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Old 11-17-2021, 09:18 AM   #1
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Default RV Engine Miles?

I'm looking at an RV which I may purchase, and would like some feedback about engine.

RV is a Class C, engine has 116,000 miles on it and is a Ford E-350 Super Duty with Triton V10. RV is only a 22'.

Is this a lot of mile for the engine ?
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Old 11-17-2021, 12:23 PM   #2
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Excellent outside PAINT, rule of tumb ...... eh ..... make that thumb! Good to excellent outside vehicle PAINT usually indicates how easy or hard it got used and is a general indication on how it got treated by previous owner/driver.

Like ..... are the 116k-miles mostly easy highway miles, or is it a lot of stop & go, stall & crawl, stop light city miles?

The Carfax will tell you where it was owned, and the location will help to indicate type of use.

Cars are just like boats ....... is not the age/mileage ...... is the condition!
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Old 11-18-2021, 08:29 AM   #3
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Default Triton V-10

Excellent motor! Except for when they came out the first two years. Most of the problems are in the transmission.

I have an '88 Itasca with only 80K on the clock. Bulletproof 454 and hydramatic transmission. Everything else went. No problems with motor and drive train.

Just replaced the aluminum roof with the new fiberglass material. Aluminum started to pit. Otherwise a great 'classic'!
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I found online, a 2001 Forest River Isata Class B RV. This is a 28' RV.
Engine has 62k miles 10 cylinder Triton motor.

I'm not familiar with 10 cylinders, or Triton engines ?
Does anyone have knowledge they could share.

Thanks !
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Old 02-02-2022, 02:23 PM   #5
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I found online, a 2001 Forest River Isata Class B RV. This is a 28' RV.
Engine has 62k miles 10 cylinder Triton motor.

I'm not familiar with 10 cylinders, or Triton engines ?
Does anyone have knowledge they could share.

Thanks !
Those, like all Triton engines of that time period, are known for blowing spark plugs out of the heads or having spark plugs pull the threads out when removed. They can be repaired with threaded inserts, so it's not a fatal flaw. If I had one, I'd schedule thread repairs on all 10 cylinders for some time period when the RV is not in use. I imagine it would be cheaper than doing one at a time.
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