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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 11:33 AM
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161 thousand still strong,no problems, just leaks a little here and there.
 
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 02:17 PM
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hm i have 87,000 and my 2 biggest issues were exhaust leak(broken stud) and new heads ( due to exhaust leak)..i had a lekaing plenum but that got fixed with the head swap..besides that it fires right up
 
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 02:19 PM
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I seen a first gen Ram with a 5.2 and it had 300,000 and still ran good, it used about a quart of oil every 1000 miles though. these motors amaze me sometimes
 
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 02:35 PM
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215,000 kms..still goin strong
 
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 04:55 PM
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I've got 144k on my 98 QC and it runs like a top! Hope to put 144k of my own on it!
 
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 08:38 PM
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403,000 on mine and have done nothing to the inside of the engine!
 
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 10:48 PM
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403k? [:-]Impressive
 
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Old Dec 25, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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My 99 ram has just about 180000 miles on it, nothing has went wrong besides a coil going weak. Runs beautiful, super reliable.
 
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Old Dec 26, 2007 | 03:43 AM
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5.2L replaced at 149k for a 5.9 with 99k on it. a little more power now but i did have b&g do the pcm when the swap was done. now the 5.2 is in a early 90's dakota I hear........ so the 5.2 lives on!,lol

and that 403K............if thats a gas motor Im VERY impressed. If its the CTD and it has 403K.......Im still Very impressed
 
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 06:13 PM
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447,000 on it now !!!
 
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