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engine life span



My little 8V 1.7 Hampster wheel has 199,998 miles on it and no leaks.

Krazy Horse wrote:

 > once when i was living in Seattle, i drove an '87 16v with 300K+ on it!!
 > and here is the kicker, original clutch!! it was just getting to the
 > point where it need to be replaced. great car. now if you look at my
 > car, the engine blew (while going 120 for 15 miles) when it had about
 > 150-160K (i think, clock stopped at 112K)
 >
 >
 >
 > -Craig
 > "Nightmare" '88 16v (soon to be G60 Turbo!!)
 > "Calypso" '91 Golf GL (Daily Driver)
 >
 >> From: Jorel Jackson <jorel140@yahoo.com>
 >> To: volkswagen scirocco <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
 >> Subject: engine life span
 >> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 07:09:26 -0800 (PST)
 >>
 >> My '87 just broke 130 k yesterday. It still runs good.
 >> I have never owned a Scirocco with this many miles on
 >> it. How far have any of the listers gotten on the 1.8
 >> 16V before rebuild? I heard or read somewhere that
 >> typical life span for these motors is 135 k.
 >>
 >> =====
 >> Jorel Jackson
 >> web site:  http://geocities.com/jorel140/index.html
 >> 1987 16v & 1985 8v Sciroccos
 >> 2000 Neon ES
 >> Jaguar XK 180
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