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Seeker · 07-09-23, 07:54 AM

Someone on the XSR forum has just hit 100k miles and we know Gary passed that a while back.

My first car was a first gen Ford Escort with the "Kent" pushrod engine, at 65k miles it was smoking quite badly and required valve work to stop it. My 1976 VW Polo was on its second cylinder head when I bought it (didn't know that at the time) and immediately required another cylinder head (19k miles). Later it needed a new oil pump and crankshaft, it never made it to 100k miles. Later I had a first gen Ford Fiesta 1.3, drove nice, good mpg but was low on compression on one cylinder (just barely in spec) at 45k miles.

Modern engines have come a long way.

07-09-23, 07:54 AM	#1
Seeker Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: NE Lincs Posts: 1,073	Modern engines Someone on the XSR forum has just hit 100k miles and we know Gary passed that a while back. My first car was a first gen Ford Escort with the "Kent" pushrod engine, at 65k miles it was smoking quite badly and required valve work to stop it. My 1976 VW Polo was on its second cylinder head when I bought it (didn't know that at the time) and immediately required another cylinder head (19k miles). Later it needed a new oil pump and crankshaft, it never made it to 100k miles. Later I had a first gen Ford Fiesta 1.3, drove nice, good mpg but was low on compression on one cylinder (just barely in spec) at 45k miles. Modern engines have come a long way. __________________ 2016 SV650AL7 2023 GSX-8S Last edited by Seeker; 07-09-23 at 07:55 AM.