Two of my friends had the Bosch CP4 high pressure fuel pump grenade in their 2012 F350s with the 6.7 liter Diesel. It took out the entire fuel system and injectors.
Both trucks had over 130,000 miles on them. One got Ford to pay for part of the repair the other didn't. One was out $7000 and the other $16,000. I had 118,000 miles on mine so I opted to not wait and had mine replaced for $2700 parts a labor plus tax. Apparently the Bosch pump needs more lubricity than US ULSD provides. Oh and the other diesel engine s use the same pump. Do a Google search, there are even class action lawsuits in the works.
Anyways back on point. The repair only takes a day, one dealer local to me wanted to take 5 days at twice the labor charge while one 30 miles away did in in one day for half the price so shop around.
Here is my parts invoice as a heads up
Both trucks had over 130,000 miles on them. One got Ford to pay for part of the repair the other didn't. One was out $7000 and the other $16,000. I had 118,000 miles on mine so I opted to not wait and had mine replaced for $2700 parts a labor plus tax. Apparently the Bosch pump needs more lubricity than US ULSD provides. Oh and the other diesel engine s use the same pump. Do a Google search, there are even class action lawsuits in the works.
Anyways back on point. The repair only takes a day, one dealer local to me wanted to take 5 days at twice the labor charge while one 30 miles away did in in one day for half the price so shop around.
Here is my parts invoice as a heads up
There is lot of levels of fun here.
Somebody makes alarming thread, becouse diesel pump might need replacement at 160,000 miles (that's like 20 years for me).
Other post that his 50 mpg hybrid is better than 60 mpg diesel (with more power to pair).
So enjoy the humor.
Somebody makes alarming thread, becouse diesel pump might need replacement at 160,000 miles (that's like 20 years for me).
Other post that his 50 mpg hybrid is better than 60 mpg diesel (with more power to pair).
So enjoy the humor.
I think you fail to comprehend that hybrid technology has its limits and usually works only in stop & go traffic.
In highway cruising the batteries and electric motors are dead weight, unless you come to short grades, where electric motors can give you limited boost.
And no, batteries dying in regenerative charging are not a myth.
All cars with it seldom pass 3- years on batteries and AGM batteries for those cars are not cheap. I think you misunderstood regenerative charging for hybrid charging. Hybrid use multi-thousand dollars batteries, who are different animals.
Come to forum more often >>> you might learn something :C
In highway cruising the batteries and electric motors are dead weight, unless you come to short grades, where electric motors can give you limited boost.
And no, batteries dying in regenerative charging are not a myth.
All cars with it seldom pass 3- years on batteries and AGM batteries for those cars are not cheap. I think you misunderstood regenerative charging for hybrid charging. Hybrid use multi-thousand dollars batteries, who are different animals.
Come to forum more often >>> you might learn something :C
Boatycall wrote:Kayteg1 wrote:
Ford is having very lousy support site and I can't get full info about my truck warranty (due to site errors), but from my memory, Ford is giving 3 years basic warranty, but 7 years/100k miles powertrain warranty.
So this is not something average TC owner has to worry, does it?
Commercial users are different story.
Mine is a '15, with 72k. I found the warranty info, 36 mo bumper to bumper, 5yr/60k full powertrain, 5yr/100k motor-only. I'm literally days way from it expiring. Called to inquire at two different dealers to extend motor-only warranty, never got called back.
Nobody wants to work hard for smaller commision.
My "camper special" truck is going to end 3-years full warranty with about 30k miles and the only trouble I had was TPMS.
So 5 years on engine is what I care about.
DWeikert wrote:
I used to think that about hybrids, until I bought one. I once thought a Prius was basically just a 1.8L engine driven vehicle during extended highway travel. I couldn't have been more wrong. I can easily get 50+ mpg driving highway speeds. You don't actually have to touch the brakes to send a charge back into the batteries. Every time you go down a hill or allow the vehicle to slow due to traffic is sends a charge back into the battery assisting when you go back up the next hill or accelerate once traffic picks up again.
IMHO a diesel based hybrid would be the best of both worlds. Just wish someone would make one...
PS: It seems only the LML Duramax (2011-2016) has the CP4 pump.
My 5 years old Mercedes diesel makes 60 mpg at highway speed without messing with hybrid technology.
It does have recouping charge as well, what for minimal fuel/emission savings is killing batteries in 2-3 years. That all with almost 200 HP that will burn wide tires on dry asphalt.
MB does diesel hybrid, but small electric engine IMHO is made more for publicity or emission stunt, than for real use.
Adding batteries and electric motor to diesel will cost more in dead weight that will benefit from fuel saving.
