Who has a 6.4 powerstroke or has ever owned one?
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Read my reply to the thread titled: New F250 Owner.
Edit: You're local, sent you a pm. Let me know what you think. Fuel milage and other problems can be cured with deleting emissions crap and tuning.
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I have a 2008 F250 6.4 turbo that we bought new.
Mileage the first year sucked ass. Mileage was in the low-mid teens. I now I have 24,500 miles on it and the mileage is much, much better. This weekend I drove NC-GA-NC for a total of 460 miles. Here is what I got:
Interstate cruising at 70mph - 20mpg
4 lane highway cruising at 60 mph - 22mpg
Interstate cruising at 80mph - 15mpg
Keep it under 70mph/2000rpms and you will get good mileage.
-Kevin
Mileage the first year sucked ass. Mileage was in the low-mid teens. I now I have 24,500 miles on it and the mileage is much, much better. This weekend I drove NC-GA-NC for a total of 460 miles. Here is what I got:
Interstate cruising at 70mph - 20mpg
4 lane highway cruising at 60 mph - 22mpg
Interstate cruising at 80mph - 15mpg
Keep it under 70mph/2000rpms and you will get good mileage.
-Kevin
Does the truck still have the dpf/cat on it? Any mods?
Mine is bone stock; no mods and still has all of the emissions equipment.
Nice. Is that hand calculated or the lie-o-meter? Rip the emissions off it and turn that bad boy up!!
Lie-o-meter. However, I kept track of my mileage for every tank for the first year and the dash mileage was always within a tenth or so of my calculations.
I will say that on the trip back, the diesel regeneration kicked in at least twice and that probably had a part in the 15mpg at 80mph.
No, the emissions crap will stay on for another 75k miles. I have owned Fords in general, and specifically Cobras, for long enough to know how much Ford loves to deny warranty claims for any reason at all.
Besides, all my fun money goes into the the track car.
I will say that on the trip back, the diesel regeneration kicked in at least twice and that probably had a part in the 15mpg at 80mph.
No, the emissions crap will stay on for another 75k miles. I have owned Fords in general, and specifically Cobras, for long enough to know how much Ford loves to deny warranty claims for any reason at all.
Besides, all my fun money goes into the the track car.
Yes they do love to deny warranty claims. IMO the regeneration is not good for the motor at all once you understand what exactly it is doing during regen. Waiting until it goes out of warranty is good tho and the 6.4s last a long time if you take care of them. I know a guy with one thats got almost 190k on it.
Have you had to take it in for any warranty repairs or radiators? Is it a job 1, 2, or 3?
In late '08 or early '09, I took it in for the degass bottle replacement and ECM reflash. Other than that, just oil and fuel filter changes.
Was there a recall on the radiators other than the degass bottle?
-Kevin
Was there a recall on the radiators other than the degass bottle?
-Kevin
No recall on the radiators just the early ones got the "t fitting" recall. The later built trucks came with the fitting. The radiator is part of the 3/36000 as well
The 6.4 in the SVTP F-350 has been flawless for the 10,000 miles we've driven it.
Being a 7.3 fan for years and running 3 of them to 150k-200k, i had to replace my last 7.3 in december. I got a 09 F350 and i will say the motor and trans is a good set up and the trucks tows great. I don't care for the lag dow low but the 6.4 loves rpm. milage sucks in town i see 9.5-11.5 hand cal, but on the hwy i ve seen as high as 17.4 mpg @ 70 and thats leveled with 35's. just went higher with the lift and lost .5 mpg so it not to bad. I was going to spartin tune it but i am going to wait for a few more miles on it. I had an a/c issue, and a new top end all by 8500 miles. Shes got 10k on it now and its been great and no more knocking and ice cold a/c. All in all the ride is great and i love having twin turbos, just keep oil changes to 5K and fuel filters to 10K and you will be fine. All in all i would buy another 6.4. But you do want to get rid of the DPF and regeneration asap as it's not good for the motor.:beer:
Even the most simple 30hp canned tune will get rid of that lag, it's built into the stock tune to help with emissions.
MATT SS
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Whats the stock warranty on the 6.4 Powerstrokes?? BC im thinking of buying a used 2008. Thank you.
100k
MATT SS
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How many years?? with the 100K:shrug:
5yr/100k
Early trucks had radiator issues, but that seems to be fixed.
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