D-Max life expectancy????

[J-Crash]

Looking into used trucks... hopefully a D-Max or maybe a Cummins

anywho... my price range is around 20k... probably a little less i have found a couple of 03s and 04s but the mileage is around 120k... i'm used to gassers and that seems high... but its not a gasser

i just trying to wrap my brain around spending that much for a truck with that many miles. basically i'm wondering how long i can expect the truck to last. i've heard around 400k on the cummins, but i would prefer a gm so im looking for a milage guess-tamate.

thanks
-josh

[Woody35]

depends on how its driven but 120k is not very high. probably get another 150K out of it before parts start wearing out

[dieselgearhead]

I recently purchased a 2002 2500 ext cab 4x4 6spd manual and it has 278K logged on its clock! It starts and runs but has a miss issue above idle.

[Woody35]

start a thread about it in the LB7 section

[2500HeavyDuty]

mine is sitting at 148k, replacing head gaskets right now cause i like to push things to the max and the 01 head gasket wasnt the best one out there

[K50]

250,000miles is the supposed overhaul interval for these engines.

[Deezel Stink3r]

Depends on your maintenance. If you aren't lazy on changing fluid intervals and go the x-tra protection step with bypass filtration you will get a few 100k miles for free.

Commercial trucks fleet operators know the secrets to get those additional miles.

[2500HeavyDuty]

Originally Posted by Deezel Stink3r Depends on your maintenance. If you aren't lazy on changing fluid intervals and go the x-tra protection step with bypass filtration you will get a few 100k miles for free. Commercial trucks fleet operators know the secrets to get those additional miles.

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[jasonfriedlin]

Originally Posted by K50 250,000miles is the supposed overhaul interval for these engines.

Thats just gettin broke in for a Cummins. If you want longevity, go with the Cummins

[2500HeavyDuty]

Originally Posted by K50 250,000miles is the supposed overhaul interval for these engines.

[captain_stabbin]

a diesel engine should be able to go well over 250k if taken care of, hell i got 300k on my cummins an the cylinders are in awesome shape

[Deezel Stink3r]

talked to a Mercedes engineer today. Modern engines should be able to survive 100k miles per liter.

6.5liter x 100k= 650k miles Not that bad...

[millco]

That's an interesting formula..... Hope you all put it to the test!

Most of the friends I have are getting close to 100,k on their D maxs . . . . .

[K50]

Originally Posted by 2500HeavyDuty

According to all the Dodge articles that's what it is...350,000 for a cummins and 250,000 for a duramax or powerstroke...
But I've never seen anything verified by GM.

[nate379]

There is no debate that the Cummins is going to have longer engine life. Most anything in a straight 6 is going to last longer than a V8. Look at the old Chev, Ford and Jeep straight gas 6 engines... they are darn near bulletproof. Same applies to diesel.