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General Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: JFortner5 on April 21, 2011, 09:17:56 AM
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I'm just wondering how many miles are on you 2.5L's, I'm mostly interested in the ones with over 100k on them. I am just wondering how long some of these things have lasted.
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I have threee differnt numbers. The Jeep itself has 252xxx and still going. I replaced the engine 2 years ago May, after I sucked in a valve on # 3 cylinder. (failure caused by stupidity) The "New" engine has about 102XXX miles on it. It does not burn any oil and feels strong. The "New" tranny ( replaced 4 years ago has about 160XXX on it.
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97 2.5/auto, bought in 05 115k, now has 145k. All stock driveline.
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94 with 180,000 something. Not sure why its still running. Screwed up the cooling system. Mix types of antifreeze and it turned to jell. Replaced Radiator and flushed the rest of the system Fixed that.
Then had the Catalytic converter screwed up it broke apart inside and turned sidways completly blocking the exhaust. Had oil coming out the dipstick from backpressure in the engine. Got rid of that cat and just have a muffler now.
Now I'm adding a 4.0 throttle body and new Injectors, Its running much better already. Still strong.
PS the Starter does not like oil, going on my 2nd one now from that Cat back up.
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95 wrangler 2.5> 227000 miles running quite well. no worries. Probably the only real problem was a few months ago some idiot ran over a parked car in front of my place. You guessed it! it happened to be my jeep parked there. It's all fixed now. Oh, yeah I had a PCM failure couple years ago, but parts from radio shack fixed it right up. :stick:
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97 std 2nd owner all original motor/tranny 230,000 and still running strong :thumb:
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I got almost 200 000km's out of my original engine before I hydro-locked it.. would have probably still be going today had I not done that to it.
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94 2.5ltr 137k original engine and tranny, rebuild t-case w SYE(chain stretched out on me about 6 months ago).
runs awesome.
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I got almost 200 000km's out of my original engine before I hydro-locked it.. would have probably still be going today had I not done that to it.
at about 150 000km's 5th gear on my trans went just randomly.. chewed the gear
and the most I had was stock and 31inch tires
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Bought mine with 109K about 5 years ago. It was all stock except for wheels and tires (31's). It now has 136K miles on the clock, with many mods done to it and rolling on 33's and 4.88 gears. 5th gear acts up a bit (you can hear a churn churn churn from it when coasting) but still works (I don't really use it much, though).
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142,000 miles when I bought it, 153,000 now, runs great. When I first looked at it, it had a miss and a CEL and the used car lot ended up sending the head out for a rebuild and valve job. As far as I know the rest of the motor is original. Carfax showed the head gasket being replaced twice before. It burns a quart of oil about every 1000 miles, which is tolerable.
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I guess I could have chimed in to my own thread. Mine has 153k on it. It still has the original engine and transmission, and according to the previous owner the original clutch. It has a little lifter tick that goes away once it warms up. I'm hoping to get to at least 200k, hopefully more.
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I guess I could have chimed in to my own thread. Mine has 153k on it. It still has the original engine and transmission, and according to the previous owner the original clutch. It has a little lifter tick that goes away once it warms up. I'm hoping to get to at least 200k, hopefully more.
The lifter tick is normal even for a new 2.5L. It's the hydraulic lifters, takes a while to get pumped up. You should be able to get 200,000 miles with regular maintenance.
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1985 XJ 274K. She is starting to get tired though. For the last 4 months I am changing the oil once a month cause there is gas getting in.
I must say that I am doing 74 miles a day with my commute round trip and she has not left me stranded..
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93 yj bought it 6 years ago with 111K now has 159K still runs strong no noises, doesnt burn oil, clutch blew up at 155K. other than a new clutch and s35 kit, the drive train is stock, the motor has a rv cam, roller rockers, 4.0 throttle body, tb spacer, aluminum radiator.
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162500 miles. had a valve job a few years before i got it but the previous owners lack of maintenance did take its toll, ol leaks blow by low compression... although considered its doing great for how it was treated. but it still goes pretty good and doesn't give up.
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2000 SE, over 135k miles now. It still starts up every time, runs like a champ, and gets me where I want to go. :thumb:
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And the winner so far is.....
Me. 339,xxx miles. '00 XJ, man trans, bone stock
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163K on the '85 CJ7, bought a few months ago. Motor is stock except for the rebuilt carb I just installed. She's slow, but seems to be OK. Tranny drips a little when I park. I'll have to crawl under and check for something loose, or maybe some new seals. The 4" suspension lift rides rough. It was on the Jeep when I bought it. I'm not so sure it's a good thing.
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And the winner so far is.....
Me. 339,xxx miles. '00 XJ, man trans, bone stock
how many engines or engine rebuilds?
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None. Still original factory motor, I'm hoping to clear half a million. 8)
I guess I should also mention that I just recently switched up to 235/75 for tires from 215/75 so the figures may be just a hair off but only for the last few weeks.
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None. Still original factory motor, I'm hoping to clear half a million. 8)
I guess I should also mention that I just recently switched up to 235/75 for tires from 215/75 so the figures may be just a hair off but only for the last few weeks.
you can probably go in the Guiness book of records for the longest running amc 2.5L, i think you're the only one to achieve that.
EDIT: when did you buy it (how many miles it had on)?
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That is really impressive. it would be awesome to hit the 500k mile mark.
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That is very impressive. JP magazine once mentioned a YJ with 350k on the original motor, still being used for wheeling. They also mentioned that the 2.5 seems to last even longer than the 4.0.
My '95 YJ has just under 90K right now although the Car Fax report does have a discrepancy so it might be more.
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My folks bought it about 4 yrs ago with somewhere in the neighborhood of 317K on it. Came with complete service history. I bought it from them beginning this year. Since they acquired it we've run only Amsoil in it as I'm a dealer. When I hit 500K I'm gonna see if Amsoil will run an article on it.