6.7 powerstroke warm up

[Cdnfireman]

Gotta upgrade the superduty this year and am considering both the gas and diesel options. Can any 6.7 diesel owners chip in their experience with them in winter use? How do they start in the cold and how quickly do they get to operating temperature?
How quickly do they warm up in city use, like stop and go traffic etc? Any problems with regeneration in cold weather? How’s the heat in the cab and does the supplemental heater make a difference? Thanks.

 

[skegpro]

Gotta upgrade the superduty this year and am considering both the gas and diesel options. Can any 6.7 diesel owners chip in their experience with them in winter use? How do they start in the cold and how quickly do they get to operating temperature?
How quickly do they warm up in city use, like stop and go traffic etc? Any problems with regeneration in cold weather? How’s the heat in the cab and does the supplemental heater make a difference? Thanks.

Have both and f150 and f350 diesel.
I would say the f350 warms up faster.
Don't have the supplemental heater and don't think a guy would need it.

Windows are defrosted on 1 15min autostart cycle.

 

[S.W.A.T.]

Mine works great, when it's really cold it can take a bit to get warm. Warms up much faster with a winter front for obvious reasons. We don't live in town so can't say for city driving but your definitely turning the heat down after a km or so of driving, probably faster with stop and goes

 

[iceman5689]

Gonna want to get a winter front on a cummins, they take long time to warm up. This aids a little in that department

 

[catalac]

Mine has the supplemental heater which I think was a zero cost option, is great as warm air comes out within 2-3 minutes. So far cold starts fine but haven't had any thing below minus 16-18 so far. I will say what I don't like about this truck for winter roads is a dead feel in the steering wheel, electric steering not my fav, I much prefer the road manners / feel of the 2012 gmc 2500 I have. Also re Cummins winter front comment not true I had a 2016, warmed up fine never took any longer to warm up or ran cold. and the Cummins has the fast idle that can be manually set from cruise buttons up to 1500 rpm, ford has auto fast idle but you can't manually select.

 

[sirkdev]

How far is your daily drive? I have both a 2015 6.7 and an 2015 ecoboost. If you have shorter than a 20 min daily rounder and don't need to pull super heavy gas is the way. There is no starting issues with a 6.7. They will cold start to -40 easy not plugged in.

 

[ABMax24]

Warm up on the 6.7 is decent, supplemental heater works decent for defrosting windows but doesn't throw a whole lot of heat. In -10 a 10 minute command start cycle it will begin to melt the windshield off.

If deleting there is a huge difference though, in a 15 km drive to work my deleted truck just hits operating temp as I pull into the parking lot at work in -15 weather, and that's with a winter front and idling at home 5 mins before I drive off. The EGR coolers add quite a bit of heat to the engine during warm up.

Cold starting has never been an issue, the glow plugs on these things are awesome, I probably plugged in less than a dozen times last year, and not once the winter before.

 

[Merc63]

A proper winter front on a diesel and it will heat like a gas truck. Always plug the truck in will speed up warm up times greatly.

 

[Cdnfireman]

I have a 6 litre diesel now so I’m familiar with diesels in general just needed some specifics on the 6.7 powerstroke. It’ll be towing and on the highway most of the year with more city use in the winter when I’m not at my farm. Anybody have any input on the engine and regeneration frequency/ length in the winter? How is the engine for drivability when it’s warming up?

 

[Shitfly]

Had an 05 6.0l and no comparing warm up times with a 6.7l SD. the 6.7 starts easy even in super cold temps, even if unable to plug in.. could not say the same for the ol 6.0, it didnt like anything much below 0c without being plugged in... Add in heated seats and heated steering wheel that come on with command start..warm air blows after one command start cycle. As far as getting up to a decent running temp, city driving (taking it easy thru the neighborhoods etc to get up to temp) I'll be up to or over 150f in around 5 mins, so no complaints and no comparison to my old 6.0l, but I sure did dig that ol workhorse!!

 

[sirkdev]

I have a 6 litre diesel now so I’m familiar with diesels in general just needed some specifics on the 6.7 powerstroke. It’ll be towing and on the highway most of the year with more city use in the winter when I’m not at my farm. Anybody have any input on the engine and regeneration frequency/ length in the winter? How is the engine for drivability when it’s warming up?

The 6.7 is vastly superior in driveability to a 6.0L. (I have had them all right from an IDI 7.3L) Once they are warm after 15-20 minutes of driving they make lots of heat no issues there, not like a cummins. It is recommended that you do not cover the front grille due to the 46 different coolers in the front section. Regens are about every 1000km summer and more frequent in the winter depending on idle time. A quality fuel conditioner such as 4Plus from UFA makes a decent amount of difference as well. The good news is you may be able to smell again once you get rid of your 6L...

Oh BTW warranty that sucker up they are terrifyingly expensive to fix.

 

[Director]

On my 3rd 6.7l and they have all been bullet proof.. Got to the airport last night and it was -14c and truck was covered in ice/snow, command start as i walked up and within 5 minutes the snow was melting on the windshield and engine was building heat, 10minutes and i was rolling. The heated seats in the AlumiDuty are crazy hot, don't keep them on high for very long.. Like mentioned above, -36c i think was the coldest i ever started w/out it plugged in, cycled the glow plugs a couple times and it fired up..

 

[Quattroman]

Over 150k km on my 14 F350, Deleted for almost all of it. I have the supplemental heater and it warms up way faster than my winter-fronted 6L or 6.4. Even seems to be quicker than the wifes 3.5eco F150. I plug in or park in the heated shop when im home, but when im up at work usually within 10min its defrosted and good to go even in -35. I dont run a winterfront tho.

 

[Cdnfireman]

Thanks for all the input guys! Good to learn that the 6.7 warms up better than the older generation of diesels. Sounds like most of you have had good luck with them,but I’m still leery of any of the new diesels because of their complexity and high repair costs down the road.