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[humbucker]

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?

[Kevin Wood]

If looked after they seem to go on and on. I think most die through neglect rather than wear.

Kevin

[TheBoy]

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!)

[humbucker]

Mine is still a good strong engine at 147k (coolant leak aside!)

ditto!  

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?!

 

[TheBoy]

Mine is still a good strong engine at 147k (coolant leak aside!)

ditto!  

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?!

 

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.

[Kevin Wood]

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

[Jay w]

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

[Elite Pete]

I had a 1996 2.5 which had 250,000 miles and was still running well

[Big_Al]

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

[Timbuk]

My supervan had over 170,000 on it and was running perfectly, i do wonder why i sold it sometimes

[HGV mechanic]

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

[Kevin Wood]

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

[HGV mechanic]

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

[Kevin Wood]

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.

Kevin

[Admin]

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...