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Engine longevity, What's normal? |
ammason |
Apr 20 2005, 11:20 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 14-March 05 From: Sunny Honolulu Member No.: 3,758 Region Association: Hawaii |
I'm moving to Hawaii in July and will be taking my '73 (thank you CAMP) with me. The PO kept meticulous date/mileage records (including when the car was washed) so I know that the engine in there now is a '74 2.0L with about 90k miles on it.
I've been driving VW bugs for a while and those engines seem to last around 60-100k before they need a rebuild, and while this engine still needs a tune up (Saturday!), it doesn't appear to have any issues and sounds/runs great. The maintenance of the engine seems to have been superb prior to my owning it... What I'm wondering is if my lifetime expectations of 1500-1600 VW engines apply to the 1700-2000 engines in the 914s. People generally say the 6-cyl engines last for a long time - I've heard of them running great up into the 200k range - but I don't know enough about the 914 engines to know if I should be worried that the car will bomb out in 10k and if I should build up the 1.7 into something more fun (2.2 etc.) while I have a garage and swap it before I go, or if the 2.0L statistically got another 50k in it and I should deal with things as they come up out in the islands (I have a relative with a shop on Oahu). How long do yours generally last? |
nebreitling |
Apr 20 2005, 11:32 AM
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Member Emeritus Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-March 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 478 |
it's got 90k on it? if it has been well taken care of, then 'statistically' it should run another 30k+ miles, but i've heard of these things going 170k and beyond... don't overheat it, make sure your cyl heads run cool enough not to drop valve seats, change your oil, adjust your valves regularly, and no reason for it not to contine on...
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