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  1. 14th February 2018, 10:35 PM #51
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    12-15l/100 for a manual BT50 seems suspiciously high.

    Averaged 10.4-10.7 with a steel tray, steel boxes and at least 300kg on top of that, plus ladders on top over two years.
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    12l/100 since I bought it, @17k now and I tow 90-95% of the time, 1.9t dual axle .....and drive like a ****ed off teenager
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    Just to add...
    Its not really a DPF issue, its crap engineering.
    Heavy vehicles such as trucks, its well documented in owners manuals high lighting the potential fire risks associated with the DPF (or DPD) when doing a regen cycle (heavy vehicles are more dependent on the operator doing a manual regen cycle).

    If you look at the location of the DPF on the Ford Ranger its sits half way down the vehicle, sits below the chassis line and just to ensure its going to collect enough combustible material to burst into flames, the heat shield on the bottom has an open leading edge to cut and pack in that dry grass!!! Go Ford!!

    On the other end look at a DPF equipped Land Rover Defender TDCi (non Aust models) it sits in the engine bay ABOVE the chassis line, as with a lot of DPF equipped vehicles.

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    New JC serve for Ford Ranger

    John Cadogan has given Ford a serve regarding their BS "recall" efforts over the Ranger DPF fire risk issues.

    If it wasn't so dangerous, Ford's response would be bloody laughable!
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    Yeah, Fords official line is 'don't drive it through long grass or scrub'.... Brilliant....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Homestar View Post
    Yeah, Fords official line is 'don't drive it through long grass or scrub'.... Brilliant....

    but hasnt that been the rule even before DPF?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eevo View Post
    but hasnt that been the rule even before DPF?
    He he - given Fords record over the years with spontaneous combusion, you have a point...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Homestar View Post
    He he - given Fords record over the years with spontaneous combusion, you have a point...
    Maybe they're resurrecting the old Pinto
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    Quote Originally Posted by donh54 View Post
    John Cadogan has given Ford a serve regarding their BS "recall" efforts over the Ranger DPF fire risk issues.
    No one should take that bloke seriously - all he does is fuel fires for his own benefit.
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    Ford Ranger and Mazda BT 50 utes catch fire in long grass.

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    No one should take that bloke seriously - all he does is fuel fires for his own benefit.
    I'd believe what he says before what the spin doctors at Ford and GMH come out with!

    Wonder what his benefit is from telling about crap engineering and even worse customer service?
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