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Engine Reliability

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DaveS:
Honda are brilliant, my boss had an accord that did 250,000 and was still going strong. My Civic diesel has a brilliant engine.

V8s are good though mine has 122000 and uses no oil. Had head gaskets done though.

Our local taxi firm has Ford and Vauxhall diesels which have done 200,000 plus and still go strong.

The old series petrol lumps are good for long life!!

Range Rover Red:
My 950 Fiesta (we think it was built in Spain) has already done 185K on its original engine

clbarclay:
There are always the odd engine that isnt scred together right, but generall most modern engines should do 250k without any problems, a few like the K series had the faults on early on in production but these are generally due to trying to get too much out of an engine rathere than just bad design/engineering.


Its a long time since the likes of the ford x-flow that was good at best for only 100k before a new set of piston rings etc. were needed. Even engines from the 80's if serviced properly are good for around 250k.

dew1911:
Apart from 19Js, You'd have to be REALLY lucky to get one of those to 250k

KevH:
have to say german as my syncro has 142000 on its original flat 4 wasser boxer, though had a 2.2vtec honda prelude which was pretty damn good, never had any grief with that upto 99000 when i sold it

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