how many miles could a ford f150 v8 4.6 l could go up to
I've been working on and with these engines since Ford came out with them. The answer to your question depends largely upon the type of use of the vehicle and if it's been maintained properly. I currently work on Crown Victoria Police Interceptors with the 4.6L and RARELY ever see an engine failure. It seems that they either seize before they get off of the transport truck (brand new) or run 200,000 miles with regular service. The 4.6L engines I work with are serviced religiously and run well over 150,000 mile in SEVERE service. The car wears out long before the engines do.
My 2008 F150 has 344,000 miles on it with the 4.6 V8 engine. It is service regularly and driven daily. The transmission is also original. It has been serviced every year with just a pan drop service, transmission filter, and partial fluid replacement. Have flushed cooling system every 4-5 years since new.
My 2007 Mountaineer has 148000 and has been trouble free. I bought it with 82k on it and immediately switched the oil to full synthetic and have changed it at 5k intervals. The transmission has been flushed twice, as we tow a 5k trailer with it, and had the pan dropped once with a filter change. I also changed the plugs at 84k with no breakage, and will change them again this year. The coil packs are avout 50 bucks a set online and are easy to change. Just keep really good oil in it, and it will take care of you. We still get 22 mpg on the highway with this truck, and it is the awd model. Good luck!
Over 500k
I just ran over 160000 and have no plan to stop driving it. I change oil (Mobil 1) every 5000 miles and send the oil in for analysis. Lab says engine is in good shape.
I have a Ford 150 all original engine transmission and I just hit a 397000 km is this one of the highest in kilometres or is it noted and recorded that the Ford 150 4.6 engine has gone higher than that just track it runs 24/7
My Ford 150 is a 2010
I have a 97 F150 where the 4.6 V8 and I currently have 271 thousand miles on it all original
Just bought a 94 Town Car with 210k, original engine and tranny. Runs like a dream
2001 f150 super crew all original 290k runs strong original transmission. Replaced parts here and there.
I have over 240,000 miles on my 2004 Ford F- 150 xl with 4.6 liter v8 I bought the truck new in 2004. I have replaced brakes and tires, lots of oil changes, replaced an egr valve, replaced a couple of coil packs, air filters of course, and radiator flush here and there. I had a spark plug blow out of the cylinder head at around 220,000 and as a result I had to retap threads and install a heli coil. Other than burning a little oil the truck runs great!
As an update to my original post 2 years ago, our Mountaineer with a 4.6 has now surpassed 175k and is still running very well with just usual maintenance. I did finally have to replace the transmission last year, a 6R60 that had worked very hard towing the last 95k. "Grace" is just running fine with regular synthetic oil changes. Very reliable engine.
I'm the second owner, runs like a dream. So far I've had to replace the heater core, the alternator, and the starter. I actually have more miles than this outdated photo shows.
i BOUGHT THIS f150 HERITAGE 4.6 LITER TRITON AND Ive NEVER HAD A BETTER TRUCK IT ALWAYS STARTS ONE MILD TURN OF THE IGNITION AND Ive HAD OIL CHANGES AND ANTIFREEZE AND IN 20000 MILES IT SEEMS TO RUN EVEN BETTER ,HAD TO CHANGE THE TIRES THAT'S IT HAD 160000 ON IT WHEN i BOUGHT IT. guys THIS PARTICULAR YEAR AND ENGINE. great truck !!!!!!!!
I have a 2000 Expedition with 318,000 miles I have an oil leak on the head and a transmission pump leak. Can anybody give the most affordable fix please? I am a hurricane Ida evacuaee stuck 200 miles from home in Mobile AL.
I had 278,000 on my 2004 Supercrew before it was totaled in an accident. No major engine work up to that point. Just routine maintenance like oil changes, plugs, filters, and 1 set of aftermarker high voltage generic Accel ignition coils @ my last plug change @, 250,000. I always ran Walmart Supertech full synthetic 10W-30 or 10W-40 oil in it with a Wix or Napa Gold oil filter. I mean it might use a qt of oil over a full 6,000 mile oil change interval, but geesh it had over a quarter million miles on it, right...? It ran like a striped bandit til, well, you know...!
There are 2 version, the 2 valve and the 3 valve. I have a 2010 F150 with the 3 valve with 256k miles. One of the valves went out a few months ago and caused a timing issue with the variable timing. Other than that, I've replaced an alternator. From everything I've read, the 2 valve has fewer problems than the 3 valve, but at 256k miles, I'd say it is very reliable motor, just change the oil on the recommended schedule.