JeffMoss1
Jeff
Hey everyone,
I bought my E-350, 1990 from a guy who kept it in pretty good condition (from what I can tell) with 250,000 miles on it. He was the second owner of it. I've replaced a bunch of components that needed it and everything on it is working really nicely.
I just flushed my whole cooling system, installed a coolant filter, and added SCA precharged coolant instead of what it already had in there. I've read the articles on cavitation and such, but i'm curious as to how much life anyone thinks it has left in it?
In retrospect, before I flushed the coolant, i should have checked to see if it already had additives in it. I'm assuming it didn't, but to be honest i don't know. Assuming i'm the first to give it SCA's at 250,000 miles, does anyone have a guess on how much further it'll go before it cavitates or throws something expensive? Also, is there anything else I can do to prolong it?
Also he said that a lot of the miles he put on it were highway miles driving back and forth from Penn to Fla, but I can only guess how much of that it was.
I bought it for cheap, really just to fiddle with it and to learn about diesels, so my expectations aren't high, don't worry about bursting my bubble.
Keep it real!
~Jeff
I bought my E-350, 1990 from a guy who kept it in pretty good condition (from what I can tell) with 250,000 miles on it. He was the second owner of it. I've replaced a bunch of components that needed it and everything on it is working really nicely.
I just flushed my whole cooling system, installed a coolant filter, and added SCA precharged coolant instead of what it already had in there. I've read the articles on cavitation and such, but i'm curious as to how much life anyone thinks it has left in it?
In retrospect, before I flushed the coolant, i should have checked to see if it already had additives in it. I'm assuming it didn't, but to be honest i don't know. Assuming i'm the first to give it SCA's at 250,000 miles, does anyone have a guess on how much further it'll go before it cavitates or throws something expensive? Also, is there anything else I can do to prolong it?
Also he said that a lot of the miles he put on it were highway miles driving back and forth from Penn to Fla, but I can only guess how much of that it was.
I bought it for cheap, really just to fiddle with it and to learn about diesels, so my expectations aren't high, don't worry about bursting my bubble.
Keep it real!
~Jeff