OIL. No way would I do 40 k oil changes.I had a F 250 XLT 7.3 SUPERCAB,V8 POWERSTROKE DIESEL it was manufactured in Brazil, the engine was a IVECO NAVISTAR, it had 200k's plus on it when I sold it. I ran it on CALTEX DELO 400 MULTIGRADE 15/w40 oil, it took 15 litres with a filter, I did the oil changes myself at the recommended 7500 k's and bought the oil from a mate at around $110--120 for a 20 litre drum. I know if it went to the dealer it would have cost a fortune.
I changed the water pump once and it took 34 litres of water to fill it, I measured it by using 5 lt containers.The tub tray was 2.5 metres internal measured and carried 5 people.
I had blokes telling me to chip it up but didn't as it had more then enough mumbo. 170 KW AND 680 NM TORQUE from memory, it was nearly undriveable in the wet on hill starts and turning into streets unloaded.The vision out of it was fantastic, much better than run of the mill jap utes.
It was a great thing to have at the time but after 8 years it was time to move it on .My neighbours are happy as at the occasional 5 am start it was a noisy bugger, 14 l/100 on the highway at 110 kph.I know it was a
big toy but I loved it.
Dodge is now about to release what they call 1/2 ton utes V6 turbo diesel Cummins, and now Ford is going to follow. With the demise of Aust manufacturing we may be able to buy the type of utes we really want.
