Maybe? Oh the joys of used cars.Or someone did a clutch or had axles out and forgot to refill it.
more about the Fram filter experience177,000 + on 1993 Plymouth Acclaim 2.5L.
Still Runs great and as clean as can be (we have to pass emmissions here in ATL.) It does use a quart every 1,500 to 2,000 miles but no smoke.
Bought it w 89,000 miles. Since then I have run Valvoline, Mobil Drive Clean, Pennzoil, or whatever was on sale, changed with a Fram Filter every 3k. Mobil had the fastest consumption.
I started using chevron supreme and havoline 10w30 after reading this forum, with oversize Motorcraft and Napa Gold Filters.
I now am using Rotella T 5w40 syn and Napa gold filter with excellent winter performance. I've been sold on syn oil since finding this site and have boycotted Fram since cutting open a filter.
[ January 07, 2004, 01:20 PM: Message edited by: 90hardbody ]
My '08 CR-V has 249,000 miles on it so you should expect about another 100,000 out of yours! Been a great car for me too!We have a 2008 Honda CRV with 153,000 miles on it (my daughter recently inherited it from us last year for college).
I change the oil every 5-6k miles. Change the tranny fluid once a year, coolant every other year. Did the plugs and valve adjustment at 100,000 miles. And just yesterday I replaced the front struts, and front and rear sway bar links (did rear brakes too).
Other than maintenance this has been the most reliable vehicle we have ever owned: knock on wood no check engine lights, or out of pocket repairs besides maintenance. The valves are “loud”...a little too tick tick for me, but it’s doing fine, so I don’t really care.
Freaking awesome. I aspire to have a car with that many on it. I think the Civic we have is a good candidate. Trans. fluid change every 25-30k, oil every 7500. At 227k now. Hope to see 400k. That is 8 years from now at current driving rate.I have a few more than 150k miles on my Accord. 635,xxx miles as of now. Oil changed per the OLM since new. Dealership bulk oil for the first 570k or so, then changed every 5-7k using high mileage synthetic 5W-20 for the most part or whatever's on sale. Original engine, not rebuilt.
Before the 2.5 cylinder crashed, I had over 400,000 miles on it, It's seen alot of abuse, I used to take it in dirt roads, muddy places, and with rev limiter OFF.I just wanted to see how many people here have over 150,000 miles on their original engines, to see what kind of oil you've been using and what kind of intervals.
Yeah, the sub-$3k market is hard. Got my Civic with 168k for $2500...it was at a dealer, so it included TT&L. Won’t say it’s perfect, but it’s pretty darn good, after three years I’m in for around another $600 for an alternator, battery, belts, an O2 sensor, thermostat plus the lower thermostat housing and coolant, and three tires, plus oil and a trans fluid change; I should get my AC fixed, and I’ll need a timing belt this year, which will start to add up. I think that’s my niche for now, decent beaters. That Civic replaced another beater for which I paid $0.00. Got 82k miles out of it for ~$800 [tires, oil, cleaning the MAF a few times, a set of OE plugs (expensive Denso iridium buggers, $10 each), a VVTI actuator, and a battery] not counting fuel or insurance, and would have cost me maybe $150 and a weekend to get more, but at that point I was kinda done (busted radiator). Both are/were low-mid 40mpg cars.I bought a 2009 Toyota Camry SE with the 2.4L, which as been replaced in the past 80k miles or so. It has 226k miles on it, and drives great! There are a few minor rattles and clunks, though the door rattle from the bass hits on the radio is terribly annoying.
My goal was a $3000 beater, which is a unicorn to find. I ended up paying more than I wanted, but within budget for this car after looking at a lot of junk passing for a good car, mainly due to the car shortage. This one was a one owner that had all of it's maintenance done at the local Toyota dealership. it was used to commute at least 90 miles round trip, 5 days per week, and had the oil changed every 5000 miles. All of the maintenance and wear parts have been up to date.
Not to mention the previous owner kept it very, very clean.
My 95 Jeep Wrangler 2.5L has 251,000 miles on it. I can't tell you it's history, but it's in decent shape and it doesn't burn a drop of oil. Idles at 9PSI hot for Oil Pressure, so it's going to need some work soon. Runs like a champ and gets 17 MPG, so hard to complain about it.
Wow, that’s a ton of miles! You must have the most on this thread, come to think of it you might have the most on this site.I have a few more than 150k miles on my Accord. 635,xxx miles as of now. Oil changed per the OLM since new. Dealership bulk oil for the first 570k or so, then changed every 5-7k using high mileage synthetic 5W-20 for the most part or whatever's on sale. Original engine, not rebuilt.