2018 Ford F-150 Diesel New Spy Shots and Details

We have viewed Ford F-150 with an uncharacteristically clattery engine and images of a strange-looking exhaust idea. All indicators were that a diesel motor for the F-150 was almost inevitable. With this most current batch of pictures, it pointers the scales even further in the direction of inevitability. This time, the photographer was able to get near enough to the truck to reveal a diesel fuel filler neck, a caution placard on the control panel saying “diesel fuel only” and some obvious soot around the tailpipe on a white test mule truck.

The only things conspicuously missing, and which will definitely appear on the production design, is a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) fill neck. Underneath the fuel door is just a green-ringed capless diesel fill neck. General Motors has the DEF fill for its Silverado and Sierra HD trucks below the hood. However, this is an exception to the market norm of positioning the DEF fill alongside the fuel filler neck. The Colorado and Canyon diesel locate the DEF fill together with the fuel filler neck. We anticipate the production design to have a rectangular fuel door opening to much better accommodate a DEF fill. Ram rather awkwardly squeezes the DEF and fuel filler necks together with each other in a round fuel door opening.

As formerly reported, we anticipate the engine to be the 3.0 L “Lion” V-6 out of the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport Td6 models, where it creates 254 hp and 440 lb-ft of torque. In the F-150, it will likely be combined to Ford’s outstanding brand-new 10-speed automatic transmission. If the output figures are similar to Range Rover applications, this would provide the diesel 30 lb-ft less than the latest 3.5 L EcoBoost V-6 update but 14 more horsepower and 20 lb-ft more torque than the present Ram 1500 EcoDiesel. It is unidentified if the “Power Stroke” brand will be utilized on the brand-new engine or a new sub-brand will be created to designate the design.