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How many Million miles can I drive my Ford F-150?

That's not accurate. It has not broken down in 5 years and new they come with a 7 year bumper to bumper. It is 12 years old.

They are like Toyota. This is Mexico, not the crap you get in the U.S.

It does not burn a drop of oil and still gets 50+ MPG while being (close to) as large as a Subaru Outback. You can camp in it. Even without folding the rear seat forward you can sleep in the back and I have. 121 HP. Not a lot, but it does scoot considering the fuel economy.

Oh, and I'll add - the inside passenger door handle does not work, however the STOCK CD player, air conditioning, power windows, power mirrors and everything else works and has never broken. On what piece of crap car would that ever be true? Recharged the AC 3 years ago and it held, nothing needed since. Kia may have a long warranty, but 12 years for those items is a stretch to say the least. I have never seen a stock CD player last that long.

It does not take a mechanic to answer that one. 750,000 miles with proper maintenance and synthetic oil, and never using it for work.

The Fiat I had was back in the gas crunch/energy crisis of the Carter years. For every dollar I saved in fuel I spent two on repairs. Damned thing was a real piece, it was called a Strada and looked like a rounded off Rabbit. It got froze to the driveway one day and broke a shaft inside the transmission and I junked her for good.

i would buy a horse before a chevy

You can drive the same truck until you turn up your toes if you just keep maintaining it. Sure, it might need reboring , a rebuilt crankshaft , a cam or a valve job but back in the day those repairs were fairly common. The thing that kills a truck is the transmission usually, it's damned hard to find a good second hand one anywhere and rebuilding them is more expensive than buying a new one. I wish someone would make a five speed manual transmission and flywheel for my Nissan Titan so I could keep it going myself.

a fuckin' mule

chevy equals shit

It’s probably a sway link. $20 part.

Will do that in the morning. Thanks!

Kia used to be crap.

Not anymore . . . . .

Toyota T100, charcoal canister fills with gas if I have gas cap on, Gas cap off and it doesn’t happen! 3.4 5zvfe. PLEASE HELP!!

Damnit! Am I too late?

Nope! Give me a minute. Stuffing a hemi in a Challenger.

Thanks, take your time! My 19 year old is a mechanic at a dodge e dealership, he’s to busy all the time!

Did you get that Motor stuffed? Did it work?
Any ideas?

1nz fe no start, sounded like lack of compression. After 7-8 tries started bit rough then smoothed out . Never done before or after. I’m thinking the vvti gear stuck somehow


Question is could thick engine oil have caused this?

Opie?

Yup.. Damn Hemis will give you a heart attack when you first start them. Noisiest new engine ever until the oil gets in them. Had one lifter pecking for 30 minutes until it finally shut up.

On your truck it sounds like the liquid separator might be stuck or broken...

Check this video out.

It's possible the vvt didn't get to lock pin due to the oil. Then it'll move around altering valve timing until it can get enough oil pressure to command it.

My ZF 8 speed transmission has slipped a few times while driving. nothing chronic. Ram says I cannot change fluid or put new filters in until 100k miles or I will void warranty.

Truck is at 75k now. Should I wait until 100k to change fluid and keep remaining warranty. or should I change now?

1500 Ram . I do tow a 5k travel trailer but not all the time. maybe 2 times in last 3 years.

An acquaintances Koenigsegg Smegna gets a slight vibration in the left front of the vehicle when accelerating between 345 and 377 kph. Would you recommend an oil change to fix the problem or should they just scrap the car and crush it?

You won't void the warranty by serving it. I would have them do it for the documentation.

It's not cheap. The pan is the filter.

Have them put the PCM and TCM on the latest software too.

Access the data from the left and right impact sensors, overlay them with the yaw data from the accelerometer and underline it with the strain gauge data from the left front frame spar. It sounds like the carbon fiber may be delaminating in the left suspension buck.

You should be able to 3d model it to find the crack.

I have a direction now, thank you! I have broken ribs in my back so I’ll wait till spring to drop tank, we actually had dropped the tank to replug-in fuel pump (after hitting a large bump in the woods!) just before this issue started, sooo this all makes sense now !
If you want my advise on anything let me know....

Oh yeah , good luck with those headers and exhaust system!

Why does the transmission temperature of my 2017 Ram 1500 with an 8 speed transmission, get to 133 C (270 F) when travelling at a constant 110 kph (70 mph).

The dealer said that this was in the normal operating range!!!!!

Thanks for answering ! You rock!