engine life span

[jason@scirocco.org (16V Jason)]

At 10:09 AM 3/27/2002, Jorel Jackson wrote:
>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.

It's a lot higher than that.  Daun's got over 200k and just replaced his=20
original clutch -- and IIRC he uses absolutely no oil, and dynoed within=20
2-3hp of "new" 1.8s.

Take care of it, and you can easily see 200.

Jason





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