How many miles on your 5.0?

[sman83]

Mine has about 187,x.. on a 1999.

Im just curious to how many miles people have.

 

[koda2000]

two with low 180's and one with low 150's. looking at craigs list in my area it seems that most of the 5.0's for sale have around 180k on them for some reason.

edit: none of my 3 burn any oil between changes, or leak any oil. they all drive like they have more like 30k on them. i see no reason why i shouldn't get at least 300k out of them. we love these trucks!

 

[pbnj22]

00 with 126 bought it at my work as a one owner

 

[RandyF70]

My 97 has over 200,000 and doesn't burn or leak oil. Synthetic oil changes at every 5k goes a long way.

 

[66427]

145k on an '01

 

[FIND]

I rolled over 200k a month ago. No leaks and runs like new.

 

[SoNic67]

My 2001 has 120k. It is almost done - previous owner used 5W20 oil for 9 years and now I have to go with 5W40 to have decent pressure at idle...
I saw this issue (oil pressure gauge fluctuating at idle) happening in several posts here.

 

[FIND]

I always run 5w20 and my engine is cherry. Previous owner did too. I'd say something else caused your issue... My guess is that you thinking you need 40 weight has starved some parts of your engine of proper lubrication.

 

[bobflood]

'97 EB approaching 275K Southern miles, so no rust. I bought it with about 30K miles 15 years ago. Original motor and tranny; all on-road, very little towing; my wife's daily driver right now. Uses about a quart of 5W30 oil every 1000 miles or so; other small stuff starting to break/go bad but AC still works great and it never breaks down. Has been a great value.

 

[MINERALGSVT]

210k on my wifes 99 that we bought new.. 67k on the Saleen

 

[rollinstone]

157,000 on my '97...no leaks, no dents! This truck gets used hard...camping trips, sea kayak carrier, ski trips...that said, no off-road.

 

[MichelleMD]

My 2000 XLT has the original 5.0 with 214568 miles, doesn't use or burn oil. Everything is in good condition and works great. Love this truck wouldn't change anything.

 

[C420sailor]

My ‘99 has 121k per the odo, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was swapped in from another truck. It runs and shifts great, but the rest of the vehicle was worn the hell out before I got my hands on it.

 

[8TZX]

My 99 5.0 has 251K. No major work done. I just replaced the radiator last week. Thank God for this forum and Youtube. I did it myself. Using bungee cords to hold the condenser while separating the radiator from the condenser clips helped immensely. Thanks to a Forum contributor for that tip. I only have a small oil leak. I think its the main seal.

 

[Bjl8691]

Mine has about 187,x.. on a 1999.

Im just curious to how many miles people have.

Mine has about 187,x.. on a 1999.

Im just curious to how many miles people have.

My 2000 302/4r70w/bw4404 are original with 356,000 miles

 

[djsj13]

Mine has about 187,x.. on a 1999.

Im just curious to how many miles people have.

385,000 original miles with original engine and transmission

 

[Mounty99]

1999 Mountaineer 5.0
315,000 miles
(original engine and transmission)

 

[V8]

2001 XLT with 240K. I'm trying to track down my oil leaks which appear to be the front and rear main seals.

 

[410Fortune]

Common oil leaks are
valve covers
Dipstick
Rear main seal (thanks to the converter being right there!)

If your going after the
Front main / crank seal that one can be done in the truck but it’s better to bite the bullet and do a full re seal of the timing cover and waterpump

 

[V8]

Common oil leaks are
valve covers
Dipstick
Rear main seal (thanks to the converter being right there!)

If your going after the
Front main / crank seal that one can be done in the truck but it’s better to bite the bullet and do a full re seal of the timing cover and waterpump

It is a dumb place for it. True story: I had the IAT in my MAF sensor fail causing the computer to over fuel the engine. There were no codes or lights and I caught on slowly because of a loss of power and poor idle. My left cylinder bank was seriously dumping fuel and had cooked the converter. How did I find this? The engine smelled like very hot engine oil so I stuck my head under the truck to see what was going on. The #1 converter on the left bank was glowing iridescent orange. Almost immediately, some oil that had escaped from the rear main seal that had pooled in the converter heat shield made a very audible "woof" sound and caught on fire. I put the fire out with the garage extinguisher and laid next to the truck for about 16 minutes before I felt felt it was safe to take my eyes off it.

I had never before considered that engine oil leaking on a converter could ignite. Perhaps not under normal circumstances, but a red hot converter was not something you could normally expect to see either. After everything cooled I found that the wiring pigtail for O2 sensor #1 was burned to. This obviously wasn't the first time it had happened.