Indeed, diesels use a whole lot more oil than gas engines, our ram diesel needs like 11 or 12 quarts, and our f350 is somewhere between 13 and 15. Thank God diesel has always been cheaper than gas down here in Mexico and thank God for semi drivers and machinery operators who sell even cheaper diesel.. these days my little 4 cyl. VW hatchback is more expensive to drive than our 1 ton diesel trucks Nico
On 9/5/07, Minton, Mark <mmin...@nmhu.edu> wrote: > > Nico Escamilla said: > > >>The International Truck dealer here in Houston has 3 new 4x4 MXT's, > >>Here are the specs on the motor: > > >Well, the engine (a 6.0) is not much bigger than the Cummins found in > Dodge diesels which is a 5.9 > > Dodge now has an even larger 6.7-liter diesel for the Ram: < > http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/09/28/023411.html> I noticed that > the engine oil capacity on the MXT is a whopping 19 quarts! I don't know > much about diesels, so maybe that is typical, but it is huge compared to > gasoline engines. Even changing the oil would be expensive! > > Mark Minton >
