Hello everyone. Well i decided on the 2001 instead of the 2003, Im 19 i can live :P but i want the 24 v and actually found a 2001 for a pretty good price. only problem is that its got 170492 miles on her.... Is that getting close to overhaul point on these diesels or no? I hsouldnt be to worried my 97 360 gasser has 168,000 :P

 

the valves might need to be adjusted they are supposed to be at 150k. check the lift pump i bought my current one at 147k sold my old one at 135k. its in its prime

 

acording to cummins the average life till overhaul on a b series engine is 400,000 miles <br><br>

 

Yep i thought about the lift pump and injection pump. but it all sounds good. I thought it was up in the 350,000-400 but just wanted to make sure before I invested Thanks guys

 

kingofdodge, if u dont mind...can i ask what the price is on the truck ? im in the market 4 a CTD also and am curious how some are priced. thanks,scott

 

LIke i said above about the year and mileage sofort, Kelly blue book says it should be 24000, I found this one for 19 so im curious to what might be wrong haha. But from what ive noticed if you want a 24v its gonna cost ya 16,000 or higher. Ive found couple lower but there straight cabs with really ugly paint so thats pry why.... all depends on your preference I guess. Or if your just out lookin for the diesel weather its a 12 valve or not ive found some 97's and stuff runnin around 8-15k all club cabs.... I have a club cab dunno why anyone would buy a straight haha. Hope that helps?

 

That is not bad mileage at all. <br>Do you have any history on it like maintenance history, how it was used, highway or city mileage, etc?

 

Just broken in. Miles put on that fast don't hurt an engine. It hasn't had time to cool off many times. My 98.5 is bumping on 200,000 and it should be good for at least 500,000. It all depends on TLC.

 

TLC?

 

TLC = Tender Loving Care.<br><br>There are lots out there with high mileage on these diesels. I know Cummins says something about overhauling at 400K, but if you take care of it you should need a new truck before you need to do anything major to the engine. ;D<br>Check around, you will find 12 valvers with close to a million miles or more on some of those trucks.<br><br>Chris