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Wow, nice. Check the belt, belt tensioner, pulleys, etc. I just hit 180K and my belt tensioner went from barely making a chirp to nearly eating through my front cover in about 10 days.
300k miles Any recommendations for maintenance
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Tan Exp
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excellent feedback guys thank you very much..
The biggest weakness I see in these trucks. Maybe just because I’m up north but Ford did not do well with the undercoating constantly managing rust had to do all brake lines, transfer case has been remanufactured other than that some nonsense stuff here and there but overall I’m very pleased I see a lot of similarities that you guys post here that I’m dealing with may have to do head gaskets soon and also exhaust manifold leak.
Just picked yup factory amp sub going install - anybody know if factory sub amp can take pre-amp signals or it’s it high level?
thank you for the recommendations.
almost forgot what should I be greasing under the truck?
The biggest weakness I see in these trucks. Maybe just because I’m up north but Ford did not do well with the undercoating constantly managing rust had to do all brake lines, transfer case has been remanufactured other than that some nonsense stuff here and there but overall I’m very pleased I see a lot of similarities that you guys post here that I’m dealing with may have to do head gaskets soon and also exhaust manifold leak.
Just picked yup factory amp sub going install - anybody know if factory sub amp can take pre-amp signals or it’s it high level?
thank you for the recommendations.
almost forgot what should I be greasing under the truck?
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pdxexpedition
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Look for blue smoke out of the tail pipe for lengthy periods of time when starting - a sure fire sign of bad valve stem seals usually.
Hope you changed out the sparkplugs they tended to blow out and well known issue.
Hope you changed out the sparkplugs they tended to blow out and well known issue.
You just expressed how I feel about my ole gal. 218,*** and counting
Gribble
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I just got a 2000 XLT with the 4.6 (226,000 mi) and am going through and checking things out. I had brake problems that I'm in the process of fixing as well as a torque converter lockup issue.
I'm getting 13 MPG for mostly highway driving and working on getting those numbers up. Cleaning the EGR passages and replacing the fuel filter will be my first steps.
Plugs and coils were replaced 10k ago by previous owner.
I'm getting 13 MPG for mostly highway driving and working on getting those numbers up. Cleaning the EGR passages and replacing the fuel filter will be my first steps.
Plugs and coils were replaced 10k ago by previous owner.
Good luck with getting the MPG numbers up from 13....my 2004 & 2006 with the 5.4 got maybe 13 down hill with the wind pushing it on a good day. Average was 11-12.
I’d have to try really hard to get my 2007 to drop below 14. I’d have to floor it at every light to drop that low lol. I’ve done city only for months at a time before in mid winter and never got below 14.
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Wow, that's awful. If I stomp on it all day long, I'll run about 13.5. Normally, I'm at 15.6-15.7. If I do a lot of highway it can run up in the 17s.
Gribble
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Latest tank was 14.4. We shall see what happens. I'm in the process of trying to de-sludge the engine. The more I drive it, it seems to be working as the valvetrain is quieting down and I'm regaining some power.
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