high mileage question

[vwdaun@yahoo.com (Daun Yeagley)]

--- "Lyman M. Terni" <ternil@union.edu> wrote:
> I'm contemplating buying an 87 16V Scirocco. It seems to
> be in pretty 
> good shape body wise. Only one downside, its got 184,000
> on the ODO. 
> Its bone stock. Any ideas how many more miles I can
> expect out of 
> this thing before it kicks the bucket?

Probably lots of miles left.  Mine's at 201k, still within
factory new specs compression-wise.  (low end of spec, but
still....)  It's always burned about a quart between
changes, as did my previous 16v.

On the car you're looking at, check the front crossmember
for cracking (especially near the front motor mount) and
find out when the timing belt was last changed.  VW
recommends every 60k miles but I've heard of failures
before then.  I do mine every 40k / 3 years, whichever
comes first.


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Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
'80 S, 81 S, '82, '85, & '88 Sciroccos
'82 Pickup
'90 Passat Wagon
"Never joke, taunt or dangle what might be seen as a challenge in front of the powers that be.  The universe is listening." - Lane Wallace

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