magentawave
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I am thinking of buying a 2006, 2007, or 2008 FLEET Ford E450 with the Triton 6.8 gas V10 and the 5R110W TorqShift 5-Speed automatic trans. These are fleet trucks that have had hard use carrying heavy loads but all had full inspections and oil and filter changes every 5000 miles.
I have a few questions, please…
1) Considering how well those were maintained,how reliable are those engines and transmissions?
2) Is it ridiculously hard to work on the engine (tuneups, oil changes, replace starters and alternators,etc.) due to everything being smashed together under that little van hood?
3) How difficult is it to do a compression test?
4) What kind of MPG should I expect if I drive very conservatively at 55 mph?
Thank very much!![Grinning face :grinning: 😀](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
I have a few questions, please…
1) Considering how well those were maintained,how reliable are those engines and transmissions?
2) Is it ridiculously hard to work on the engine (tuneups, oil changes, replace starters and alternators,etc.) due to everything being smashed together under that little van hood?
3) How difficult is it to do a compression test?
4) What kind of MPG should I expect if I drive very conservatively at 55 mph?
Thank very much!
![Grinning face :grinning: 😀](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)