Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:55:22 -0600 From: "Chris M. O'Rourke" <dustynopsamet> Subject: Re: Any 300K miles engine around? Need real data...
I have a 90 Celica GT-S that has 236,000 miles. All I've done was a valve job at 140K not because the valves were burnt, but because it needed new valve-stem seals. I do perform a rigorous maintenance schedule including a steady diet of Mobil 1 oil every 10K miles. Chris Yossarian <yossnopsamasa.hypermart.net> wrote in message 76rb9a$715$1nopsamet43.supernews.com... > >JOHN SHENG <injnopsamus> wrote in message news:74tjqv$ja8nopsam.csus.edu... >> >> Any 300,000 miles engine around with slightly minor engine work >>or no engine work? Tell us how you accomplish that. Name the >>engine work(s) had been done and mileage. In general, how >>much an engine overhaul/rebuilt costs? For which brand car? >>Where to get the new engine parts? >I've got an '87 Ford F-150 closing in on 200k miles. No engine work, that I >know of (I'll have to check with the previous owner, my grandfather), but >the A/C is shot, got a new transmission at 160k miles, and the heater's not >working (temp. control is stuck or something - easy fix supposedly, but I >haven't had the time to take it to my mechanic). About time for a brake job, >too. Problem - not much fun to drive. > > >
