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Old 01-27-2005, 10:32 PM   #1
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Default Whats the average life span of a 3.8 motor?

Hey all....whats the average life span of a 3.8 liter v6 engine....?
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Old 01-27-2005, 11:01 PM   #2
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I know many cars that are well over 100K and running strong. A 94-95 V6 you might be weary of because they were notrious for blowning head gaskets, so as long as you stay away from those I'm sure you'll be fine. When I rebuilt my engine, cause I was putting in my stroker kit, I still had the orignal hone in my cylinders and the rings and bearings were in pretty good condition for 110K.
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Old 01-27-2005, 11:48 PM   #3
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dpends on how it is driven. if you beat the sh!t out of her and burnout everywhere and rev to redline for every shift, you might get 150k miles. i know poeple who drive avg and get over 200k miles on their cars. but if you got a stang, you probly want to have fun with it, so it depends on how its driven.
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Old 01-28-2005, 12:19 AM   #4
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my dad has 96 cougar with a 3.8 that has been dogged. me, my brother and my sister learned to drive with this thing and i drove it for six months when i broke my leg and could not drive a 5-speed, and i am evil to cars. it has 200,000 miles on it and everything is fine mechanically.
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Old 01-28-2005, 12:25 AM   #5
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Default RE: Whats the average life span of a 3.8 motor?

well i drive normally, i usually dont race unless provoked, and thats rare....but i have 104 K miles on my 2000 so far..but mainly theyre highway miles.....if i had city miles, itd prolly only have about 40K miles on it total..i heard that when a car has more highway miles than city miles, its better....its this true?
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Old 01-28-2005, 12:30 AM   #6
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in theory. less stopping and going. it is better on the car itself.
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Old 01-28-2005, 10:11 AM   #7
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my 98 v6 had 93k on it and it was running hella nice when i traded it in. heck, the dealership sold it a couple weeks afterwards. it was still running strong. it was my mom's before mine and she took excellent care of it, i took great care of it, hopefully the new owners grants it the same curtosey.
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Old 01-30-2005, 07:17 PM   #8
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my old car had 118k on it and was still running strong
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