How long will a 2016 ram with a 5.7L hemi last?

I have two friends which are both doing cam/lifter jobs plus broken manifold stud issues right now. Also, very close to the same mileage. Very common, listen to the engine good at cold start up and while warm.

Yep, got 265,000 out of a 5.4 with only minor repairs. Doubt my 20 f150 will do that but I am hopeful.

How the hell does that have anything to do with his question?

Guy at work put 275 on his easy.

Just kept up with plugs and fluids.

He did go through some plugs.

I just replaced my manifolds because the leak was getting out of hand. I had 5 broken bolts. It sounds like a new truck now. I am going to drive mine until it completely falls apart. I have almost 240k on it

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Have a buddy selling one with 185k miles. In great shape. Two owners. Very cheap...could buy it for 6k.

Could I easily get it to 250k+?

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My 2014 Ram...babied I might add...started eating the cam at 174k.

Maybe I was just not lucky. I wanted 250k out of it.

Check the heater if you get it. If it only blows hot out of one side the heater core is clogged and you do not want to go through what it takes to fix that.

I had a 2004 that had 150k on it when I bought it for $1500. 4wd long bed extended cab. I bought it in 2015 so one can imagine what it looked like for $1500. I put almost 150K on it before I sold it and the only thing I did to the drivetrain was replace cam shaft positioning sensors...several times. It was pretty simple to do but would have cost $300 if a mechanic had to do it. My experience with Dodge trucks has always been positive....far better than my experience with Fords but not close to what I have experienced with GM trucks. The hemi that I owned had almost 300k on it when I sold it and I only sold it because I needed a 3/4 ton truck. The drivetrain is solid. Every damn thing else on a dodge will go to rack and ruin though. If you can live with rattling dashes, electrical issues that do not prevent driving it and that sort of thing they will run a long time, in my experience.

Mileage is only an indicator of what things OUGHT to be like. You could find one with 500k on it that was in better shape than one with 5k if it was ran hot in those 5000 miles. It is also dependent on how it was used and how it was driven. If it belonged to the majority of people who simply have to push the accelerator through the floorboard every single time they move the damn thing it ain't gonna last as long as it would if it was driven by a sane person.

Run a good oil to avoid that lifter tick and honestly that is one of the best engines that Dodge has ever produced. I don't know about the rest of the truck, if it was mine I would start changing the transmission, fluid drain and fill every time I did an oil change. But other than that for six grand I'd probably buy it

Thanks. No hemi tick sound. It's a ram rebel fully decked out so going to buy it. I figure I could easily get 70k+ miles out of it. I do think it is leaking oil, so need to figure that out