Current highest mileage with NO engine repair

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Fri 3 Jul 2009 14:01
Current highest mileage with NO engine repair - John F
With apologies to recent 'highest mileage thread. There can be an element of 'great grandfather's old fork' [tines replaced 20yrs ago, handle replaced 10yrs ago']. Please do not bother to add if the head or sump have been off for any reason. Please also do not bother if less than 200,000m.

Our old 'school-run' VW Passat Est 2.0 GL did 242,000 with no attention to the engine apart from regular oil and filter changes every 10,000 and a few sets of spark plugs. Only the cambelt tensioner pulley was replaced [by me] - but not even the cambelt. Oh, and the HT leads once. No coolant change, apart from an early water pump failure at around 60,000.

Should be a short thread - will most be German, French, Swedish or Japanese?

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Fri 3 Jul 2009 21:25
Current highest mileage with NO engine repair - bbroomlea{P}
My previous Rover 75 CDT ran to 225,000 miles before I traded it in and it had nothing other than service items on the engine and a MAF sensor at 195,000 miles. Although I didnt own it from new - I did know the owner and had every reciept including washer fluid so can confirm its history.

It did have a cooling fan, clutch and a starter motor and that was it - not too bad for nearly 1/4 million miles and something built in the west midlands!
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Fri 3 Jul 2009 21:33
Current highest mileage with NO engine repair - jc2
Our company had an Escort diesel(60ps.) with 500,000+ with only belt and clutch changes;still complied easily with smoke/emission requirements.Not much left of the body tho'.
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