6.2L longevity
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From: Interior Alaska
Minus 40 C.
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I know very well how that feels. I live at 64° N lat. 40 below is common enough here.
Anything special you do for the cold with the truck ?
Use a winter front ?
Oil pan and tranny pan pad heaters ?
What wattage ?
Factory block heater or more than factory ?
How does the power steering system hold up in the cold ?
By Cold, I expect you know what I mean.
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first engine had cam issues at 418k miles if i remember correctly. but he asked how many HOURS were on it, not miles.
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Excuse me not many people care about hours its miles but whatever.
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When you looking at used trucks that have no service records it's nice to know if it's been idled for hours on end, in the winter my work trucks used to get idled for long periods to keep the cab warm so I could get in and get warm and the life of my motors showed it.
Denny
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yup. one truck i looked at had 60k miles, and 7000 hours...or 8.5 MPH average speed.
when i bought my 2014 it had 93,000 miles on it, and 4800 hours. for an average speed of 19.3 mph over the 19 mounts of it's life.
when i bought my 2014 it had 93,000 miles on it, and 4800 hours. for an average speed of 19.3 mph over the 19 mounts of it's life.
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I wonder if there is an rpm stipulation thing in the idle hours. ALOT of work pickups on The Slope have a ( high idle ) switch that runs anywhere from 800 to 1200 rpm. It keeps the oil pressure up and the engine making more heat for the cab.
I wonder if that creates more or less realized wear because of it keeping the o.p. up and the engine making more heat.
I wonder if that creates more or less realized wear because of it keeping the o.p. up and the engine making more heat.
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Ok. Cool ! They do get loaded up with crap @ 600ish rpm plus they don't make much for heat. On The Slope a lot of the trucks would kick on the high idle. Then when ya stepped on the brake to put them in gear the idle would go back down to normal.
The reason we left them running is , at arctic temps and windchill they would need to be hauled back to the shop if shut down for more than 15 minutes. And on some jobs the pickup or drillers truck was also the job shack. Lunch and break shack.
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I recently put the high idle on my truck. It's a two-step process. One switch kicks it up to around 900 RPM. The second switch activates a potentiometer that I can dial the RPM from 900 to 2,400.
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I imagine the cold and idling is much less of an issue on these gassers than diesels... Although I would assume the high idle has a positive affect on oil getting up to the valve train, especially on an OHC motor.
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lately the only thing I have done to it is front-end work like ball joints and tie rod ends wheel bearings things like that. I remember putting a fuel pump several months ago as well. that stopped my long crank problems I was having.
I'm still using the original transmission and rear end. And I also put some new shock absorbers on the front
I'm still using the original transmission and rear end. And I also put some new shock absorbers on the front
So are you betting on getting to a million? That is an impressive amount of mileage Ed.