engine life span

[flaatr@yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

247K on my 8V before I retired it for the cracked frame... no major engine=
=20
work and compression was still good. No leaks and starts better than my 16V=
=20
(I'm working on that but I may need professional help)

-Raffi

At 08:02 AM 3/27/02 -0500, you wrote:
>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.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> >> 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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