Scotty, I have a 2000 Ford Expedition 4x4 Eddie Bauer trim with the 5.4 Triton v8 with 144k miles. I’ve owned it for about ten years and have it serviced regularly never had any problems besides routine maintenance. It’s not a daily driver and only put about 6k miles a year on it at this point. My question is this, at my last oil change I was told I need to replace the valve cover gaskets and intake manifold gaskets. Quoted at about $1,000 to do it all. Should I spend the money for the repairs? No service engine lights and vehicle seems to run fine. Thanks for all you do Scotty!
-Christian
Thanks for the input! 👍🏼 I have no plans on selling it so I’ll get those repairs done at some point. Haven’t noticed it leaving any oil on the floor and it’s garage parked so I’d see it
Who told you that it needs a new intake manifold gasket and why? Valve cover gaskets are very easy to replace.
It depends how bad the leaks are. You can live with leaky valve cover gaskets as long as its not gushing out onto the hot exhaust manifolds. If its still full on oil & coolant id say you can live with it for now, but it'll only get worse over time.
I would. That rig should have more than a thousand miles of good service left in’er. Especially since you say it’s running ok.
And I’m with @nta88. Doesn’t need to be done this minute, but I would do it as soon as your budget allows.
Only a thousand miles of good service left?🤔
Whoops. Just had oral surgery and the versed must have not worn off yet.
I meant 100,000 :silly: