How many miles is a 4.7 in an 05 durango good for?
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I just bought a FULLY LOADED 05 durango for a steal... One owner 80% highway miles in MINT MINT condition... BUT it has 140,000 miles on it... It runs like a champ.. shifts like a champ... But I have never bought a used car before and never owned anything over 50,000 before I traded it...
140,000 scares me.. How miles are people getting out of their durango's?
140,000 scares me.. How miles are people getting out of their durango's?
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I've never seen a 4.7 get over 160.000, Miles..Mileage on those motors depend on a load of things..Drivers foot through the years , Oil quality , how often it was changed , did the owner pull trailers , Etc...Etc....
Did you say It dropped a valve ? There's you're answer 140.000. That's about right for those motors.
."It's only my opinion"~BUT I think the 4.7 is the worst motor Dodge ever put in a truck..It's a good design , and would work , but they didn't make the oil ports big enough , so they don't get a good oil flow inside..Most people don't know the oil weight difference and use 10w30 in them so they gum up..The only good thing about a nice truck with a 4.7 is the fact that there not hard to find with a bad motor , and a Hemi swap ain't that hard.. I'm driving a Ram Hemi Thanks to the 4.7 going bad at 144.000 miles..
Sorry to hear about you're truck Hammer ~ You gonna put a Hemi in it ?
Did you say It dropped a valve ? There's you're answer 140.000. That's about right for those motors.
."It's only my opinion"~BUT I think the 4.7 is the worst motor Dodge ever put in a truck..It's a good design , and would work , but they didn't make the oil ports big enough , so they don't get a good oil flow inside..Most people don't know the oil weight difference and use 10w30 in them so they gum up..The only good thing about a nice truck with a 4.7 is the fact that there not hard to find with a bad motor , and a Hemi swap ain't that hard.. I'm driving a Ram Hemi Thanks to the 4.7 going bad at 144.000 miles..
Sorry to hear about you're truck Hammer ~ You gonna put a Hemi in it ?
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4.7 How many miles
I own two Durangos with 4.7's
I have a 1st Gen 2000 DURANGO with 230,000 miles and still going strong. I Have a 2nd gen 2007 DURANGO that just failed at 233,000. Dropped a valve. I just finished installing a rebuilt 4.7
I have a 1st Gen 2000 DURANGO with 230,000 miles and still going strong. I Have a 2nd gen 2007 DURANGO that just failed at 233,000. Dropped a valve. I just finished installing a rebuilt 4.7
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I've never seen a 4.7 get over 160.000, Miles..Mileage on those motors depend on a load of things..Drivers foot through the years , Oil quality , how often it was changed , did the owner pull trailers , Etc...Etc....
Did you say It dropped a valve ? There's you're answer 140.000. That's about right for those motors.
."It's only my opinion"~BUT I think the 4.7 is the worst motor Dodge ever put in a truck..It's a good design , and would work , but they didn't make the oil ports big enough , so they don't get a good oil flow inside..Most people don't know the oil weight difference and use 10w30 in them so they gum up..The only good thing about a nice truck with a 4.7 is the fact that there not hard to find with a bad motor , and a Hemi swap ain't that hard.. I'm driving a Ram Hemi Thanks to the 4.7 going bad at 144.000 miles..
Sorry to hear about you're truck Hammer ~ You gonna put a Hemi in it ?
Did you say It dropped a valve ? There's you're answer 140.000. That's about right for those motors.
."It's only my opinion"~BUT I think the 4.7 is the worst motor Dodge ever put in a truck..It's a good design , and would work , but they didn't make the oil ports big enough , so they don't get a good oil flow inside..Most people don't know the oil weight difference and use 10w30 in them so they gum up..The only good thing about a nice truck with a 4.7 is the fact that there not hard to find with a bad motor , and a Hemi swap ain't that hard.. I'm driving a Ram Hemi Thanks to the 4.7 going bad at 144.000 miles..
Sorry to hear about you're truck Hammer ~ You gonna put a Hemi in it ?