Im going to guess you have never had to work on one,not a day where you can ask anyone who works on them that they will say its a good engine, quite brutal and they get worse the newer they are, injectors and head gaskets are the worst with egr following close behind, I will agree the rest of the drivetrain is good, but they better have the engine down this time around or they might as well hang up their skates and be done with their diesel engine boat anchors. They do however serve one good purpose, they keep shops busy.
Cummins getsmy vote, followed my the duramax and the powerjoke comes in last in my books. Sad to admit but it must be done lol
EDIT: sorry I got so off topic I forgot to metion your truck, Good buy and nice truck, Mods are the best part of owning one. I suggest getting an edge with a monitor, safe and will save your truck knowing the chip is protecting your truck and you can watch your vitals. I agree with the bigger tires,nothing a cut off wheel cant fix. Also suggest an air intake and exhaust before the chip as well.
i agree the cummins is the best diesel, i wished i would have gotten an 03+ as aftermarket support for 98.5-02 isn't as good as 03+ and the 12v are super easy to make power out of.
but i like bein able to chip.
edge juice with attitude+monitor will be ordered once the bug is worked out.
diagnostics next tuesday.
i suspect the turbo is gettin too hot and cuttin out, cause it wont make boost as normal.
ps it already has s&b intake and a 4 inch turbo back to a 5" stack.
i love drivin it but wish it had no probs.
its booked in at wilkinsons for tuesday, hope they can clear it up.
yes. i know this is a common weak spot but it was rebuilt last year, and had an hd kit installed. (converter etc) and reciepts too boot.
also t case was done.
and as far as powerstroke,
i love the powerstroke, and as a stock engine with 4" exhaust they will pull like crazy and go forever. its chips, oversized trailers, poor tranny cooling and a heavy foot that cause problems, the heavy foot bein the worst.
durms however are awesome engines, easily take 35 pounds of boost all day long and go like nuts but the new ones exhaust filters clog up and go into limp,
and they get brutal milage.
not that fords get good milage but they arent bad.
dodges get far better milage then both chev and ford but dodges arent reallt much of a truck.
buuuuut i like it so far. put 1000 km's on this weekend.
it did great in mud, didn't even notice the 2 dirtbikes in the back and the power=tach issue is the only problem.
i drove most of tonight, no probs, then i was getting a little silly with the skinny pedal on the "main street" of regina, and right as some ricer pulls up ready to race, power dies out. ugh.
stupid guy thinks he can beat cummins's now. dickwad.
anyways. more pics!!!