There's getting to be some old farts o  this list! But I wouldn't change a
thing.
On Apr 15, 2015 10:32 PM, "Loren Busch" <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:

> John, I'm the same age, 75.  And I'm hoping I out live the 100k miles I'm
> talking about :)
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 6:59 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sounds like my experience with the 2.1 L in my '88 GL. It burned a piston
>> and crapped up a lot of stuff, so I opted for a freshly rebuilt engine by a
>> local rebuilder with a stirling reputation. That engine has now gone for 15
>> years and  over 150,000 miles and never whimpered once.  Some of the
>> bolt-ons have failed - distributor, water pump, alternator, but nothing in
>> the engine. Now I'm faced with putting a new engine in my Carat and decided
>> to go again with the tried and true trusty 2.1 L WBX - and built by the
>> same rebuilder.
>>
>> I am 75 yrs, and that engine will probably out last me!
>> I'll be 90 yrs by the time it reaches 15 years and 150,000 miles. In all
>> that time I should have pretty good service.
>>
>> John
>> On Apr 15, 2015 8:12 PM, "Loren Busch" <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> ​RE: I'll get 100k trouble free miles
>>> Well, let me tell you about the engine coming out.  I've been driving it
>>> for 13 years now.  When I bought it it had 94k on it.  Receipts from the
>>> PO
>>> said heads had been done at 88k.  And it now has 188k on it just double
>>> what it had when I got it.  What has been done to that engine (original)
>>> in
>>> the 13 years?  Water pump and AFM and starter and alternator. AND a lot
>>> of
>>> TLC in oil changes (ran synthetic most of those miles) and kept in
>>> perfect
>>> tune by a top mechanic the last six years.  If you treat a stock WBX
>>> right
>>> and with respect (maybe Red Lined once by accident) they will give you
>>> the
>>> miles.  So, why not push for 200k miles?  Well, compression down to 70 on
>>> #1 and intermittent indications of low oil pressure.  I don't want to
>>> put a
>>> rod through the case in the middle of Wide Spot Nowhere.  So bite the
>>> bullet and new engine.  And get the whine in the differential taken care
>>> of
>>> at the same time.  I'm also going with a custom rebuilt 2.3L from a
>>> rebuilder (NW Connecting Rod) with a great reputation.
>>> And I damn well better get 100k out of it with only regular service!  If
>>> I
>>> even live to put a 100k on it :)
>>>
>>
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