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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: humbucker on 31 March 2008, 09:24:52
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I read a thread on here where members were talking about how many miles their Omegas had done, but I wondered if there was an unofficial 'life expenctancy' in miles of the V6 engine found in these cars?
Thoughts?
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If looked after they seem to go on and on. I think most die through neglect rather than wear.
Kevin
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Assuming you service the engine properly, its likely the engine will long outlive the rest of the car.
Mine is still a good strong engine at 147k (coolant leak aside!)
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Mine is still a good strong engine at 147k (coolant leak aside!)
ditto! :y
in addition to the maintenance guides on this website i did wonder if the oof mods might also be able to provide decent enough weather for us to undertake all this glorious repair work?!
;D
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Mine is still a good strong engine at 147k (coolant leak aside!)
ditto! :y
in addition to the maintenance guides on this website i did wonder if the oof mods might also be able to provide decent enough weather for us to undertake all this glorious repair work?!
;D
It was lovely weather yesterday, what more do you want.
I managed to drain oil from tractor (though not refill), play with Mrs Omegatoys TD, and have a petrol shower under Tunnie's 2.2 yesterday. All very enjoyable.
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I was going to go for a proper Dexron 3 shower yesterday, but I chickened out and cleaned the TB and breathers and washed the cars instead. ::)
Kevin
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My old Elite was sat at 155,000 when i sold it.
There are members on here that are over 200k as well
And then there is my new 2.6, 96,000 and mullered to death
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I had a 1996 2.5 which had 250,000 miles and was still running well ;)
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My 98/99 3.0 has 170,000 on clock and runs sweet as can be. When i done the cam cover gaskets recently, inside looked immaculate and very very clean. Seems regular servicing pays dividends. i have no worries about it doing at least another 30 /40 k
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My supervan had over 170,000 on it and was running perfectly, i do wonder why i sold it sometimes :-[
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personally i thing you should judge by the chasis not the engine, if maintained by the book , then should clock up miles and miles and miles :)
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personally i thing you should judge by the chasis not the engine, if maintained by the book , then should clock up miles and miles and miles :)
Problem is, "the book" for later cars now specifies 20K service intervals, which means they're going to be running on really manky oil most of the time.
Kevin
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personally i thing you should judge by the chasis not the engine, if maintained by the book , then should clock up miles and miles and miles :)
Problem is, "the book" for later cars now specifies 20K service intervals, which means they're going to be running on really manky oil most of the time.
Kevin
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no harm in doing it early :)
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personally i thing you should judge by the chasis not the engine, if maintained by the book , then should clock up miles and miles and miles :)
Problem is, "the book" for later cars now specifies 20K service intervals, which means they're going to be running on really manky oil most of the time.
Kevin
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no harm in doing it early :)
Damn right. About 15K early. :y
Kevin
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V6 engine is very strong if looked after properly. 200k with ease.
Only other engines that last as well are from the Swedes generally (older models though, Saab 9000 in turbo form is very long lived).
Chasis and bodywork are usually fine on the facelift models, the prefacelift are a bit more hit and miss.
Oh, and as for modern 20k service intervals....?
This is why I would not want to buy a more modern car!
The latest synthetic oils are excellent, but there is only so much the filter can do...
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it did strike me that an awful lot of these motors end up scrapped because of failing bodywork rather than engines clapping out. ive been pretty lucky in that dept with mine, aside from my recent encounter with the local gritter, and my engine at 145k shows no sign of giving up whatsoever. as said on another thread, these cars might not be 'new' by most people's standards, but i'd go out and buy another one tomorrow if i had to. the only real maintenance work ive had to do is wear and tear and servicing, no big problems at all, touch (fake interior) wood. i've got the cam gaskets, breathers and a coolant issue to sort when i get a whole weekend of weather on my side, but i'm a firm believer that if you look after your car then your car will look after you.
i guess i just wondered if there was an expected life of the engine but from reports on this website they're good to go for as long as you want them to!
one of my dad's 'fleet' of vehicles at the moment is an N reg escort van which he uses for work. its a 1.6 petrol which now has over 250,000 miles on the clock. bodywork is failing a bit through wear and tear, but thats a pretty good show for a bog standard 1.6 petrol engine! :)
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I read a thread on here where members were talking about how many miles their Omegas had done, but I wondered if there was an unofficial 'life expenctancy' in miles of the V6 engine found in these cars?
Thoughts?
Y reg 2.6 Elite facelift owned by the workshop receptionist at an MOT centre we use - 267k. Has a regular blip with one of the lamdas otherwise spot on.
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Y reg 2.6 Elite facelift owned by the workshop receptionist at an MOT centre we use - 267k. Has a regular blip with one of the lamdas otherwise spot on.
that's awesome
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Mines on 112K and with the help of all you guys (and Gals) on this forum i hope to do at least another 112K.
Thanks in advance you lot :y :y :y
Mark