High Mileage DOHC? LQ1 Specific Mileage Thread

[GP1138]

My current W (and current LQ1) serves as the first car I've owned with less than 100k on the OD.

[alphagtp]

187k on my 94

[AWeb80]

187k on my 94

 

with stock belt....

[alphagtp]

187k on my 94

 

with stock belt....

 

lol

[z34Phoenix]

well i have 184,000 miles on mine. and just took her to the track a few weeks back and put down a 14.81@93 mph. on street tires no less. also a 2.19 60' time to boot.

 

not sure about the rest of you but im runing synthetic. with the risk of that Oil O-ring leak i wont run anything else.

[w-bodys_are_the_best]

146,000 on my 91 International, but the paperwork and the previous owner say that the original LQ1 was replaced by the dealer at 25k. so just over 120k and it's not seeing another mile, it's toast. The LQ1 I'm replacing it with is supposed to have 140k or so on it.

[spiderw31]

Bah... accidentally voted in the 50k-100k group, and now I can't go back and correct it.

 

I've got 43,417 on mine, and it won't be increasing for some time due to bent intake valves on cylinder 1 after my timing belt asploded. Ahh well... at least with a motor this low milage, everything comes apart as easily as described in the service manual!

 

It will be nice to get the Paperweight back on the road though.

[Euro]

Gus's Mach5 95 GTP has LOTS of miles

 

....but he has disappeared from CGP lately.....

 

I haven't seen him in forever. After he had his accident with the GP he sort of disappeared

[oldscsc]

Bah... accidentally voted in the 50k-100k group, and now I can't go back and correct it.

 

I've got 43,417 on mine, and it won't be increasing for some time due to bent intake valves on cylinder 1 after my timing belt asploded. Ahh well... at least with a motor this low milage, everything comes apart as easily as described in the service manual!

 

It will be nice to get the Paperweight back on the road though.

 

The LQ1 is supposed to be a non-interference engine...did you get a special one?

[ManicMechanic]

Some are and some aren't...It tends to depend on RPMs when the belt broke...

[oldscsc]

It's a long story why mine broke, but it did and no damage was done.

[ManicMechanic]

I just found a 1994 GP GT 3.4 with 315,000 on it...

[oldscsc]

Still run like it's supposed to?

[ManicMechanic]

It was wrecked - found it in a salvage auction - so I assume it was running when wrecked.

[spiderw31]

The LQ1 is supposed to be a non-interference engine...did you get a special one?

 

It sure seems that way!

 

I figure it was one or a combination of two things. Since the specs say that there should be .01" of clearance, it is possible that I was a victim of tolerances adding up to eliminate that VERY small gap. Or (and this seems more likely... we'll know once I get the heads off), since the car was one owner, and very consistantly low yearly milage, there could easily be enough carbon buildup on the pistons to make my motor interference.