mchan68 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Ford F-150 Allegedly Losing 3.0L Power Stroke Diesel Engine WWW.MOTOR1.COM The oil burner is reportedly not long for the world. I guess this news should come as no surprise? To be honest, I'm not exactly losing any sleep over it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddieseldoctor Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Only seen one. No love lost here if they drop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy57 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 I'm in TX and you can't spit in the middle of nowhere without it landing on an F150 but they are very scarcely seen here. The Ram 3.0 has a well earned bad reputation and that seems to have choked its numbers here. The GM 3.0 has the plastic oil pump belt in the flex plate end of engine and its whole aftertreatment stack mounted close to side of engine in engine bay. Hate to be skeptic but plastic bits on engine and in cooling system in an extra hot engine bay...I can't find anything good about that unless you are a GM tech 5-6 years from now. Not a good choice in the bunch really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 I haven't even driven one. With all of the people that were clamoring for Ford to put a diesel into the F150 you would think they would have sold a lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 22 hours ago, Keith Browning said: I haven't even driven one. With all of the people that were clamoring for Ford to put a diesel into the F150 you would think they would have sold a lot more. .....and hence why Ford decided to pull the plug on it. The low take rate, I personally think is the biggest contributor to the decision. The biggest mistake they made in its release, is only offering it on high trim level trucks, making an already expensive truck even more expensive with the added cost of this engine option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Mike you are probably right on that - PROFIT if the number one factor in all of these decisions. If the engine option was selling well we would likely not be having this discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbriggs Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 I think it has been a marketing f**k up since release. Around here the half ton GM's with the duramax 3.0l are hot sellers. Most people I talk to don't even know that the F-150 has a diesel option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmorris Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Any ideas on what MY this comes into effect? We just recieved a 2021 F150 Powerstroke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Who knows... the article does say "allegedly" and I don't think I have seen anything from Ford yet either. If you go to Ford.com and build and price one you can get a PSD... but that is 2021. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmorris Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Funny thing now is the PowerBoost door emblem is easily mistaken for the Powerstroke one🤣🤪. I thought we were getting a lot of Powerstokes. They are mostly PowerBoosts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 16 hours ago, lmorris said: Funny thing now is the PowerBoost door emblem is easily mistaken for the Powerstroke one🤣🤪. I thought we were getting a lot of Powerstokes. They are mostly PowerBoosts. HA!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one who notices. The emblems do look suspiciously similar don't they? To be honest, I'm very glad Ford has decided to discontinue the 3.0L diesel in the F-150 as well as the 3.2L diesel in the Transits. The complexity of all the powertrain options in today's vehicle puts more than enough on our plate in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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