How long does it last?
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How long does it last?
So I needed a different truck....late model mid-size I owned was.....was....is crap.
Friend owned a decent looking, fairly well maintained 95 F250. The F250 has almost 190,000 miles on it, but runs/drives perfectly. I bought the Ford of my pal for $1500 a week ago Saturday, and sold my 2005 Colorado just yesterday for $7000.
Anyhow...I've owned 9th gen Fords before...all F250's, but not a gasser(5.8 liter). My 'new' F250 still wears the original waterpump....It ain't loose...or leaking, but obviously factory.
I'm thinking I may as well buy a waterpump, and maybe just as well get a timing chain too.
So just how long can the waterpumps last on a 5.8?
Do the truck 5.8 engines use a double roller timing chain, or are they just a normal chain?
Do the timing chains tend to require high mileage replacement like the old 70's/80's vehicles used to?
Thanx, The newb...Seventeen.
Friend owned a decent looking, fairly well maintained 95 F250. The F250 has almost 190,000 miles on it, but runs/drives perfectly. I bought the Ford of my pal for $1500 a week ago Saturday, and sold my 2005 Colorado just yesterday for $7000.Anyhow...I've owned 9th gen Fords before...all F250's, but not a gasser(5.8 liter). My 'new' F250 still wears the original waterpump....It ain't loose...or leaking, but obviously factory.
I'm thinking I may as well buy a waterpump, and maybe just as well get a timing chain too.
So just how long can the waterpumps last on a 5.8?
Do the truck 5.8 engines use a double roller timing chain, or are they just a normal chain?
Do the timing chains tend to require high mileage replacement like the old 70's/80's vehicles used to?
Thanx, The newb...Seventeen.
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The factory timing chain will be one of those silent multilink things I believe with steel gears though no plastic crap. You want to spend a few more $$ on a Cloyes double roller timing set to replace it.
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I will probably wait for the waterpump to crater before doing anything.
I figured the 5.8 truck engine might come factory with a double roller chain.....but can't see through metal so it's sort of a moot point for now.
Thanx guys.
I figured the 5.8 truck engine might come factory with a double roller chain.....but can't see through metal so it's sort of a moot point for now.
Thanx guys.
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