Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 23:16:41 GMT From: Tino <lazarofnopsam.com> Subject: Re: Any 300K miles engine around? Need real data...
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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