[Tom Vaught]

Originally Posted by Half-Inch Stud

Me thinks the article is dissing on (gasoline) V8s as narrative. Plenty of epic 4 cyl fails and fewer 6-cyl. V8s the least fail variety.

My Uncle the Pontiac/Cadillac Dealer for 67 years used to say:

4 cylinder engine can live for "X" number of miles
6 cylinder engine can live for "2X" number of miles
8 cylinder engine can live for "3X" number of miles.

Lots of 7.3 liter diesels with 300K plus miles on them out there in service.

Tom V.

[hurryinhoosier62]

Originally Posted by Tom Vaught

My Uncle the Pontiac/Cadillac Dealer for 67 years used to say:

4 cylinder engine can live for "X" number of miles
6 cylinder engine can live for "2X" number of miles
8 cylinder engine can live for "3X" number of miles.

Lots of 7.3 liter diesels with 300K plus miles on them out there in service.

Tom V.

The highest mileage 6.9/7.3 IDI or 7.3 PowerStroke I ever machined had over 500,000 miles on it. It came from a box truck chassis that was owned by a trucking company that made multiple runs per day from Louisville, KY to St. Louis, MO.( all interstate mileage). The reason it was removed and shipped to us was because one of the HEUI injectors had frozen in the open position, flooding that cylinder with fuel.