Just realized I turned 250,000 miles on my shop truck without even noticing

I was doing a routine oil change on my 2003 Ford F-250 last weekend and happened to glance at the odometer. It read 250,003 miles. I couldn't believe I missed the actual rollover because I never even thought to check. This truck has been my daily driver for the last 8 years and I use it to haul transmissions and engines from junkyards all over town. It's got the old 7.3 diesel and I've done most of the work myself on it. That milestone just hit me different because it shows how reliable these older trucks can be if you keep up with the basics like fluid changes and injector maintenance. Anybody else have a work truck or beater that rolled over a huge number without you realizing it?

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karenh561mo ago

Whoa, hold on there - a turbodiesel is still a diesel, it's just a diesel with a turbocharger bolted on to force more air in. How can you say a 7.3 Power Stroke isn't a diesel when it literally runs on diesel fuel and needs a block heater in the winter?

taylorshah1mo ago

Actually the 7.3 Power Stroke isn't a diesel, it's a turbodiesel so you're mixing them up.

avery_jackson1mo ago

A turbodiesel is still a diesel though, that's like saying a turbocharged gas engine isn't a gas engine. The 7.3 Power Stroke is absolutely a diesel engine, it just has a turbocharger bolted to it like pretty much every modern diesel truck. The whole point of calling it a "Power Stroke" was to market their direct injection turbodiesel, but the fuel injection system doesn't change what fuel it burns. It runs on diesel, it's a diesel engine, period. The turbo is just a part of the induction system, not a different fuel type classification.