I have 170,000kms on our 15 odyssey.I'm posting this in this section instead of the General section because it definitely has a lot to do with lubrication.
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.
We talk about a lot of different oils on here, and critique a lot of UOAs, but the absolute best way to find out if any particular routine works, is to look at those people who have had success with it by getting long life from their engine! That is truly what we are all trying to achieve here.
So if you've owned your car since new (or at least know the exact prior history of it from new), please step in and give us your input!
I think this could be a very interesting topic!
Now this is something!! Way to keep the cars in the road!Got a whole herd of them:
'99 Civic 272K (my daily)
'04 WRX 266K(wife's daily, original everything but struts/tires/brakes)
'06 Camry 226K (spare/daily when clutches get tiresome on Baltimore 695)
'00 Silverado 206K
'91 Miata 155K (nice day toy)
'00 Civic 338K car, 369K engine/trans/clutch
Cavaliers weren’t POS (es?)-I had an ‘87 for a while & a friend had an ‘86, both pieced together & beat to (heck) and back, both over 200K. They are like roaches, keep oil & coolant in them, they just keep going. The OHV ones, anyway.only pic I have of the car I drove the most miles. a 99 Cavalier. 317,xxx miles on it, bought it with 47k on it.. paid 3500 for it, and put about 270,000 miles on it . I french fried the engine on Alligator Alley , ran out of coolant, said screw it see if I can make it to a rest area. it didn't...
Consensus was Cavalier were POS but this one ran and ran and ran..
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As long as you maintain the vehicle and you stay on top of oil changes and other fluid changesI think it's awesome that it has been close to 20 years since I first posted this thread and it's still getting attention!And a lot has changed in 20 years too, I considered 150,000 miles to be high mileage back then but that seems to be a milestone that's pretty readily achievable with most vehicles. Even 250k isn't a tough thing to achieve these days.