Just kinda in a weird mood... got back from a 200+ mile trip up through the mountains hauling 2500lbs of feed with me for the greater half of the trip. You know, for 300K and all the hell my Dad and I have put it through in it's 12yrs of life, it's running better than alot of the guys I've seen on here, knocking on wood. I'm not trying to rub it in but it really blows me away! I hear of romping, blown O-rings, bad harnesses, fuel leaks, oil leaks, all that jive and I really can't say I've been through much of ANY of it! I'm running 15W-40 and the temps are below the 20's at times and it doesn't romp at all, the only oil leak I've had was an HPOP O-ring. My rotational velocity numbers are still pretty low. I think the worst are #'s 3 and 8 (I think it's normal) and they usually read somewhere between 1 and 2%. My valve train is a bit noisy, but that's to be expected... worse thing that's happened is that broken pushrod. The turbo has NO in-and-out play, just a little up-and-down... I can't find any really visible leaks in my uppies. I think y'all get the picture! I can't complain! It almost seems too good to be true... yeah, it's got it's quirks, but it's still going and it's way better-off than my cousin and uncle's 6.0l's. So yeah, just kinda had to brag!

 

Rookie. I've got 357,000 and am still not afraid to drive it hundreds of miles from home.

 

Yeah, I know... you've got me beat. I wouldn't hesitate either! I'll be heading to CO from VA in June so that'll be pretty incredible if I make it there and back trouble-free.

 

I'm a little ways behind you both at 246k, but congrats, and I hope to be as lucky.
Preventative maintenance is the key. Its always easier to fix in the driveway than on side of the interstate.

 

keep driving
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Thats funny!!!!!
whats that in? your van in your "garage"?

 

WOW!!! Your truck!? Unreal! I think I'm gonna keep driving!

 

that's mine.

 

265K here. too lazy to update my .signature, but not to keep clean filters on the truck. one oil leak was at the ICP, iirc, no other engine problems. switched to the Royal Purple 65K miles back.

my tire shop in my hometown tells me they have a customer at 750K

 

Good to hear the miles come gracefully on some of these motors. I have 126K on the clock and definately do not picture my motor going that distance at all. Trucks runs fine but the cylinder compression range is between is between 315 and 350. I have had it for the last 15K miles. It had a 5th wheel in it at some point years ago and I believe it had the snot towed out of it pulling a heavy load for some time.

 

my 96 f250 7.3 Auto has over 310k on it and runs brand new(no joke) nothing ever replaced on it(besides the basics and water pump, belt, and glow plugs) the tranny was rebuild under warranty but that was for hard shifting.

the truck is so clean i cant even get a puff of smoke out of it. even if hauling

 

I just replaced my injectors at 354,000. I can tell you that the o rings on the stock injectors were hard as a rock. I will also say that this truck has never ran this good.

 

im at 262000 fuel pump / water pump / three alt. / on third set of brakes / idelr and tenisioner pulleys twice / third cps. / two clutches due to oil wash hpop hose leak /and fuel wash bowl lever leak / third set of batt / few other sensors all in all a great truck cant really complain except that trans and transfer case are heavy. im thinken im getting close to injectors and mabey some oil issues when on the way to work this morning i was watching my data my hpop would not come above 2500 . didnt drop on her face but slowly increeced to max out at about 2500 from 60 mph to 85 wot but she runs strong.need more room to see it steady out

 

What's your IPR duty cycle? Might be getting bled off from bad O-rings or injectors... reason I say this is my pump with 303K is still doing great!

 

warm at idel 11 at 480 psi i need to do some more watching at speed but it doesnt spike up when wot at 60 mph. im wondering when my fuel pump went out it ran a lot of air thru the injectors if it damaged them . or just o rings getting hard . ill run it today and check what ipr is i dont remember at wot . im gonna change oil first i got about 5000 on my first syn 5/40 and it just started changing from clear . thanks jon