New to the diesel world!
 

Hello, fellow Excursion members i want to ask you guys a couple of questions, im new to the desel world and im looking to get an awsome ford excursion limited! I dont know what the pros, cons of the bahemiths sized trucks are.
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My first truck is Ford expedition and i still do have it but looking around i heard the expo waste more fuel then an excursion.(true/false) and also what engine is best? im thinking about getting the 6.0L becuase of the 5 speed transmission on the 03-05 but its more of throwing a rock and hitting which ever it lands on.Do the diesel engine require less mantinance?(true/false) im still very young and i wont have much money for mantinance(i will for tire,brakes,ect) Im not going to be hualing so much (if any) just more of daily driver-I dont rally care about the diesel, i like driving big!!!

Lastly, is the limited the top of the line model? i like my trucks to be fully loaded not XLT or XLS(no offence to anyone).

p.s. is there anything i should look for? like i know to look for leaks and such but like anyother things? i dont want to get a LEMON

Thanks for answering my question, always have been an excursion fan i guess
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that mean im have to change my user name :lol:

dont get a 6.0. diesels require more maintenance, if your set on an excursion ..get a 6.8 v10 if your not going to haul anything

Well i know that the first 00-02 6.0 had problem but i was talking about 04 or 05 , there a reason why it replaced the 7.3 right? and the v10 ok but man gas? 12.mpg? i wish ford put a 5 speed on that then maby it would be better!

im also be traveling alot from LV to Denver or Georgia so pretty long distance!

the 6.0 was made from 03-07??

no matter which excursion you get, your not going to get "good" gas mileage.
if your set on a diesel, get a 7.3

If you are going to buy a 6.0 get your writing hand warmed up and get a couple extra boxes of checks. They are expensive to maintain and fix when they break and the best milage I have seen out of my truck is 15 on the highway and I have only seen that once other than that I am seeing 13-14 on the highway.

ok then, i will try t0 get the 7.3 i really dont want a gas, i like the feel of a diesel :cool:

also how hard are they to change regualer maint.? like glow plugs and such?

i know to put a set of injectors is pretty damn expensive, and a PITA to do. glow plugs..im not really sure, but it cant be cheat..

pretty much anything you do on a diesel is gonna be expensive

I am not trying to be an ass but I have owned my truck for two years and nothing about owning any diesel truck is cheap. When they break they are expensive to fix no matter what make it is.

alot of people dont, they think they are just like a normal gas engine, till they dont change a fuel filter when they are suppose to, or when it goes to a shop and cost 3 times as much as a normal gas engine.

Do you work on your own vehicles because you can save some money on the maintanance side of it but most of the other stuff has to be done at the dealer because they have the scanners to run the diagnostics on these engines. If you dont work on your own truck it is not uncommon to walk out of the dealer after paying 200 to change the oil and fuel filters.

Injectors aren't cheap, but they're easy to change, not a PITA. Glow plugs are just as hard as injectors to change. Maintenance on a diesel is expensive.

ok, thanks for the advice and yes i work on my own vehicle and i have changed plugs & coil on my expo (PAIN!) but dam i guess i will stick to the expys or a navigator. BUT i might sacrifice all that just for the Excursion i love those trucks!!!


@f150fella08-Why would you replace fuel Injectors? i never replaced them on my expo.

For some reason the dont last or they get starved for fuel by a plugged filter or running the truck low on fuel. I know the 6.0 has a taste for injectors for some reason and at 250 a pop plus labor to change them is expensive. I changed two in my truck last fall and it was 1300 and then two weeks later the FICM (fuel injection control module) took a dump at 800 to replace it. If you really want a diesel go buy one but just be ready to reach deep to fix it.

so in other word keep it full of fuel and change the fuel filter every 2 years or so? i only changed it on my expo once but it a pain on the 4WD models there nothing like the 2WD on the underside!!!

sorry for asking but why not do it your self? or are they that hard?

You need to change the fuel filters on a diesel every 15k-20k and you are supposed to follow the same service interval on gas motors but most people dont. I change the filters on my truck 3-4 times a year.