Looking at a used 6.7. Need help with engine hours vs mileage
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Looking at a used 6.7. Need help with engine hours vs mileage
So I have a '14 F350 I'm looking at buying to upgrade my '06. It has 72k miles but it has 2410 engine hours and 1000 idle hours. The truck is a one owner, with service performed at the dealership that has it for sale. The salesman says it was his father in laws truck and he upgraded to a 2017. The truck is in really good shape. It's a platinum Drw. They're asking $40k for it. My question: Is that too many hours for the mileage? I believe the price reflects the mileage/hours. Looking for advice as I'm coming from a 6.0 and don't want to make a bad purchase. Any input is greatly appreciated
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Doesn't seem like a lot but curious what others have to say. I bought my 2015 used with around 9000 miles on it. I now have a little over 31k on it with 1021 hours and 303 idle hours on it. I don't know what the previous owner did with it.
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I'm a little confused. If you divide the mileage by the engine hours, you get average speed of 30 mph which to me indicates more city driving. That's how I did it when evaluating the 6.0 which doesn't have an idle timer. How does the idle hours play into the equation? Are they added to the engine hours or is it the amount of time idling out of the total engine hours?
I'm a little confused. If you divide the mileage by the engine hours, you get average speed of 30 mph which to me indicates more city driving. That's how I did it when evaluating the 6.0 which doesn't have an idle timer. How does the idle hours play into the equation? Are they added to the engine hours or is it the amount of time idling out of the total engine hours?
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M-chan
I'm a little confused. If you divide the mileage by the engine hours, you get average speed of 30 mph which to me indicates more city driving. That's how I did it when evaluating the 6.0 which doesn't have an idle timer. How does the idle hours play into the equation? Are they added to the engine hours or is it the amount of time idling out of the total engine hours?
I'm a little confused. If you divide the mileage by the engine hours, you get average speed of 30 mph which to me indicates more city driving. That's how I did it when evaluating the 6.0 which doesn't have an idle timer. How does the idle hours play into the equation? Are they added to the engine hours or is it the amount of time idling out of the total engine hours?
Originally Posted by m-chan68
In Canada, the number is 40, meaning engine hour count x 40 equals the driven mileage wear on the engine in kilometers. For you guys in the U.S. the number is 25 for miles.
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I read that thread which lead me to start my own. I guess I really would like to know how the idle hours are to be taken into consideration. If you have to account for 25 miles per idle hour, that's an extra 25k miles on this vehicle. Or, is the idle hours taken from the engine hours?
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The idle hours seem very high to me. I'm not a service tech, but from reading here on the forums, and my own use, 10-20% idle time as compared to overall hours is more "normal". With all that idling, I'd be afraid of plugged EGR cooler, etc.
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Originally Posted by 22rimfire
Ditto. Idle hours are waay high. You may be looking at egr, and emissions replacements soon. I would pass.
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That is a little high for a non commercial truck. Its about 2 hours a day 5 days a week for 2 years or hour and a half 5 days x 3 years. Compare to an ambulance, 100k and 12500 hours on most. Or a 10 E350 6.0 142k with 16000 hours.
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Seems like your only real issue would possibly be with all the emissions crap. I agree with most of the others that it is probably a lot of idle time and city driving.
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hours are high to me, seems like excessive idling, extra wear on all the engine driven components i keep an avg speed of about 44 mph, and im in alot of traffic in north atl, road trips help me out. 95300 miles and 2145 hrs