I have an ‘05 F350 V8 Turbo-diesel. It has 190k miles on it and runs great, it looks good and rides like new.
It blows a little blue smoke on first startup and for about 300 feet down the road, then, nothing.
It gets me 18.3 mpg freeway at 70 mph.
I won’t sell it, although several local people have expressed an interest in buying it.
Todays new cars simply don’t interest me..
“It blows a little blue smoke on first startup and for about 300 feet down the road, then, nothing.”
I don’t know about that particular engine but the blue smoke on startup often is just leakage past the valve guides. Ignore it and check the oil level slightly more often.
My brother told me of the nightmares his GM big diesel gave him. I thought gas engines were bad with the smog stuff.
Told me about some little tank of nystery floud that needs filling and other sensors that left him stranded.
Diesels used to be the Terminators of the road vehicles.....