Ford's newest diesel, the 6.7 liter

[DaveBen]

I was reading about the upcoming diesel in Fords line. It will have a new design with the valley containing the Exhaust and the intake where the exhaust used to be. It will use a new Compacted Graphite Iron (?) block with Aluminum Cylinder heard. The new heads will have six bolts per cylinder to keep the head gaskets happy. The story is here: The Ford Story: A New Era in Ford Diesel Technology for Pickups Starts Now

Good reading!

Dave

 

[strokepower]

thanks for the article... very interesting.. i wish i had the money to just try one out and not have to worry bout whether it works out or doesn't... ya know

 

[DaveBen]

As with the past three new diesels, wait a year or two to get all of the bugs out. One can dream...

Dave

 

[NevrKnow]

I'm with you Dave. Give it a couple of years and if they hold together, we'll probably all be wanting one.

Get me one for my towing and turn the 02 into a serious fun toy!

 

[strokepower]

Get me one for my towing and turn the 02 into a serious fun toy!

my thoughts if the funds are present

 

[commanderjjones]

I hate to be the skeptic but it looks way too complicated to be extremely reliable.

 

[strokepower]

I hate to be the skeptic but it looks way too complicated to be extremely reliable.

that's what we've said about every new engine they have come out with... the 6.0 seemed that way at first but with a few mods and labor they can be very realiable... its a waiting game... like the fellas said give them a few years to work it out and we will see who knows

 

[johndeerefarmer]

I hate to be the skeptic but it looks way too complicated to be extremely reliable.

I agree- way too much to go wrong and most is so complicated that the average guy can't even do much work on them.

My John Deere tractors aren't too bad yet; though between the 2002 and 2005 identical models that I have they made changes for EPA crap like adding a radiator to cool the diesel fuel. According to the manual if the fuel gets too warm it will reduce the tractor's output power

 

[BIG JOE]

that's what we've said about every new engine they have come out with... the 6.0 seemed that way at first but with a few mods and labor they can be very realiable... its a waiting game... like the fellas said give them a few years to work it out and we will see who knows

Thats the Ticket, Time will tell.

I wunder how it smellz .. run'n [P]iesel

 

[HeavyAssault]

Not to mention the require fluid needed to clean the exhaust gases.

I'll run the 6.0L headgaskets be damned!!