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    Farewell To My Expedition

    Who knows? I'm glad the truck rebounded from that injustice though.
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    Interesting and stupefying heater question.

    The first-gens don't have that valve, at least none of the ones I've ever seen have had it.
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    Interesting and stupefying heater question.

    Hoo boy, you're singin' to the choir here. I had the exact same problem. What I've learned is that my engine is just chock full of rust. I'd backflush those cores and the problem would come right back. What I ended up doing was this: With the engine cold, just for safety, I pulled the heater...
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    Clanging noise from front left engine

    What Hamfisted said. I'd only run it when it's cool, and only for a few minutes.
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    Clanging noise from front left engine

    My wild guess would be that the timing chain is hitting the timing cover....? If that's still the original timing set, and the guides are gone, there might be just enough stretch in the chain for it to do that. Don't quote me on that one though.
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    Farewell To My Expedition

    Here's a cringeworthy story from when I got mine. I got it from my son-in-law in 2016. Seemed a little sluggish. I changed the oil right away. On the oil filter, the year was handwritten with a marker... 2012. I was pissed. Fortunately over the course of countless oil changes, the performance...
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    Farewell To My Expedition

    Sad to hear this. I keep wondering how long my engine's gonna last. I've got 253,000 on my 4.6. Everything on the truck is in fantastic condition, even a new trans. I keep wondering if it would be worthwhile, when the engine quits, to just put a new one in. It would probably be cheaper than...
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    Is this too much rust? Need advice before buying.

    Looks about normal for a truck that sees regular exposure to salt. When I lived in MI, that's what all my cars looked like.
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    To re-engine, or not to re-engine? That is the question

    Wow, you've got grander designs than me! Good to know you're up to 304k. Maybe I'll get there too.
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    Cost to R&R oils

    I've been advised by numerous mechanics not to flush transmissions. I did it twice on Chrysler products, and both transmissions failed within 2 weeks. I'd just drain and fill.
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    5.4 Engine loses power on acceleration.

    Looks like I missed all the fun.
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    To re-engine, or not to re-engine? That is the question

    Wow, I didn't know that about the tank. I guess your only option there is a fuel tank refurbishment. There's gotta be someone who can do that. Glad we don't have vehicle inspections and tests in my county.
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    To re-engine, or not to re-engine? That is the question

    Oh definitely. I'm just considering it in light of catastrophic engine failure one day. I wouldn't consider a preemptive swap.
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    To re-engine, or not to re-engine? That is the question

    I've been thinking about this a lot over the last couple years. My Expedition is in really good shape, everything works, it's a stout truck. The transmission was rebuilt a couple years ago and probably has only about 15,000 miles on it. But, it's approaching 252,000 miles on the original engine...
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    2000 Expy Future Classic? $20K

    I wonder if the heater works...
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