F53 V10 First Timer Questions
My wife and I just bought a 1999 31' Georgetown Class A on the Ford F53 Chassis with the V10 in it. 30,000 miles. My wife and I are still fairly young (early to mid 20's) so we don't have a lot of v...
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I have a 1998 Itasca (built 6/98) over a 1999 Ford V-10 chassis (built 4/98 I’ve been told Ford didn’t make any 1998 V-10s), with 300 miles short of 100,000 and the original plugs. My truck mechanic says don’t change the plugs unless the MPG drops significantly & it hasn't. Based on other posts you may never have a plug problem but it could happen.
I did have the water ingestion problem in a heavy storm and, if it hasn’t already been done, would suggest that you do George Beggs’ above “Ford fix”. The price of that fix has gone up a lot over the years but it’s worth the investment.
My kids got me a ScanGauge for Christmas several years ago and although not a necessity I’ve really appreciated the mpg & other info it provides.
I can’t speak to any of your other questions.
Dave
I did have the water ingestion problem in a heavy storm and, if it hasn’t already been done, would suggest that you do George Beggs’ above “Ford fix”. The price of that fix has gone up a lot over the years but it’s worth the investment.
My kids got me a ScanGauge for Christmas several years ago and although not a necessity I’ve really appreciated the mpg & other info it provides.
I can’t speak to any of your other questions.
Dave
