V-10 & high mileage, need advice
Looking to buy a 2000 Jamboree with an 86k V-10 This Rig is a bit over our Cash budget but very clean. My questions are; Is 86k high mileage for a motorhome ?(like dog years) And I'm a bit worrie...
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Many many of us have been successful with V10's. The main sparkplug issue was CHASSIS years 1997-98-99. In CHASSIS year 2000 they introduced "Performance Improved" (PI is molded into them) heads. That added threads to the sparkplug holes to address the plug blowout issue, and upped horsepower from 275 to 305. Problem, though... Some (and I repeat only SOME) of the PI heads were not machined correctly in the sparkplug area. The issue was apparently by manufacturing plant. With enough research you can probably figure out which PI heads are OK and which might be questionable. But you'd want to consider all 1997-98-99 heads questionable.
I, personally, would shy away from the non-PI years. You can see our chassis is 2002, and I felt safe going with a V10 equipped with PI heads.
You are correct in that engines 2004 and later had properly machined heads, no matter which plant produced them.
I, personally, would shy away from the non-PI years. You can see our chassis is 2002, and I felt safe going with a V10 equipped with PI heads.
You are correct in that engines 2004 and later had properly machined heads, no matter which plant produced them.
