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#65 of 355 F-250 Mileage: Gas V-8 w/ 4.10 vs. Gas V-10 w/ 4.10 by fordguy7 Jul 11, 2007 (5:52 am)
I have decided against diesel, and need to decide between two gas engine configurations. According to tow charts for truck I want, configurations are rated as follows: a) V-8 w/ 3.73 pulls 9,100# b) V-8 w/ 4.10 pulls 11,100# c) V-10 w/ 4.10 pulls 12,500#.   My towing needs require either b or c configurations, and price between the two is neglible. Since I tend to keep my trucks for at least 5 years, the decision for me is boiling down to gas mileage. I would love the extra muscle of the V-10, but the price of gas and the V-10 low mileage potential has me wary.   I would appreciate any real world mileage data on the V-8 w/ 4.10 and V-10 w/ 4.10.   Thanks!   scares me to death scarews Replies to this message: levisnboots (Jul 13, 2007 4:02 pm) snowtoad (Jul 28, 2007 9:37 pm) fordguy7 (Jul 29, 2007 7:31 am) fordtoys99 (Aug 05, 2007 6:18 pm)
#66 of 355 Re: 2008 Mileage Experience From Owners [f350arecrap] by fishoregon Jul 13, 2007 (11:29 am)
Replying to: f350arecrap (Jun 25, 2007 10:58 am) I have a 2008 250 Supper Duty diesel with 1600 miles, I am getting 14 to 15 mile to gallon with 16 mpg occassionally, none of this is city driving. This is comprable to what my 1999 F-350 Supper Duty got when it was new. You need to remember these a close tolorance egines my 7.3 did not break in and get improved milage until it had 25,000 miles on it. Then mileage gradually increased 3 to 5 miles per gallon.   On another note my new 1200 mile truck is having the engine replaced. My truck has apperantly blown the back two cylinders no compression. Ford Customer service is being very nice but it looks like I got to drive my new Ford for 2 weeks and then its in the shop for a month. This could be a fluke problem, they say they have never seen this problem and have had none with these engines, but I have my doubts. I have requested a new truck, you know with a over $50,000 price tag and 1200 miles, its my bad luck. I feel it should be Fords Bad Luck! Let me know if your truck has problems. I will probably continue to let Ford try the repairs but I will be very reluctant to stand for further problems, then it will be Fords Bad Luck! I have driven diesel engines for nearly 30 years most likely over 1 million miles and have never had and engine failure or real problem so I guess bad luck was due, or not! Replies to this message: abp1 (Jul 28, 2007 11:06 pm) kdean2608 (Aug 06, 2007 3:46 am) dbweaver (Sep 20, 2007 4:06 pm)
#67 of 355 Re: F-250 Mileage: Gas V-8 w/ 4.10 vs. Gas V-10 w/ 4.10 [fordguy7] by levisnboots Jul 13, 2007 (4:02 pm)
Replying to: fordguy7 (Jul 11, 2007 5:52 am) I've got a 2003 F-250 with V-10 (supercab, shortbed) and have had the best luck with it of any truck I've owned! It has the 3.73 and gets 11 mpg city pretty constantly. On the highway I can get around 13-14 when not towing. Since I don't tow that often, I've ordered my 2008 with the V-8 and 4.10 to improve mileage a bit. Good luck!
#69 of 355 Re: 08 Super Duty F250 with 5.4 [bigd76] by abp1 Jul 20, 2007 (6:18 pm)
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#70 of 355 08 f-250 SD Fuel Mileage and Satisfaction by kdean2608 Jul 22, 2007 (6:15 pm)
I have read and seen the good and the bad in the reviews and can only hope that those that have had bad experieinces it is only because this is a new model and new engine as we all know. I have 12,000k on my f-250 4x4 king ranch and have no problems (knock on wood) yet. I plan to put 40k on her then trade in for a new one and they should have all bugs out by then. While in for a recent service, the Ford District Eng was in the shop and he and i chatted about poor fuel milegage. Seems this is a on going issue, but all reports indicate mileage will increase after break-in around 15k. I pulled a 5k trailer 300plus miles and averaged 12.5. I am doing around 14 in town and 16 on the road. keep you posted. Replies to this message: dadzpony (Aug 03, 2007 7:52 am) kdean2608 (Aug 06, 2007 3:45 am)
#71 of 355 Ford 2008 F-350 Pulling by bearnotch Jul 23, 2007 (8:24 am)
I'm not sure of the pulling capacity of a 2008 Ford F-350 diesel, 6.4L, Crew, Long Bed, Dulley. Can anyone give me the total.   Thank you
#72 of 355 best source for trailor pulling: by mschmal Jul 23, 2007 (9:30 am)
go to http://www.fleet.ford.com/showroom/rv_trailer_towing/default.asp   You didn't provide enough information for me to answer the question for you.
#73 of 355 Re: F-250 Mileage: Gas V-8 w/ 4.10 vs. Gas V-10 w/ 4.10 [fordguy7] by snowtoad Jul 28, 2007 (9:37 pm)
Replying to: fordguy7 (Jul 11, 2007 5:52 am) fordguy7 do not worry about the v-10! i am on my 3rd one the older v-10 gives u better fuel milage[99 to 04]. im currently employed to haul rvs to all parts of the country and i can tell u right now the deziels are over rated and over priced! dezeisl r soppose to not break well guess what they r breaking. fuel injectors seems to be the mane issue [very exspenve]. now the ford desiel is 6000 dollar option the v-10 is 600 0ption. at 70 mph with 4;30 f-350 6 spd man. i can get 15 mpg. my other v-10 i can get 16 mpg onley diff. between the two f-250 has 4;10. f-250 06. f-350 05. [new v-10s]the ford desiels are averaging 18 mpg. now u sit at the table and do the math and u relieze that desiels r not worth it. my f-350 is my work truck. i have 60 thousand plus and going to find out how far this 10 will go. ive been hering big milage numbers coming out of the gas engines. towing wise u r looking at 8 to 10 mpg at 65 mph depending what u r towing. at 60 add a mile or two. the 01 i had f-250 5 spd man 3;73 got 18 mpg. as for the automatics in older ones averaged about 15 mpg[highway].i dont no what the new 10s r doing i havent talked to anybody that has automatis. my guess not as good. so there u have it im planning posting at 100,000 to give more details on the v-10. one more thing to point out the 99s they had issues with them with catlac conv.and not as powerful as the other later years. there is guy said he herd that they had crank problems but i havent talked to anbody that run into with that issue [and i talked to a lot v-10 0wners]. my guess on this is keep the revs down and i dont think there is just a handful with this problem[if any]. later Replies to this message: fordguy7 (Jul 29, 2007 7:31 am)
#74 of 355 Re: 2008 Mileage Experience From Owners [fishoregon] by abp1 Jul 28, 2007 (11:06 pm)
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