Highest milege VR6 engine

[noom]

Hi all,
What is the highest milege you have seen on a VR6 engine?

[Mrk_Mickey]

280ish thousand was the highest I've seen. I have yet to see it, but I've been told that VR engines run and run and run

[Jace]

Really? Not mine.

[noom]

Forrgot to add that I currently have 240,000kms on mine.

What are my chances of seeing 300,000? Slim to none?

My mechanic did tell that hes seen a 300+k km one still going strong

[Jace]

If you really take care of it, keep to a strict servicing regime, then it might see past 300K.
Same with all vehicles. The more precisely it's looked after then longer it will last.

[noom]

I was prepared to do the chains, but the mechanic has given it the thumbs up in that area. Said just keep using good quality oil, and service it at the recommended intervals.

The car is stock standard in everything.

Do any of you do oil changes at 5000km intervals instead of the recommended 15,000km?

[MattyT]

I have just hit 261,000km on mine. Only mods are extractors, 2.25" magnaflow exhaust and a BMC CDA. Goes just dandy and loves to be revved. I service it whenever its due and only use high qual oil. It'll see 300,000 easy I reckon.

My oil gets swapped at 10k, I dont see the point in 5k since I dont drive it hard. If I did, I would.

[Mrk_Mickey]

I drop and change mine between 5 and 10k.

[pommy_golfer]

i thought that the mileage goes back to 0 when it hits 300,000...

[Jace]

For the rest of my life I'm going to stick to oil changes every 5000Ks and oil filter every 10000Ks. It's piss easy, and will make such a difference to the health of an engine. Especially in old cars now, or in late model cars in 25 years time.

[Golf Loon]

i thought that the mileage goes back to 0 when it hits 300,000...

Wise words that. It is true.

[Tim]

i thought that the mileage goes back to 0 when it hits 300,000...

it goes back to 0 yes. But you lose the km symbol from memory.

Soooo if it says 150,000kms then its 150,000kms
If it says 150,000 then its 300,000 kms + 150,00kms

[rayray086]

For the rest of my life I'm going to stick to oil changes every 5000Ks and oil filter every 10000Ks. It's piss easy, and will make such a difference to the health of an engine. Especially in old cars now, or in late model cars in 25 years time.

I stick to that too.

There are plenty of VR6s on Vortex that have ticked over 200,000 miles.

[noom]

I have a new goal then. Never bought a new car before, so this is probably my only chance to see 0km on the odometer.

Fingers crossed!

[sydVR6]

On the old VR6.org forum there were a couple of U.S. cars that had hit 200,000 miles - that's about 322000km right there. Those cars were reportedly daily driven, not spared the whip and had little else apart from routine servicing and timing chain servicing.