engine life span

[jorel140@yahoo.com (Jorel Jackson)]

--- Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- Mike Blain <rept@qwest.net> wrote:
> >  >> 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.
> 
> Bah, it's barely broken in.
> 
> I've got 201k on my 1.8 16v.  Still has factory
> compression
> (low, but within spec - 150-155 across the board),
> uses
> about 1/2-3/4 of a quart of 20w50 every 3k, and
> according
> to the dyno is down a whole 4 horespower from stock.
>  If it
> weren't for the fact that I have this 2.0 16v in my
> garage
> begging to be installed, it'd live in the car a lot
> longer
> I'm sure.
> 
> 
> =====
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '80 S, 81 S, '82, '85, & '88 Sciroccos
> '82 Pickup
> '90 Passat Wagon


Encouraging. I'm going to be looking for a spare
engine anyways and take my time learning about this
rebuilding stuff. In the meantime I'll treat the
current engine nice and see what happens.

=====
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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