Has anyone heard how many miles guys are getting out of the 3rd generation 5.9?

 

i got 325000kms then the top ring on number 1 cylinder scored up the cylinder, it woulda made 350000km but had a new used motor put in while it was all pulled apart.

 

Depends on how you treat them. Fully bombed it might not be too much, but normal use with only a 90 hp increase the sky is the limit. 300,000 miles minimum I'd say. With normal maintenance and some care, 500,000 to 1 mil.

 

When I worked for Fedex Express (I quit in March of 2009) some of the Freightliner delivery vans with 3rd Gen CTD engines had over 500,000 miles on them, all from daily stop and go driving, started and shut down 50-100 times a day. And they received far less routine/preventative maintenance than we give our Dodge CTD trucks.

 

that's insane!! lets see a powerjoke or d-max do that!

 

243,000 on my 04 and going strong. I just rebuilt the front end and it drives like new. I am shooting for at least 500k. Gotta go now, and change my fluids!

 

261,000 and she is just getting broke in......I'm shooting for the 1 mil. mile mark before I rebuild her.

 

319097 on mine. Ive put one injector in, rest are original. Haul rvs coast to coast with mine. Bought it with 28k on it in Mar. 2008. Uses very little oil. I change at 15k. Only use a quart or two between 10-15k miles. They are great engines.

Carey

 

I have a little over 90,000 on mine. Not a lot of miles but they are hard miles running 2 programmers, twin turbos and pulling 40,000 pounds. And a few sled pulls every year. Engine doesn't use any oil and I change the oil every 10K with a 5-40 synthetic

 

I beat the crap out of mine daily and have almost 200k miles. I havent had a single problem with the engine. The rest of the truck is another story.

 

180 k on mine..

i bought it with 160k for 13k, no issues yet, knock on wood, but motorwise its bone stock..

Dads has 76K miles, not a wimper on it

Bros has 111k, not a wimper on it either...

we just keep up with maintainance like no ones business and enjoy them

Rick

 

My '03 has almost 275k with no problems (knock on wood) and a guy that used to haul with us has over 520k on his '04.5 .

 

82000 miles on mine and the engine went out. Won't cover it under warranty cause no oil receits. Only started towing heavy at about 65000 miles. Replace 2 sets of injectors, and 2 at 48000 miles.

 

Ditto here. Engine is great, injectors have had to be resealed but that is about it as far as Cummins parts...mopar stuff ugh...what haven't I replaced but 191k miles and still going.

 

#2 only has 500,000 on his 06 megacab