Calhoun Farm":2z52ju04 said:
chippie":2z52ju04 said:
I am sorry to say this, but the 2008 Ford diesel trucks are not reliable. They break down when they are out of warranty. My husband's employer had 2008 for the employees and his broke down last fall while on the road (he pulls a heavy trailer). His wasn't the only one, several other instructor's trucks had to be replaced too.
One hassle with the trucks is that they have to remove the entire cab to work on the engine.
It was not fun being 100 miles from home with a cow in the trailer when the engine started it's be nice. Boy was I happy that we were able to limp home.
Alot of this has to do with if the emissions equipment is left on, when these trucks regen to clean dpf they inject raw fuel in #7 and #8 cylinders. It gets heated up and shots (basically flames) out of the smaller turbo into the exhaust pipe to burn off the soot. To come out say all 2008 trucks are not reliable is a ignorant statement, it all has to do with how the trucks are maintained and if they are idled alot. During regen diesel will slip past the rings and into the crankcase, ford recommends oil changes at 10k miles. Anyone with basic knowledge of an engine knows to not wait that long to change oil. When you delete the emissions, regens stop for good. That's why fuel mileage and reliablity goes up when you do. Too many variables to make a blanket statement like that. The 09/10 trucks also have the 6.4 as well not just 2008.
OK, I am ignorant, but seeing so many that were used daily having assorted expensive problems is a good enough reason for me not to want one. The cost to repair my husband's truck was over $4k.
We change the oil in our trucks religiously. One of our personal trucks is a 2000 Ford F250 diesel with over 397,000 miles. I post a pic several years ago when it rolled over 300,000.
Something else. If a truck is still under warranty (less than 100K) you had better not go messing with removing stuff and changing things up. You will void your warranty.
The truck that died had about 125,000 on it.