Lee Robinson
Bronze Member
Good video that explains the issues with DPFs, EGRs, DEF, and other emissions equipment...makes me glad I got the 25hp Kioti CK2610.
Yeah, my Ford 6.4’s DPFs refined themselves into being pretty worthless by the time I cold find someone brave enough to buy them. My Ram dealer took one off my hands as a trade-in.Someone spreading hysteria to drum up views for YouTube monetary rewards and five minutes of fame.
Emissions controls are established technology that’s been refined since introduced a decade ago.
It seems like he is a little upset that he got caught breaking the law! What do you expect to have happen when you break the law then use a platform on the internet to promote what you are doing? For God's sake how stupid can people be! Gotta take some of what he says with a grain of salt, VIN number, what is with that, it is Vehicle Identification Number. Kinda nit picking, but it is an indicator of intelligence. DPF is not there to reduce NOx, it traps particulate, the SCR or Selective Catalytic Reduction is used for reducing NOx by way of injecting liquid fertilizer into the exhaust system upstream of the SCR system. The smart money is to not break the law and that will keep your tit out of the wringer.Good video that explains the issues with DPFs, EGRs, DEF, and other emissions equipment...makes me glad I got the 25hp Kioti CK2610.
The DPF isn’t the only problem with powerstoke 6.4 engines. They are a dealer shop gold mine.Yeah, my Ford 6.4’s DPFs refined themselves into being pretty worthless by the time I cold find someone brave enough to buy them. My Ram dealer took one off my hands as a trade-in.
Im all for clean air, but come on, make it something reliable.
Scheduled maintenance on powerstrokes 6.4 is very expensive compared to Cummins and Duramax engines. Also the failure rate is much greater. I’ll take a reliable low RPM motor with less hp (but plenty of torque) such as an inline Cummins over a high hp but less reliable and more costly powerstroke. My opinion based on owning Cummins motors and seeing what my power stroke owning relatives have experienced.The 6.4 isn't necessarily a bad engine it's a power monster, it's just people never maintained them properly. The 6.4 was the first Ford/international/Navistar engine to get the EGR, DPF treatment. Their thinking was to inject diesel fuel into the exhaust stroke on cylinders 7&8 to burn out the DPF. Well when you inject fuel on the exhaust stroke, diesel gets washed down the cylinders and dilutes the oil. Then the diluted oil takes out the top end of the engine from lack of good lubrication.
The 6.4's with OCI around 3k never had the problems.
Their is nothing more powerful than a tuned and deleted 6.4. It will smoke any other diesel now and then.
The 6.4 isn't necessarily a bad engine it's a power monster, it's just people never maintained them properly. The 6.4 was the first Ford/international/Navistar engine to get the EGR, DPF treatment. Their thinking was to inject diesel fuel into the exhaust stroke on cylinders 7&8 to burn out the DPF. Well when you inject fuel on the exhaust stroke, diesel gets washed down the cylinders and dilutes the oil. Then the diluted oil takes out the top end of the engine from lack of good lubrication.
The 6.4's with OCI around 3k never had the problems.
Their is nothing more powerful than a tuned and deleted 6.4. It will smoke any other diesel now and then.
Scheduled maintenance on powerstrokes 6.4 is very expensive compared to Cummins and Duramax engines. Also the failure rate is much greater. I’ll take a reliable low RPM motor with less hp (but plenty of torque) such as an inline Cummins over a high hp but less reliable and more costly powerstroke. My opinion based on owning Cummins motors and seeing what my power stroke owning relatives have experienced.
I’d rather ride the slow lane with a 5.9 as ride behind a wrecker with a 6.4.
Best example of blind optimism I've seen in months.Only people that don't maintain anything ride the wrecker.
There were a lot of bro dudes that thought just drive them like a gas truck...Best example of blind optimism I've seen in months.
And an equal number that had them lay down and die because of their shortcomings.There were a lot of bro dudes that thought just drive them like a gas truck...
And an equal number that had them lay down and die because of their shortcomings.
What is that supposed to mean? They were ignorant for buying a 6.4 to begin with?Which they fully deserved for being ignorant.
What is that supposed to mean? They were ignorant for buying a 6.4 to begin with?
It's ok to be a fanboy, but don't tell be they are reliable when maintained when mechanical failures are well documented.
Your claim that maintenance costs are comparable with other diesels may be technically correct on a per service basis, but when YOU claim the ODI needs to be 3000 miles that kind of throws the comparable cost argument right in the toilet.