Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 02:05:12 GMT From: temp32nopsamail.com Subject: Re: Any 300K miles engine around? Need real data...
If this aint a post that supports the 10,000 mile plus engine oil changes, I dont know what is. All you 2500 mile change interval guys are a bot over the edge. How many cars do you know if that die of blown engines these days anyways?? Tino <lazarofnopsam.com> wrote: >Thats not bad, we had an '81 Chev Impala in the family (ugly thing wouldnt die) >that hit 412,000 !!!! before we had it towed away. No one will believe this but >it was stock motor with no rebuild, stock auto tranny even. Heater and brakes >and gas tank and things like that replace but motor and tranny original. The >carb had to be rebuilt again as well. > >It was really not a well maintained car. The oil was changed every 10000 miles >or so. It ran rough but never died. The reason it was towed was that one very >cold winter morning, someone got in the car and did not want to wait until the >motor was warm (it used to stall if you just put it in drive). They reved the >motor and put it in gear. As soon as it went it gear, it broke the rear end (it >probably had no oil) and of course the car was not really worth fixing anymore. >Just had it towed away but the engine and tranny never died. > >Yossarian wrote: > >> 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. >
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