caissiel
Senior Member
I owned the good and bad 6.2L diesel by GM, I drove it for over 100K miles after the previous owner had it for 100K miles,
I was told they had Head Cracking problems, and the mechanics made a lots of money working on them.
I was even told I needed a head job and I never did do it, and traded the truck in on a 6.5L, again it was to be a bad engine.
The new owner of my 6.2L called me after 3 years and he asked me if I had done the heads.
I asked if the truck was good on fuel, started good in the winter, and was a smooth as before.
He told me he had put 100K miles on it and just rebuild the starter.
Well I told him he had a better truck then my new one and to just drive it.
Well my 6.5L was also a mechanics gold mine, because GM hardly had a chance to get out of the gate with this new GM 6.5L, that people had fuel pump nightmares, and engime block failures.
My GM was flawless for 9 years of ownership, and 200K miles.
I only installed a K&N air filer and one top ball joint and a few brake jobs.
In addition it hauled a 11K GVW 5th wheel for about 100K miles, though it was only rated for 8600 lbs trailer.
I bought this Ford as a lease return from a service company that put 70K miles on it in 2 years.
The first thing I checked is the Hrs vers Miles ratio, it was important to me that the truck had been driven and not idled
The Engine has been flawless, and the EGR was only cleaned once by the previous owner.
I do check the water and the EGR valve often, I carry spare gaskets all the time for it.
The maintenance so far has been nil for the last 3 years,
Its due for a fuel filter change and I change the oil once a year at 8K as the book says.
One important thing I do with all my diesels is that they never Idle for any lenght of time,
Since driving diesels the past 18 years I bet they never idle more then a few hrs, that is in total.
I drive standards, both with my VW and trucks and the key is off by the time the vehicle stops.
The smoke is hardly out of the tail pipe that I am shifted in gear and gone.
That is the advantage of the STD trannies, you have no need to warm up idling, I just drive with light load, in the cold or the freezing cold. Any EGR equiped engine should never be idled and that is for Gas or diesel.
I never alow the water to heat beyond 225F, and full trottle is never required because I shift before with my right hand.
Thats is my experience with all diesels VW, Bad GM's and Bad Ford.
I was told they had Head Cracking problems, and the mechanics made a lots of money working on them.
I was even told I needed a head job and I never did do it, and traded the truck in on a 6.5L, again it was to be a bad engine.
The new owner of my 6.2L called me after 3 years and he asked me if I had done the heads.
I asked if the truck was good on fuel, started good in the winter, and was a smooth as before.
He told me he had put 100K miles on it and just rebuild the starter.
Well I told him he had a better truck then my new one and to just drive it.
Well my 6.5L was also a mechanics gold mine, because GM hardly had a chance to get out of the gate with this new GM 6.5L, that people had fuel pump nightmares, and engime block failures.
My GM was flawless for 9 years of ownership, and 200K miles.
I only installed a K&N air filer and one top ball joint and a few brake jobs.
In addition it hauled a 11K GVW 5th wheel for about 100K miles, though it was only rated for 8600 lbs trailer.
I bought this Ford as a lease return from a service company that put 70K miles on it in 2 years.
The first thing I checked is the Hrs vers Miles ratio, it was important to me that the truck had been driven and not idled
The Engine has been flawless, and the EGR was only cleaned once by the previous owner.
I do check the water and the EGR valve often, I carry spare gaskets all the time for it.
The maintenance so far has been nil for the last 3 years,
Its due for a fuel filter change and I change the oil once a year at 8K as the book says.
One important thing I do with all my diesels is that they never Idle for any lenght of time,
Since driving diesels the past 18 years I bet they never idle more then a few hrs, that is in total.
I drive standards, both with my VW and trucks and the key is off by the time the vehicle stops.
The smoke is hardly out of the tail pipe that I am shifted in gear and gone.
That is the advantage of the STD trannies, you have no need to warm up idling, I just drive with light load, in the cold or the freezing cold. Any EGR equiped engine should never be idled and that is for Gas or diesel.
I never alow the water to heat beyond 225F, and full trottle is never required because I shift before with my right hand.
Thats is my experience with all diesels VW, Bad GM's and Bad Ford.
