Ford F 150 3.0 turbo diesel engine

My buddy has an ‘18 platinum with the diesel. It’s pretty sweet and damn smooth with the 10 speed. Great gas mileage too.

I test drove a 2019 and was not impressed. I thought it had a pretty significant turbo lag, though some of that might have been because I am used to the 6.7L.

It also seemed to take its sweet time getting on the interstate.

I bought another 6.7L.

$3k over the 5.0

Thought they used 4.10s and either 3.55 or 3.73 in the 6.2 in the Super Duty gas engines?

I looked at a 3.0 Powerstroke, but it made very little financial sense and that's driving 20+k miles a year not including DEF or maintenance. Last I read rumors were Ford was phasing this engine out, so it will have had a short production run.

I've had a few F150s, most recent being a 2011 that I got rid of in 2018. I just don't see enough change in the interior to make me go Ford again for a while. Transmission problems and engine problems with the once proven 5.0 made me recently swap from my Tundra to a Ram 2500 with the 6.4 and 8 speed transmission.

good info guys, thanks

I'm reading the Ford 3.0 diesel has a timing belt. Is this correct? If so, what's the change interval they call for the timing belt?

I have an 03 Jetta TDI with a timing belt. Supposed to change it every 100,000 miles. VW gave the gas engines during that time a chain but the diesel got stuck with a belt. The manufacturers that put belts on diesel engines that can go 600,000+ miles is some chicken shite engineering. That's alot of money and downtime over the life of the engine spent on changes.

If you're open to it,check out the GM diesels in the half tons. I think they are getting the best reviews out of the big 3.

Is that bad? Seems like it would be lighter.

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For a light duty truck, not really. The pros outweigh the cons.

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I'm seeing a lot of cons on this one.

Timing belt
Newer diesel emission extra BS
Added diesel expense for the price alone of the fuel. The maintenance on diesel always being a bit more expensive than the gasser parts wise and labor.

It only edges the 5.0 out by 40 ft lbs of torque but the 5.0 has nearly twice the horsepower. Yes the diesel may get a few more mpgs but those savings go out the window when you factor the price of fuel alone.

I like diesels,own a couple diesel tractors and a diesel car. Not trying to shite on diesel here.

This setup just doesn't seem worth it to me

ETA to show how you're not saving money on fuel.

Gas station by my house is selling regular unleaded right now for $1.81 gallon. If the 5.0 gas engine gets 23 mpg, that costs you 78 cents per a mile.

The diesel at the same station costs you $2.32 per gallon right now. If the 3.0 diesel engine get 30 mpg, that costs you 77 cents per a mile, dividing the mpg by the price per a gallon. Here again, I'm not even factoring in the added costs to owning a diesel vs gas and the price of DEF fluid used.

I also see you were referencing the GM diesel having aluminum blocks. I'd rather have the graphite iron block the Ford diesel is using in a diesel application