Miles on a diesel engine?
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From: STEPHENVILLE,TX!!!!!
140k on my 97 PSD that always has the horse trailer behind it
100k on my 97 gmc 6.5l work van
450k on 95 dodge 3500 original motor ranch truck
clean oil, good fuel, clean filters they'll run forever
100k on my 97 gmc 6.5l work van
450k on 95 dodge 3500 original motor ranch truck
clean oil, good fuel, clean filters they'll run forever
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Check out the pics of my Big Blue.............. 215,000 miles and still in top shape.....Original factory finish..... runs near perfect ...,... body like new...... interior seats reupholstered otherwise everything still in excellent shape.... Had the usuall maintainance problems, did all repairs myself.......... You take care of her and she'll take care of you!
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From: Jackassville
yea, the diesel engine if properly mainted will last a really long time. i would think there would be some folks who have got there nice psds paid off and dont want to get rid of it. the rest of the truck will wear out before the engine does and thats where its going to get expesive. if you wanted to keep your truck you could just keep pulling it out and rebuilding it. not an easy task with all the sopicated teconlogy and stuff but you could do it. i know of a 2000 1 ton dodge ram cummins that put a million miles on it without a rebuild. thats right a million he was a truck driver and drove trailers all over the country for a living and chyrsler gave him a new truck! but at that many miles his cummins was leaking and smoking beyond beleif. every 200 miles he had to stop and put oil in. lets see if a psd can do that! also my friend has a 88 toyta 4 banger with almost 400,000 and no rebuild on it. id like to see an american made gasoline do that.
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From: New York
I got 270,000 but mines not a psd it just an old 6.9l. Shes a farm truck been a farm truck since day one plows snow in the winter and hauls trailers wagons trees houses well maybe not houses but anything that needs moven shell get the job done. Not bad for a truck thats just about 20 yrs old. Evrythings orginal except the tranny upgraded to an overdrive.
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no offence but i dont think anyone could put 1,000,000 miles on a 2000 dodge, at least not this fast. that means he would have had to average over 900 miles a day everyday from january 1, 2000 to January 1, 2003 if he drove till jan 1 2004 he would have had to average almost 600 miles aday everyday. i dont know i am just kinda of skeptical when it comes to mileage. now i have heard of someone putting a million miles on a 96 or so dodge.
