whats the highest mileage yall have heard of on the 4.2L V6?

 

On my last tank, I got the best I've ever had - 21.2 for mixed city/highway, including one 60 mile jaunt with an 1100 lb. load... not bad, eh?

 

370 in a 01 4.2l 5spd....mostly stop and go...averages to 18ish i think..my 05 4.2l 5spd...not worn in yet. Anybody know how long it takes to wear in a new 4.2l?

 

maybe i am wrong, but i believe he was talking about highest mileage as in actual miles, not gas....such as 375,000 miles on a f-150

 

165,000 on my '97. It's sitting in the driveway till I reinstall the intake manifold with the new gaskets this weekend. Praying no internal damage happened.

Knowing the gasket problem has been taken care of after the '99 models, I'd still buy another 4.2l. It's been extremely dependable over the 6 + years I've owned it.

 

rhino_160 is right, i was talkin about the actual mileage, but thanks for the input on miles per gallon. good luck cart7 on that intake manifold.

 

I have 166,000 on my 2000.
Travlnman has more than that on his ('02?).

 

i just turned 30,000 on my '03. hasn't givin me one bit of trouble.

 

Dodged a bullet on the intake. Looks like all is well.

As for the 4.2l, the newer ones (after 2000) will be OK. Good motor with few problems, my only beef is the milage tanks bad when towing my 18 1/2ft bassboat. Around 20mpg on the highway w/o boat, around 12 with.

 

175,000 + on my '02

 

Should hit 117,000 by the end of the week. No engine trouble really to speak of, so far. Now, tracking down this vibration/shudder problem is another thing.


Rich
2000 XL, reg cab, M5OD

 

should hit 3,000 in a month or so

 

the 2001 at work has 240,000 on it no motor trouble tranny was replaced 10,000 ago

 

My truck just reached 100,000, and it's still running strong.

 

152,200 on my 97,doesn't burn any oil, and still starts right up