Interesting wonder if its BS or not

A biodiesel user who is part of the San Francisco Biofuels group recently blew up his truck, a brand-new Ford F350. It's quite a story, and he's given AutoblogGreen permission to relay his tale to our readers, who I think will enjoy this heartbreaker. Here's Peterson in his own words:

"I supposedly blew up my brand new $55k truck, with just 200 miles on it, running B99. I say supposedly, because I can't believe it was a fuel problem-but Ford is sticking me with $17k bill for a new engine (major labor required to remove cab etc..). They tested the fuel at two labs and said I violated the warranty (which says no more than B5). I am meeting with the engineer that was flown out from Dearborn to examine the problem today, so I hope to get some technical background on this. ... I have been running B99 in my other cars for 2 years. I'm a farm kid, and fairly comfortable around machinery, and have never had any problems with them. To my understanding, biodiesel has a higher flash point and I can't understand how one blows up an engine on a vegetable-based fuel. Ford markets the ultra-low-sulfur engine as the cleanest in the industry. I ran B100 in my 2004 F25- for 2 years-a similar, high performance PowerStroke."

A bit later, he posted the coda:

"So here's the ending to the 'blown up' brand new truck saga I posted last week. ... Within minutes of posting, I received tons of helpful input ... to test fuel and eventually even legal documentation that Ford could not extend their warranty to cover third parties, and thus not honor (the now 20k) in warranty work. Armed with these questions, and the fact that as long as it was spec fuel, I was covered legally. I went in to siphon fuel out of the tank. Skip several interesting exchanges later, Ford scrambled and is now covering everything-and has even offered to take the truck back and sell me a new one (mine had only 200 miles on it). Next, I found out that Ford just offered a massive recall for injector problems that create a hydrolock that produces white smoke and can cause a massive bang-exactly what happened to me.... The whole things seems to have been a ploy to cover up something they eventually had to admit to on a massive scale. Go Ford."

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[Source: SF Biofuels]

 

I honestly can say I have high hopes for the new SD. However, with all of the bad press lately like that...at least the magazines are saying how great it is. The every day users however....

 

hhhmmmm... if it smells like an egg and looks like an egg, the Ford must have laid an egg...

 

Ford should run not walk to the CAT corporate headquarters, then assume the groveling position and proceed to beg CAT for a engine to put in their HD trucks. The only sure fire way to redeem themselves with their loyal (if there are any left) customers.

 

as long as the magazine's keep saying it's a good truck, the uninformed will keep dropping $55k on it.

 

You would think that they wouldve solved their injector problems long ago and learned a lesson from the 6.0. The injectors oughta be great, but that's Ford for you. They are way too proud of their NAME, obviously.

 

Ford and Navistar's first try at the Common Rail setup. I see more issue to come.

 

All I can say is...after owning two powerstrokes, I'm glad I bought a cummins this time around.

Actually the 7.3 was pretty good overall, the 6.0 caused me nothing but grief.

 

Always remember a wise man once said "You can't fix stupid."

 

I agree. My 7.3L is awesome for what it is.

 

dang guys, and it seems our fellow CTD'ers are just fine and dandy with their 6.7s.......

 

True. And as long as Ford buys megabucks worth of advertising on said magazines, the writers (regardless of their private opinion) have no choice but to praise the truck.

 

well i have a 7.3l PowerStroke that never missed a beat and I was very happy with it. as for the new motors they have introduced since then they have all sucked........I love thjs Cummins though!

 

If cummins keeps goin the direction there goin with the 6.7's, you wont see anything but dodges on the streeet and fords in the classifieds.

 

Ford relies on its name too much. I have an 07 F-150 rental while my beast is getting some dents removed. Man what POS!!! Its a short box Crew but on the gravel roads the box shakes like its on springs, and the fly by wire throttle is not very user friendly. Poor vision out with that huge C pillar, ah the list could go on. All I can say is that Toyota and Nissan don't really have to do much to impress me over this thing.

I will take my 10 year old truck any day over this thing...