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Alright, so when I bought my truck I was just a hair nervous when I checked the engine/idle hours on my truck. 2015 F-250 Platinum Powerstroke with 80,000 miles. My hours were 2125 engine hours, and 500 idle hours. I read that each idle hour equals roughly 33 miles. So add 16,500 miles to the odometer. I paid $41,000 for the truck...not too bad in my opinion for a CPO truck. (Even though I'm currently fighting the dealer to replace the faulty DPF. Check my other post for that gem.) As I was sitting here talking to a friend of mine last night at work, the subject of engine/idle hours came up. He has the exact same truck as me, only it's not a Platinum. 2015 F-250 Powerstroke with 100,000 miles. I asked him where he was at on his hours and he told me he didn't even want to know. He lets his truck sit and idle almost every day when he's at work, for 12 hours straight. I scrolled down through his cluster and brought up his hours. 4125 engine hours, and 2100 idle hours!!! I started dying laughing. I suddenly lost every bit of worry about my 26% idle hours to engine hours. My question though, how exactly are those hours determined? I would think that the engine hours would only accrue while driving. He only has 20k more miles on his truck than I do, but he has almost twice as many engine hours. The idle hours need no explanation. The only difference in our trucks aside from my Platinum, is he is running 35X12.50R20's. What gives?
Its not idle as in 600-750 RPM. It is idle as in stationary. Key in the On position (Possibly even the acc position), Truck with speed of 0.
Start the truck, and let it warm up a bit in the winter, the clock is running.
Stop at a traffic light the clock starts running.
Shut the engine off, turn the key back to On roll down the windows and crank the radio while changing the oil, the clock is running.
I can say from what you have described, your coworker needs a psych eval. What type of environment do you work in where he feels the need to leave the truck running for 12 hours a day in a parking lot?
I might be wrong but do not think the engine idle hours increase if the key is on and the engine is not running. Hours increasing with the engine not running would defeat the purpose of the "hour meter".
Lol, that made me laugh! We both work in the oilfield for the same company. What he does requires him to sit on location watching the wells for our 12 hour shift, every day. It’s either keep the engine running for the A/C, or turn it off and die of a heat stroke. Before I bought my F-250, I had been using a 2000 Toyota 4Runner for the last 16 years with this company. I finally got tired of burning fuel all day/every day, so I bought a small window unit and would put it in the rear passenger door during the hot days. I would just run an extension cord to one of the many light plants around location, and let it blow its glorious, cold bounty all over me! Just one week of having that A/C paid for itself for what I saved in fuel! Not to mention the wear and tear. I got a promotion earlier this year, so now I have a company truck. ‘19 F-150. I’ve had this thing for 2 months and have already put 8000 miles on it. Current engine hours is at 528, and idle time is 186. I don’t sit still on locations anymore, unless I’m stopped to work on some equipment. I make a 100 mile round trip every night now. It was time to retire the 4Runner at 288k miles, so I put it up for sale. Still managed to fetch $6500 for it! That went towards the new F-250. It’s time for some pampering!
I might be wrong but do not think the engine idle hours increase if the key is on and the engine is not running. Hours increasing with the engine not running would defeat the purpose of the "hour meter".
I would agree Larry. Post #4 in my idle thread provides the proof. Engine hours didn't match the KOEO timer of trip B.
I got my buddy to take a pic of his idle hours. I’m still laughing at it!
Average speed of 22 mph over the life of the vehicle... Oof. Its done a fair share of idling. I believe anything over 30 is good. The post above with 36 is really good.
I'll have to check my truck and post it up as well.
Lol, that made me laugh! We both work in the oilfield for the same company. What he does requires him to sit on location watching the wells for our 12 hour shift, every day. It’s either keep the engine running for the A/C, or turn it off and die of a heat stroke. Before I bought my F-250, I had been using a 2000 Toyota 4Runner for the last 16 years with this company. I finally got tired of burning fuel all day/every day, so I bought a small window unit and would put it in the rear passenger door during the hot days. I would just run an extension cord to one of the many light plants around location, and let it blow its glorious, cold bounty all over me! Just one week of having that A/C paid for itself for what I saved in fuel! Not to mention the wear and tear. I got a promotion earlier this year, so now I have a company truck. ‘19 F-150. I’ve had this thing for 2 months and have already put 8000 miles on it. Current engine hours is at 528, and idle time is 186. I don’t sit still on locations anymore, unless I’m stopped to work on some equipment. I make a 100 mile round trip every night now. It was time to retire the 4Runner at 288k miles, so I put it up for sale. Still managed to fetch $6500 for it! That went towards the new F-250. It’s time for some pampering!
Where there’s a will, there’s a way!
That's American ingenuity at it's finest right there!!
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