7000 hours 6.0L diesel

[DaveBen]

What are the problems that would come from a truck with this many hours on it.

You will get a lot of carbon build up. The EGR valve is the first thing that would be a problem, and the EGR Cooler. The best thing one can do if they own a 6.0 is to get on it every chance you can. This will blow out the carbon before it builds up needs to be scraped off.

Dave

 

[Yooper75]

Just to give you an idea, my 06 has 174k on it and us just under 3900 hours on the motor.

 

[tankerdude]

I don't know what kind of math you guys are using.... must be something different than what I'm used to.

130,000 mi / 7000 hrs = 18.57 mph by my calculations.

You'd have to reduce the hrs to 4000 in order to get about half of normal highway speed, or 32.5 mph.

As Yooper75 has given his statistics, he's averaging 44.6 mph... alot closer to reality.

I'm at 104951 mi and 2801 hrs... 37.5 mph.

And as others have pointed out, 7000 hours on an engine that only has 130,000 miles on it means that engine has been sitting at idle for at least half it's life.

A good thrashing with my 18000 lb trailer is in order.

If it survives 500 miles of 65 mph, level terrain and up some good long hills without puking it's guts out, I'd say buy it.

My opinion.... it won't.

 

[DaveBen]

We used 55 mph on big rigs to get the hours; Total miles / 55 = total engine hours.

Dave

 

[majek5]

I don't know what kind of math you guys are using.... must be something different than what I'm used to.

130,000 mi / 7000 hrs = 18.57 mph by my calculations.

You'd have to reduce the hrs to 4000 in order to get about half of normal highway speed, or 32.5 mph.

As Yooper75 has given his statistics, he's averaging 44.6 mph... alot closer to reality.

I'm at 104951 mi and 2801 hrs... 37.5 mph.

And as others have pointed out, 7000 hours on an engine that only has 130,000 miles on it means that engine has been sitting at idle for at least half it's life.

A good thrashing with my 18000 lb trailer is in order.

If it survives 500 miles of 65 mph, level terrain and up some good long hills without puking it's guts out, I'd say buy it.

My opinion.... it won't.

138000 not 130000 using both sets of numbers...we both were right. You just had the wrong ones.