Ford 6.8 V10

around here if you try to trade something in with a V10, they might give you a dollar allowance for it.

Ya I've got a bus with the v10 in it. Its one of the biggest hunks of cast iron I've ever owned. Would not start all last winter.   I now have a buyer wanting it. I hope he takes it.

Don't get me wrong, I like the V10, mileage is in the toilet BUT whether max loaded or empty, uphill or downhill or on the flats, city or highway, NOTHING seems to affect the fuel economy a whit. But put it in 4WD, and - cut almost in half. Half of single numbers is pretty poor mpg's! But it pulls like nothing else.

DITTO ON HAVING A SPARE COIL PACK!!! All 10 recently replaced, and after #10 cylinder (last one) was replaced, blew out the spark plug. Stranded at a little convenience store waiting for a tow in the worst whiteout snowstorm so far this winter. I went in for a cup of coffee and was surprised to see a friend of mine in there having lunch, he's a FedEx driver. I was even more surprised to see he was laughing, then asked me, "That YOU makin all that noise out there?" I said yes, but before I could say anything else he said, "I'm gonna say Ford Triton V10. In the past 10 years I've had 3 of them and every single one of them eventually blew the plug from number ten cylinder. Sound about right?"

Anyways, they had to flatbed it back to their shop, repaired it, with no guarantees. While waiting, I googled "Triton V10," holy shkamolie did I get an education! Instead of putting out a TSB about the problem, Ford shoulda done a recall.

Never did think v-10 in anything would work. Cousin has a Dodge v-10 and gets 3 mph, thinks its the greatest thing on the planet! ---However,-- nothing is worse than the junk 7.3 diesel they stuck in trucks. --Don't know why Ford is still in business, considering all the junk they sold over the years!

LouSWPA wrote: I just read Ford deep sixed the 6.8 V10 and replaced it with 7.3 pushrod motor!

I think it’s purely a marketing ploy. I have had several customers call me and very excited that Ford is bringing back the 7.3 when I explain its gas they are very disappointed. If I remember they cut the V-10 and the 6.2 and replaced with 7.3. I am waiting for calls of someone putting diesel in a new 7.3 lol

FORD 7.3 L GAS V8--

Earlier this year, Ford introduced an all-new engine option for the revamped 2020 Super Duty family of trucks. During the 2019 Chicago Auto Show, the Blue Oval was not ready to disclose the output numbers for the unit but now we finally have them. And they are good.

The 7.3-liter V8 gasoline motor produces up to 430 horsepower (320 kilowatts) at 5,500 rpm and “best-in-class” torque of 475 pound-feet (644 Newton-meters) available at 4,000 rpm. Featuring a proved overhead-valve architecture, the new V8 also uses a variable-displacement oil pump, extra-large main bearings, forged steel crankshaft, and piston cooling jets for better temperature management under heavy load.

Edited by steve(ill) - 01 Jan 2020 at 12:34pm

ac fleet wrote: Never did think v-10 in anything would work. Cousin has a Dodge v-10 and gets 3 mph, thinks its the greatest thing on the planet! ---However,-- nothing is worse than the junk 7.3 diesel they stuck in trucks. --Don't know why Ford is still in business, considering all the junk they sold over the years!

I hate to tell you there are still hundreds of thousands of 7.3s still running today. It was a very dependable engine. What do you drive? A Chevy with a Isuzu engine in it? While the truck rusts away?

Around here everyone praises the 7.3 Diesels and wishes they would build it again. I had one and it did what I wanted it to do. But I prefer the 6.0 diesel but I have a diesel shop and we only work on Ford diesels. I had a 6.4, and was not impressed. Long story there and to be honest I really don’t like to work on them. The 6.7s are doing good around here with a few issues but nothing like the 6.4 and 6.0s. I would put the 6.7 up with the 7.3 in terms of reliability. I have several customers with v-10s that I have worked on because they have diesels too. They seem to do a good job and my customers love them but there is a difference between gas and diesel in terms of towing.

Tom this is not to dispute anything you wrote, but for perspective, there literally are more ford pickup still on the road than any other brand of truck, so it might have something to do with the fact that your shop worked on more of them? For myself, it has ALWAYS been Ford, family's always been Ford/Lincoln/Mercury, with a Dodge or two over the years, Jeeps always lol, and ONCE, a brother owned a Chebbie back in the 70s lol... but that's pretty much over - my next truck will probably be a GMC. But we'll see...

Can't get anybody around here to work on junk 7.3 diesel's! ---Nobody will touch them! Mine sits out back from the time temps go below 55 til in spring when it goes back up to 55 at nights, so it never gets any miles on it. --Its a F-350 dual wheel flatbed. --In winter I have to pull my dump trailer with the Explorer, not something I like doing but desperate times. Still down from surgery so this winter everything is sitting.

55 and under, I plug mine in for 1-2 hours.
Turn the key and it is running. Has over 215,000 miles and have just replaced normal wear parts.
F250 2001
7.3
2 wheel drive, long bed, ex cab, 6 speed
I also only change oil ever 10,000 t0 12,000 miles.
There are 3-4 shop around here, that's about all they work on.
Most of the motors they work on have 200,000+ miles.