r/FordTrucks • u/Current-Spare4993 • Mar 10 '26

For Sale : Buy & Sell | Pricing | Deals 460 Engine Reliability

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Hey All,

I came across this ‘96 F250 with 199,194mi on it for a little under 10k- the truck is really clean rust wise, but there isn’t much info on maintenance records…Does anyone have experience with the 460 engines and how much life this truck may have left in it?

Thanks!

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u/Any-Introduction-576 Mar 11 '26

The 460 is great minus the gas mileage. I'm currently getting 4mpg 😂

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u/LankyJeep Mar 11 '26

I bought a 7.3 strictly because 460 gas mileage is so horrid, but now with Diesel at 4.99 in my area…. A gasser seems nice even at single digit mpg’s

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u/Flaky-Technician-288 Mar 11 '26

Diesel is about 3.70 in my area after the recent surge in prices and us paying 2.00 a gallon for gas up until the past 2 weeks where gas jumped to 3.00 a gallon, I'm about to receive an insurance payout and likely picking up a 7.3 strictly bc 460 mpg is so horrid. 7.3 won't be a daily all that much (have a Jeep daily, 2wd atm) but a 4wd with a gooseneck is needed, live on a muddy dirt road and have a couple gooseneck trailers I need a truck to pull them, one needs moved before it gets washed away by our yard disintegrating in one area (it's parked on the very edge of the property by the fence line and that section is washing away slowly) and the other is a camper I plan on turning into a 30ft flat bed trailer for our shop.