panthermike
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Originally Posted by gfh77665
Thanks again Cline. I am trying to learn all I can about my 2007 F-150. The truck runs and sounds great -- for the moment. I am aware it is a ticking time bomb. I cannot justify spending $2500 on a $5000 work truck. My local mechanic suggested 10w-30 HM oil, like MaxLife. He tells me "If he was going to guess, I should easily get another 50K out of it". It currently has 190K. He sounded pretty confident, but I think he might be overly optimistic.
Final question: in your experience, is reaching 250K even a possiblity here? Or would you think failure is almost imminent? If so, I am putting it up for sale.
I'm sure cline will answer here but my two cents are that if you are not currently having any issues keep changing it regularly with that 30w I think you'll make it. My brother is up to either 175 or 180K with poor maintenance on his'07 and that truck still runs really well. There are quite a few examples of people with 250 or 300 on these.
Thanks again Cline. I am trying to learn all I can about my 2007 F-150. The truck runs and sounds great -- for the moment. I am aware it is a ticking time bomb. I cannot justify spending $2500 on a $5000 work truck. My local mechanic suggested 10w-30 HM oil, like MaxLife. He tells me "If he was going to guess, I should easily get another 50K out of it". It currently has 190K. He sounded pretty confident, but I think he might be overly optimistic.
Final question: in your experience, is reaching 250K even a possiblity here? Or would you think failure is almost imminent? If so, I am putting it up for sale.
I'm sure cline will answer here but my two cents are that if you are not currently having any issues keep changing it regularly with that 30w I think you'll make it. My brother is up to either 175 or 180K with poor maintenance on his'07 and that truck still runs really well. There are quite a few examples of people with 250 or 300 on these.