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Old Apr 3, 2005 | 06:16 PM
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How many miles in the engine?

Im currently thinking of buying a friend's 97 Expedition. Its got the 5.4 w\196,000 miles. How many more miles can I expect to get out of this engine?


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Old Apr 3, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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depending on how the truck was taken care of. a friend of mine has a 97 exped. with the 4.6 and 246000 miles and it still runs strong, has been maitnanced on time with the occasional late oil change (about 1500 miles over the 5000 mile oci).
 
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most mods will last about 300,000 miles with good maintance
 
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