A 1997 E250 with 5.4 V8 gas. Neither the engine or the transmission has ever been overhauled. He got 500,000 miles out of the serpentine belt.
That's amazing considering all the head gasket issues the ealy 5.4s had.
"His maintenance secrets for getting a million miles from his van would make most automotive engineers and mechanics cringe: He changes his oil every 10,000 miles, but one time drove it 55,000 miles before an oil change. He adds a quart of oil with every other fill-up, however."
"Though automobiles with 1 million miles are rare, they're not unheard of. A 1966 Volvo owned by a New York man has more than 2 million miles on it, but that car doesn't regularly haul 3,000 pounds of auto parts halfway across the United States, as Mr. Schell's van does."
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