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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)
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> -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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