At how many miles, should the inverter be replaced?

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  1. ski.dive

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    At how many miles, should the inverter be replaced?

    My 2008 only has 118k original miles The inverter is running fine.
     
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    Inverter? Or do you mean Inverter coolant?
     
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    Hopefully never.

    ... unless, as asked above, you meant its coolant.
     
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    You're living on borrowed time, it should have been replaced at 115,000.

    The old one is worthless now. Just send it to me, I'll see it gets safely disposed of.
     
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