August 30, 2008

I am looking at some used V10''s and was wondering how many miles is too many? How many trouble free miles can be expected?

Thanks

August 30, 2008

With the exception of a bearing the dealer replaced in my transmission at 48k, I''ve got 95k otherwise trouble free miles on my ''01. It''s still running strong and leaving me no doubt that it''s good for at least another 100k. But I don''t tow anything heavy and most of the miles were racked up on long, straight, rural roads.

I guess how many are too many miles is up to you, how you intend to use it, and how well it was taken care of. I would expect other things to fail before the engine does though.

September 4, 2008

I''m at 175,000 miles. The only thing I have done is replace the trans when I bought the truck at 84K (truck was abused and still is) and I rebuilt the limited slip in the rear cuz it wouldn''t always burn both back tires (the truck is abused). I also truck pull/work/haul and abuse the truck.

September 24, 2008

ive got about 190k on mine. Replaced the trans under warranty at 85k. I tow/haul daily 5k and sometimes haul a gooseneck with about 10-14k. i have had a 5.4 gas and a 6.0 diesel and this has by far been the best. I have not had to do anything major just belt tensioner and a lot of batteries. No tune up yet either. Mine is an 04 and it gets ran hard. Gas millage was 16mpg on the highway at 50k and now its about 11mpg so other than the gas millage decreasing its been great

October 5, 2008

I have 125,000 miles. I have only done schedule maintenance. I feel I have at least another 150,000. Best engine I have ever owned.

March 31, 2009

151k here. Original engine and trans. I have upgraded the trans cooler to a 6.0L trans cooler to alleviate any cooling issues and employed a diablo sport tuner to turn up the line pressure a bit to eliminate clutch/band slippage. I have also upgraded the exhaust with a FM cat-back, Magnaflow high-flow cat and shorty headers. Engine runs like new and trans shifts great.