerCan wrote:ricatic wrote:
The current sales kill count has grown to 151...that's a lot of lost money for 1 rejected warranty claim...
Have a great day
Regards
Keep it up it seems to be working ๐
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/24/ford-posts-decade-best-2-1b-profit-in-q1-2013/
f-series up by 24% of course that lumps the 150 in with the super dutys.
http://media.ford.com/images/10031/April13sales.pdf