Engine Idle Hour Question
I've never paid attention to what typical numbers look like, but my 2021 F150 has 23,009 miles, 1055 engine hours, and 289 idle hours. I use my remote start a lot and I would imagine that my idle hours are higher than normal as my truck spends a decent amount of time idling to warm up and defrost in the winter.
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No idea what's normal but if enough people speak up maybe you can get some picture. Mine is a 23, 33280 miles- 909 engine hours and 113 idle. I see something that may make a difference on idle hours, I'm retired and it's garaged so I have little warm up time. Jim
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I do find that ford calculate idle hours a bit differently compared to ram. does red light stop count as idle hours? My old truck (ram) had 40+ idle hours at 100,000 miles when I traded her. My ford currently has 28,000 miles and I’ve already got over 100 hours idle.
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Idle hours matters to diesel truck and SD owners more than us gasser folks.
https://www.f150forum.com/f118/engin...-hours-517575/
https://www.f150forum.com/f118/engin...-hours-517575/
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The calculation has always seemed odd to me at least for the Powerboost. When in generator mode for a given hour the actual engine may run only 10 minutes but that seems to be recorded as one hour of idle time. Vehicle is on but it’s not like the engine is incurring wear for that hour.
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I just bought a used '22 and my thinking during my search was that up to 20% of the total was acceptable. It can only really bite you if you think you are buying a low-mileage truck, but it idled for 8 hours a day at job sites for years. That is engine wear that doesn't show on the odometer. Less wear, but still something.
What I just bought was high miles for a '22, and the engine/idle hour counter let me calculate that those miles were almost certainly highway miles. 74,568 miles, 1311 engine hours, 74 idle hours. 74,568 / (1311-74) = 60. Truck had to average 60 mph while it was moving. Made me feel good about the high mileage.
What I just bought was high miles for a '22, and the engine/idle hour counter let me calculate that those miles were almost certainly highway miles. 74,568 miles, 1311 engine hours, 74 idle hours. 74,568 / (1311-74) = 60. Truck had to average 60 mph while it was moving. Made me feel good about the high mileage.