Gear Heads Opinions Needed

I love my Kia, it's got 180,000 miles and runs like a top. Never had any shut off probs or any other major probs.

What about diesels would you like me to school you on Marc. I didn't always drive a Kia.
 
My wife and I share our Kia Optima. It is a nice car for estimates & groceries, but it can pull 20k of logs around.
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Ed is just playing around. He knows that a work truck should be a diesel. He knows that diesels are more efficient, more powerful, and last longer.

Any one heard of the Volkswagen Lupo? This is a 3cyl diesel getting 78mpg. It is way better than any production car, in the states, for fuel economy. But, can you get one at a U.S. dealer? No.

Any one have an idea why?
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I've got a 2000 F350 (7.3L) and while I was driving last night, the engine just turned off! It was in a busy part of town, so it became a safety issue when I had to navigate a truck without power steering or power brakes (while I had my whole family in the truck with me).

While I was coasting, to find a smart place to stop, I put it in neutral and started it. It started and I revved it for a little while then went on my merry way.

What could have happened?
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Oh, golly, you shouldn't have asked this here. Most people honestly dont' know much about vehicles, and especially diesel.

Go to FTEF (ford truck enthusiast forum) or something like that, i haven't been there in over a year, but you could get at least 50% of the responses smart ones and actually helpful.

Alright, good purchase by the way Jamin. 7.3 will last a very long time. It's no where near as powerful as the later deisels, but it's pretty reliable. I still have a 2001 f550 with the 7.3.

Screw the electrical suggestions, there are good ones for little gas cars and such, but that's not likely your problem.

Check your oil level, on very level ground. If the oil in that truck simply get a little more than a quart low, or anywhere around the minimum line, the truck can shut down, even more so when going up a hill. Oil pressure goes to the fuel injectors and is a key compenent of them working properly in the 7.3L. If they don't get enough oil, they don't squirt fuel and the truck stops running. I have seen this twice in our 7.3 in the trucks lifetime so far.

How does a diesel engine shut off when you turn the key off? Fuel stops getting pumped from the injector pump.

Another possible cause in your 7.3: The cam positioning sensor goes bad on those engines after a while. This sensor lets the computer know what the engine is doing and when to inject fuel at the right time and such.

So, my opinion is that it is likely going to be one of those two things.

well, i just thought of another thing. Have you twisted that lever next to your fuel filter and let the water drain out lately? it likely wouldn't have caused the whole engine to stop running totally though, but it's a good thing to do anyway. i wish my newer 6.0 still had that kind of set up to drain the water, so easy.

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Awesome David! I do have an oil leak. The dip stick screw is stripped at the oil pan. So, I've got a pretty good leak. I have to add oil often. I just checked it (I'm usually on top of it) I was a quart low.

I'm also using 10w-30. What do you use in your 7.3's?
 
US requires every engine to go through a rigorous (and expensive) testing procedure to prove its worthiness to be on the road. Even Ford, which sells diesel cars in Europe and elsewhere, doesn't go through the expense to certify their diesels, so we only get the big trucks.

That's what the guys on the TDI (volkswagen) site say, anyway.
 
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Maybe cuase the oil companies run the USA, What would those big fat CEO's do for money if we built cars that would get that knid of MPG? I see they crushed the Jeep liberty that had the die hard 2.4L think that thing got like 25+ MPG. Only on market 2 years????
 
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Awesome David! I do have an oil leak. The dip stick screw is stripped at the oil pan. So, I've got a pretty good leak. I have to add oil often. I just checked it (I'm usually on top of it) I was a quart low.

I'm also using 10w-30. What do you use in your 7.3's?

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10w-30 is okay for our temperatures, but that is more of a gas engine oil. I've always been told that 15w-40 is better for deisels in our area. I've always used 15w-40.

but i think your owners manual will overlap both of those oils for our temperatures.
 
oh, and for your air filter. it pays to buy a good quality one in that 7.3, the cheap fram ones don't last hardly any time with a truck that runs around dust. I found the WIX or ford ones last twice or three times as long. the fram would trip the plugged air filter thing in a short amount of time.

if you are new to deisels, make sure your antifreeze has all the right ingredients in it still. you can buy a test strip kit, it tells you what might be lacking. you can then just add the certain minerals, or whatever that are lacking. the wrong antifreeze mixture, and little bubbles will corrode through your block.
 
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I've drawn up that same conclusion too Ed. Them oil tycoons would be have to give up the corporate jet if we had Volkswagen Lupo's running around.
 
I love my 95 honda civic. The one I have now is nowhere near my first on that was wrecked (rolled it and walked away without a scratch). It got 43mpg average and had a hair less go juice than my bosses stage 2 souped up 7.3 powerstroke if you hit the gears right. The one I have now gets 36 and uses oil (probably why). Still it has a 2000lb tow rating which is good for a log splitter or a quick run with my stump grinder. I loved rubbing it in to people who had prius's and were getting 46 or so.
 
the geo metro got 50 easy. they stopped making that lil three banger. whys that? not near the same kinda power and handling as the honda civic though. Thats gotta be one of the best cars ever made. the 90's toyota pickup 4x4 is up there too.
 
My 04' civic just got totalled a few months back. It was a great car. I've also owned a geo metro and I LOVED that car too. I could drive it for weeks without having to refuel. I still got my eye out for one of those little suckers...
 
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I had 2 Honda Civics, an 89 and a 95, great little cars. I'm temped to buy another.


Just bought tires for my Dodge 1 ton at $150 a pop
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VW still makes diesels (TDI). Turbo makes them quite a bit quicker than those old diesels. mid 90's to 2005 or so, they got over 50 mpg for some highway drivers. The newer TDI's get more like 40-45. And you can use biodiesel for cleaner emissions (but lesser mileage). jetta, golf and beetle are all the same car with a different shell. Passat is a bigger car, sort of like going from corolla to camry in the toyotas, and probably gets a little less per gallon.
 
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