3.0 vs 4.0?

[Sevensecondsuv]

The 4.0 lasts just fine. Just keep it full of good fresh oil and coolant and it should go a quater million miles. My explorer has 185,000 on it and still runs just fine with no smoking, knocking, ticking, loss of power, etc.

 

[alyssasdaddy]

What about the newer 2.5? My 94 4.0 has 300,000 and it ticks valve train is shot but it still has a great amount of power. Leaks from everywhere you can think of. Still runs still drives still gets beat up. I am trying to blow it so I can have good reason to swap but it takes a lickin and keeps tickin literaly.

I think you will be more then satisfied with the 4.0. I love both of mine.

 

[TheBeast]

I've had both a 3.0 4x4, and a 4.0 4x4. The 4.0 does a much better job, with less gear then the 3.0 truck had, at getting around. It has torque, and will pull anything I want for the most part. 3.0's have alot of problems with belt squeals, and water pumps being the kicker. I had plenty of issues with mine in regards to that. My 4.0 has a little squeal but nothing near as bad. The 4.0's have that hesitation/vibration but its quickly remedied. Seems like in most cases a 4.0 vs 3.0 are pretty straight forward. Both will take you 300k miles, just the 4.0 will leak a little but have more power.