On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:52:55AM -0700, Gabriel S. wrote: > why isn't the powerstroke 7.3 a true diesel?
It is a medium duty diesel engine used in things a lot heavier than most light duty truck buyers would ever need. BUT, its block started life as a gasoline engine. Unlike other engines that come to mind that were gasoline engines that were converted to diesel (like the olds engine), the powerstroke is quite rugged. It only has one achilles heel, that it can cavitate and punch holes in the cylinder bores costing lots of damage if the cooling system is neglected. (Well, that, cam position sensors that can fail, and oil that has to have anti-foaming agents otherwise it'll lope like a big cammed big block) K
