#8 cyl damage with only 85K miles?

[lhenk]

My brother in law just bought a used 2002 F350 with 85,000 miles. A week after he bought it it started running rough. His mechanic put a new fuel pump on it. Now 5 weeks later it started blowing black smoke and running very rough. The mechanic pulled the engine and said he has cylinder wall and piston damage in the #8 cylinder.

Does this sound possible for an engine with 85k miles? I'm beginning to think the truck might have had 285K miles on it.

anything is possible, i had a motor blow with 40K on it...

[Jarrod B]

why do you say it has 85k when it has 285k? that truck has the 3rd digit.

[Big_Stroker]

Not knowing the history of the truck its hard to say what went wont with it. The guy that pulled it should have been able to tell you what happened.