motorhead440
SDD Junior Member
I have an 05 Excursion purchased 12/10/05 with about 4 k miles. Its my first Ford diesel and after driving it a bit I'd thought I'd offer afew positive and negative observations.
I recently completed a run from South Miami to Northern Va and back . 1055 miles each way, on I95 using the same service stations , filling the tank in the same manner. On the way up the truck was totally stock and averaged 15.4 mpg running consistently 78 - 80 mph. Wile in Virginia, I changed the oil at 2500 miles to Rotella T and I also noticed the factory oil seemed nasty and flowed like water. On the return trip the EGR was unplugged and I averaged 17.7 mpg
running consistently 78 - 80 mph. Granted, this is not what one would call a controlled scientific study but its good enough to convince me. Now I need to find someone in South Miami to turn off my check engine light.
I still have the "hanging oil drop" on my bellhousing -popcorn . I pulled the rubber inspection plug and its dry inside. Guess a trip to the dealer is in my future. I'll likely just have it documented and defer having the motor pulled till a later date.
Nitpicking and comparing: The overhead console is WORTHLESS my 01 Dodge overhead is more informative. The seat heaters are low quality. They only work intermittently , they dont reset to off after the truck is shut off , they only have one setting and the switches should be somewhere on the dash where they can be seen. Again the Dodge is better. Why is this truck sold with NO rear swaybar ??? My Helwig just came in (missing parts -mad ) and I'll install this week. No underhood light or hood insulation talk about scrimping to save a nickle !!!
My next test will be a 170 degree thermostat. After some light internet research, seems the only choices for stats are 195 and 170 . I really wanted a 180 but I'll test with the 170 and post my observations sometime in the near future.
I love the power and manners of the 6.0 / torqshift combo no performance complaints here. Overall I feel just ok about my $47k purchase
. I do hope Ford pays closer attention to things in the future.
I recently completed a run from South Miami to Northern Va and back . 1055 miles each way, on I95 using the same service stations , filling the tank in the same manner. On the way up the truck was totally stock and averaged 15.4 mpg running consistently 78 - 80 mph. Wile in Virginia, I changed the oil at 2500 miles to Rotella T and I also noticed the factory oil seemed nasty and flowed like water. On the return trip the EGR was unplugged and I averaged 17.7 mpg
running consistently 78 - 80 mph. Granted, this is not what one would call a controlled scientific study but its good enough to convince me. Now I need to find someone in South Miami to turn off my check engine light. I still have the "hanging oil drop" on my bellhousing -popcorn . I pulled the rubber inspection plug and its dry inside. Guess a trip to the dealer is in my future. I'll likely just have it documented and defer having the motor pulled till a later date.
Nitpicking and comparing: The overhead console is WORTHLESS my 01 Dodge overhead is more informative. The seat heaters are low quality. They only work intermittently , they dont reset to off after the truck is shut off , they only have one setting and the switches should be somewhere on the dash where they can be seen. Again the Dodge is better. Why is this truck sold with NO rear swaybar ???
My Helwig just came in (missing parts -mad ) and I'll install this week. No underhood light or hood insulation talk about scrimping to save a nickle !!! My next test will be a 170 degree thermostat. After some light internet research, seems the only choices for stats are 195 and 170 . I really wanted a 180 but I'll test with the 170 and post my observations sometime in the near future.
I love the power and manners of the 6.0 / torqshift combo no performance complaints here. Overall I feel just ok about my $47k purchase
. I do hope Ford pays closer attention to things in the future.
