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Originally Posted by JRecardo
How long is a piece of string? It will depend on a number of factors such as mods (sometimes they are removed prior to sale making it harder to gauge previous life), maintenance, and just plain luck of the draw. I have seen the 08+ 255s let go of headgaskets and even develop bottom end knock even on some moderately powered and well maintained examples. On the other side of the coin there are others that go much longer without issue. It feels a bit like the lottery with these motors.
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Luck of the lottery is exactly what I was thinking. Have seen 2.5s with 300,000+ running like New and others being replaced at 130,000 just not much of the 08+
Way I'm looking at it is, the cost of a motor will be less then the price to buy any other on the net