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Comment from 540Pariah
Time August 7, 2012 at 9:42 pm

Bio fuel is a cool fuel and the idea of making your own fuel is even cooler BUT lol bio fuel degrades most all fuel? lines and o rings so replacing all the lines and o rings every 3 or 4 years would need to be done, gelling is a PITA with bio fuel and the equipment to make bio fuel isn’t cheap. most bio mixes are at 80/20 to raise the gelling temp and prevent the degrading effect. Bio fuel is a cool idea but it doesn’t really have much benefit over regular diesel fuel.

Comment from 540Pariah
Time August 7, 2012 at 10:09 pm

Jeep has been using diesel engines,? check out the CRD 2.8 and 3.0’s there not Cummins by no means but a Mercedez Benz engine and trans set up from the factory is pretty sweet in a Jeep…

Comment from kddcc
Time August 7, 2012 at 10:29 pm

how can yall? get all that to work and fit in the jeep but not the cruise control? lol

Comment from im1greatman
Time August 7, 2012 at 11:00 pm

My dream truck!?

Comment from humboldtballer93
Time August 7, 2012 at 11:22 pm

A lot of utube comments make me laugh haha.? All the badasses hiding behind their keyboards lol

Comment from srunsick
Time August 7, 2012 at 11:41 pm

if that 21,500 price tag is just engine tranny swap count me out thats way to much to? be worth it. thats how much my 09 was new.

Comment from 0HippyHunter0
Time August 7, 2012 at 11:43 pm

Please refer to my earlier posts on how the starters/alternators/fuel pumps/ect ect are no more reliable than a gas motor. They? are often identical parts. You think you can get your alternator to run to 350K? Or your injectors? Who about your fuel pumps?

Comment from dentgregg
Time August 7, 2012 at 11:51 pm

Not with a cummins
4bt. They are? bulletproof.

Comment from Luis Quinones
Time August 8, 2012 at 12:35 am

If jeeps came out in diesel sales? would double….. count me in buying a diesel if jeep ever comes to that decision!

Comment from 0HippyHunter0
Time August 8, 2012 at 1:22 am

Take your own advice: “While the actual piston in the? cylinder will last to 350k, the rest of the motor will not. A diesel will nickle and dime you (at hundreds $ a? pop) to death after 150k.” An truck that you want to run to half a million miles will continually screw you over after some point. The components are no more reliable than anything else, thus you’ll have to pay to replace them. Few people replace with OEM parts.

Comment from bordenwesley
Time August 8, 2012 at 2:18 am

I never said the start on a diesel was more reliable than the one on a petrol engine. If you would actually read what? I post, then you would know that I have said that diesel engines as a whole are generally a whole lot more reliable than their petrol counterparts.

Comment from 0HippyHunter0
Time August 8, 2012 at 3:02 am

Will you? explain to me why the starter, for instance, on a diesel is more reliable than the starter on a gasoline engine?

Comment from bordenwesley
Time August 8, 2012 at 4:00 am

Not from my? own personal experience.

Comment from mannwhosoldtheworld
Time August 8, 2012 at 4:50 am

con’t) but after said major work will be good for as many km again. If you are referring strictly to fleet vehicles (like the delivery vans the 4BT often comes from), you are going to have issues with the motor whether it’s gasoline or diesel. Delivery vans, or any fleet vehicle for that matter, is always under? more stress than a vehicle that is owned by single person / family.

Comment from mannwhosoldtheworld
Time August 8, 2012 at 5:31 am

As far as pick-up trucks are concerned, the diesels always win out over gasoline engines, providing more torque for pulling loads and better fuel mileage when under load (this is true in semis as well). They maintenance may cost more, but parts last longer (both internal and compenent parts) and maitenance intervals are between 2x and 4x? longer than in their gasoline counterparts. The last thing I would say a diesel does is “nickel and dime”. If anything, it is going to need major work, but (con

Comment from mannwhosoldtheworld
Time August 8, 2012 at 5:48 am

No doubt, but are you fluent? in the mechanics of petrol and diesel motors? I don’t know where you are from and how the engines behave there, and I mean that in all honesty, but here (N/A) diesels are historically much more reliable than gasoline engines (in general, of course there are always exceptions). The VW 1.9 Diesel in the only popular diesel in a car, and even that has a pretty damned good track record compared to the gasoline engines VW offers here.

Comment from 0HippyHunter0
Time August 8, 2012 at 6:07 am

Are diesel engines more maintenance? ?

Comment from bordenwesley
Time August 8, 2012 at 7:00 am

The engines are certainly more reliable. I’ve owned and had? experience with plenty of diesel and petrol cars and trucks.

Comment from 0HippyHunter0
Time August 8, 2012 at 7:20 am

I’ve? put more thought into it then you think.

Comment from 0HippyHunter0
Time August 8, 2012 at 7:22 am

For some reason people (who own diesels) seem to think their fuel pumps, starters, water pumps, alternators, ect ect ect are manufactured differently or better. The fact is many of these are? straight out of gasoline engines (or the other way round). In many cases the trucks are identical except the engines.

Comment from mannwhosoldtheworld
Time August 8, 2012 at 8:03 am

You were joking right? While I do not doubt? your intelligence, I think you are very ill informed in regards to diesel motors.

Comment from bordenwesley
Time August 8, 2012 at 8:54 am

Dude, diesels are far more reliable? than petrol engines. I have an 2000 F-350 with a 7.3 Power Stroke in it that has 276k miles on it. Nothing has ever gone wrong with it, and it still runs like it did when it was brand new. Even the Toyota I own doesn’t come close to being that reliable or long-lived.

Comment from blueduster74
Time August 8, 2012 at 9:22 am

your reading comp sucks. my whole point was how dumb Ca’s law is. the 6bt is sold in light duty trucks as well as heavy duty. EVEN THOUGH IT’S SMALLER, the 4bt was only sold in industrial equip and HD trucks. so they won’t let you swap it into a light duty truck that needs to be smogged. even though they are in the same engine family. you are an idiot who is so set in his ideas he can’t even read correctly. get over yourself.? i’m done talking to you.

Comment from 990aaron
Time August 8, 2012 at 10:15 am

so your? telling me you just read that in books? so how many 4bt’s do you own?

Comment from 0HippyHunter0
Time August 8, 2012 at 10:48 am

Buying a diesel makes you neither smart or tough. In the former instance you’d be? looking for “books.”