Too many miles?
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Too many miles?
Going to look at a '99 Eddie Bauer this afternoon with ~100,000 miles. Described as a "salesman's car" which I interpret as lots of highway miles.
Is that mileage anything to worry about?
Is that mileage anything to worry about?
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Too many miles?
The two best things you can do is check the oil pressure and do a compression check. These two tests can be done by anyone with two inexpensive gauges and will tell you more about the fitnes of the engine that any other tests.
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Too many miles?
yep, that's good advice from ken. It can be a little work to do the compression test on this motor though (if it's a 5.4L because the plugs are hard to get at.
I have a F150 "company car" that has over 185,000 trouble free miles as well as a Expedition (though with 'only 32,000) both of which are '99s and have the 5.4L V-8 . . . good motors
I have a F150 "company car" that has over 185,000 trouble free miles as well as a Expedition (though with 'only 32,000) both of which are '99s and have the 5.4L V-8 . . . good motors
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For a 1997 302 motor with 85,000 miles, what would you expect compression to be at? and what level would you consider as a problem? (I'm looking at a 97 Supercab, F150, 302 motor, 5 speed trans, 4x4.) And any special tricks to evaluating the 4 wheel drive?
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>For a 1997 302 motor with 85,000 miles
Don't mean to be a pain int he butt, but they stopped putting the 302's in trucks in 96 so I would check to see what engine your really have. They changed the body style of the F150's in 97 as well. You either have a 4.6L V8 or a 5.4L V8, I hope this helps.
Don't mean to be a pain int he butt, but they stopped putting the 302's in trucks in 96 so I would check to see what engine your really have. They changed the body style of the F150's in 97 as well. You either have a 4.6L V8 or a 5.4L V8, I hope this helps.
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Actually I thought that an engine could be referred to in either cubic inches or liters and still the same motor. Like a 4.6 liter might be a 302 cubic inch. Or a 5.4 might be a 351 cubic inch? Anyone familar with that?
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Too many miles?
>Actually I thought that an engine could be referred to in
>either cubic inches or liters and still the same motor.
>Like a 4.6 liter might be a 302 cubic inch. Or a 5.4 might
>be a 351 cubic inch? Anyone familar with that?
You're right, but 4.6 liters doesn't equal 302 cubic inches.
4.9 = 300
5.0 = 302
5.8 = 351
7.5 = 460
Those are the more popular truck motors (the older ones, anyway). I've never seen the newer motors (4.2, 4.6, & 5.4) referred to in cubic inches.
>either cubic inches or liters and still the same motor.
>Like a 4.6 liter might be a 302 cubic inch. Or a 5.4 might
>be a 351 cubic inch? Anyone familar with that?
You're right, but 4.6 liters doesn't equal 302 cubic inches.
4.9 = 300
5.0 = 302
5.8 = 351
7.5 = 460
Those are the more popular truck motors (the older ones, anyway). I've never seen the newer motors (4.2, 4.6, & 5.4) referred to in cubic inches.
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