Ford V10 engine
Looking to purchase around a 36 ft class a motorhome to go full timing and wondering how the ford V10 is holding up. Will be towing a vehicle with it also. Please give good and bad points.
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Effy wrote:
The engine will outlast the house. It revs high, can be noisy on climbs depending on the type of house, but the V-10 will last forever if you take care of it.
X3 (or whatever we're up to).
I've owned two V10s over the course of last 10 years - a 310 HP V10 in an Excursion SUV we had previously that towed our 34' RV trailer for 8 years, and now a 362HP V10 in our 36' MH for almost 2 years now. Both were/are solid as a rock, never have given any problems at all. Newer V10 with the redesigned cylinder 3 valve cylinder heads Ford came out with around 2005 is noticeably more powerful as well. The V10 in our MH seems to have more 'throat' to it than the one in the Excursion did (although the old one was plenty powerful, too).
Like Effy said, take care of this engine, and it will do just fine for you, and outlast any MH built on it.
