[V8] High-milage V8

[d saad]

Well - 
I will be able to tell you what the bores look like on a 150K
mile specimen very shortly.
I am planning to replace the rings -
because this motor has always used oil. I have had it since about 80K
miles. There is a small possibility that the mileage is inaccurate but I
believe it to be correct.
The only reasons to say otherwise are that
the clutch went bad around 100K miles, and the instrument cluster had been
worked on before I got the car. The IC could easily have been only opened
up for light bulb replacements, and the clutch could easily have been due
to a bad driver. I know my wife takes years off the life of my clutch
every time she drives the car.

I am operating on the assumption
that oil consumption is most often caused by bad rings - not cylinder
wear. Fingers are crossed on that one.

Dave

>
Since most of us didn't own our car (or at least the engine) from new,
I
> doubt many will see more than 175k miles before rings and such
wear to
> the point of burning oil faster than what most would
tolerate (operative
> word being "many").  Show me a
200k V8 with nothing starting to wear to
> the point of rebuild,
and I'll show you a car that has a downhill
> commute both
ways...
> 
> Just my thoughts.  I'm SURE to hear about
everyone's car or buddy's car
> who went 250k and it ran as good
as ever.   In fact, a friend of mine's
> '91 5-speed has about
220k when he sold it, and it didn't burn a drop
> and ran at least
as good as mine.  However, he's a fanatic, owned it
> from new,
and was always and without exception serviced by the same
> single
person, who was the lead porsche/audi tech at the dealer.
> 
> Lastly, there's a difference between needing rings and blowing a
rod
> through the block.  If that's the yardstick, these things
can go 250k no
> sweat!
> 
> -dc-
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
From:
v8-bounces at audifans.com
>> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Kent McLean
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 6:10
AM
>> To: Brian P.
>> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: [V8] High-milage V8
>>
>>
Brian P. wrote:
>> > Hello. Well I'm about to put about
$1500 into my V8 and it got me
>> > thinking will it be
worthwhile. A few fellow Audi fans told
>> me the V8
>> > engine wasn't like the 5 cyl. that could go well over
250k. I'm
>> > wondering, if taken care of and such, how
long will this
>> engine last me?
>>
>> I
don't have an answer to the engine longevity question, but
>>
I'm with Scott on "value".  If you sell your V8 for what,
>> $3K? and add in your $1.5K, what are you going to get for
>> $4.5K to replace it?  Something that needs $1500 of work.
>>
>> If you were to go out and lease a new car, that
$1500 gets
>> you about 6 months of new car.
>>
>> Take a 2-year view -- even if you put 25K miles/year on the
>> V8, that gets you to 250K miles, college graduation, a new
>> job, new income, and a new car.  And a V8 beats the crap out
>> of the '65 VW Bug I drove for my last 2 years of college.
>>
>> --
>> Kent McLean
>> '94
100S Avant, "Moody"
>> '89 200 TQ, "Bad
Puppy" up in smoke
>>
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