engine longevity?

billy1davis wrote:
Seems like most c's and b's run gassers. Also seems like they go up for sale around 50 to 60 k on the odometer.
So what is the experience out there. Is that all the engines have in them for longevity...around 50 to 60 k?

We have a gasser Class C based on the Ford E450 V10 chassis. Regarding reliability as the years add up ... I'm not concerned about coach components or the Ford V10 engine, itself, "failing".

We sometimes take our Class C out into somewhat remote areas of the Western U.S. and don't tow along a 2nd vehicle and as such, are more concerned with the reliability of the overall chassis system so that we don't get left sitting way out there somewhere in a rig that won't move.

Here are some things I loose sleep over on RV trips, occurance of which won't necessarily be prevented even by "good factory recommended maintenance" :

- A failed/failing fuel pump,
- A blown fuel pump fuse that I can't locate where it's at or don't have a spare along for,
- A failed serpentine belt,
- A failed/failing alternator,
- A failed/failing water pump,
- A leak that developes in the radiator or it's hoses,
- A leak or rupture in a brake line,
- A failed cooling fan clutch causing the fan to no longer spin,
- A leak that developes in the fuel line,and
- Etc..

As some degree of defense against those type of failures above, we carry along a satellite communication device for no-signal cellular areas, assuming we at the time have enough headroom left on our credit card and that some form of ERS help will even venture off highway to get to our RV.