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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 14-March 05 From: Sunny Honolulu Member No.: 3,758 Region Association: Hawaii ![]() |
I'm moving to Hawaii in July and will be taking my '73 (thank you CAMP) with me. The PO kept meticulous date/mileage records (including when the car was washed) so I know that the engine in there now is a '74 2.0L with about 90k miles on it.
I've been driving VW bugs for a while and those engines seem to last around 60-100k before they need a rebuild, and while this engine still needs a tune up (Saturday!), it doesn't appear to have any issues and sounds/runs great. The maintenance of the engine seems to have been superb prior to my owning it... What I'm wondering is if my lifetime expectations of 1500-1600 VW engines apply to the 1700-2000 engines in the 914s. People generally say the 6-cyl engines last for a long time - I've heard of them running great up into the 200k range - but I don't know enough about the 914 engines to know if I should be worried that the car will bomb out in 10k and if I should build up the 1.7 into something more fun (2.2 etc.) while I have a garage and swap it before I go, or if the 2.0L statistically got another 50k in it and I should deal with things as they come up out in the islands (I have a relative with a shop on Oahu). How long do yours generally last? |
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Sooo Close....... ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,677 Joined: 14-May 04 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 2,068 Region Association: Europe ![]() |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) This has allot to do with a number of things--did the factory mechanic have a "good day" that day? Was the proper viscosity of oil used for its life? was it ever operated in a desert clime? was it ever operated in antarctica? Did you ever blow your nose in a taco bell napkin which you picked off your pass seat and then tossed on the passenger floor while passing a blue hair in a 70 pontiac lead sled??
All these things account for proper mileage extremes: I have pretty well documents, although some are missing, which points to my motor having somewhere between 280-325K miles since new. It smoked like a coal mine on fire on startup--it smoked like a hippie on weed during hot operations, I had to remove my case and head pressure relief hoses cause they were too restrictive, I had to cut off my oil fill cap with a hacksaw and mount a Mr. Gasket shorty carb aircleaner on it to add crankcase ventilation--I had to run a total of about 55 degrees of advance to get power out of it--I kept a case of vavolines best in the front trunk( straight 50W ) AND it was a load of fun. On my '73 super beetle, which was my first car ever--I put 198k on it before the speedo broke--I knew every cow path and dirt road in my county--was 15 at the time and loving it--one dollar of gas would take me to here and there and back---I estimate I put over 245k on it before a 79 pontiac grand prix ran a stop sign and took my car out forever (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) Everybody gets something different--I truly believe there is no " normal " amount of mileage before self destrucyion with these engines---it is all relative-- |
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