Any Ford techs out there?? 5.4L questions...

[Philip Saran]

Charlie,

Just buy a F250 with a diesel motor and be done with it......

Yes I own a F350 diesel and it gets 15-16 MPG towing a 18 ft open
car trailer with a car on it. It will probably drop down to 10-11 MPG
with my new to me (2001) cab over camper added to the load.

[Dave Casey]

I own an e250 service van with a 5.4, 1998, 70,000 miles no issues runs great, good motor in my opinion, and not real thirsty for what it is. My brother has a F250, I think it is a 2007, with a 5.4 and his is good also.

Also have a 1998 F150 with a 4.6 , 135000 miles still runs good.

My GMC with a 5.3 get about 2 or 3 better mpg that the fords, but all run good.

The Ford diesels scare me, to many problems unless its a 7.3 which I think is before 01 ?

[donc]

Dave Casey owning and driving a ford, is anything sacred?

[Pat Cook]

Get a diesel. I own a 01 Ford SD with a 7.3. Pulls my 32' fifth wheel and my 24' box trailer just fine gets between 10-12 mpg in front of either trailer. The only thing that would make any better is if it had the 5 speed auto tranny that is behind the 6 liter.

Does anybody know if there is such an adapter to put that trans behind the 7.3?

[CycloneFE]

Pat,

That is why I bought my F-350 with the 6.0 and the 5 speed auto. It is a 2005 and most of the "problems" with the 6.0 had been upgraded. I still have yet to tow, to capacity, but I like what it is so far. I found it on E-bay but it went off and I contacted the seller who had it for sale locally and we made a deal. I payed almost half the sticker(he had it and all documentation) price. The mileage is great "empty", he said it would get 18 and I did on the way home. It is a 4X4 and I added a topper, which is heavy and I get 14.5 to 16 town and highway now. I haven't been able to find out about the 5 speed behind the 7.3 but will keep trying.