im just wondering, how long does thi engine last if properly taken care of? right now i have about 212,729 miles.

 

If you keep her in good condition... it is possible to last to almost 800,000 miles. And before people go and try to flame, it has been done already. A local owner here had a 1989 Nissan Pickup with the VG30E motor, Original motor and miles, he traded the truck in at 785,000 miles on it. The motor was rebuilt only twice.

I thought it was kind of BS, but I ran into the guy at the local Nissan Dealer. He has a picture up of him and his truck as he traded it in. There are about 50 people on that wall that have 100,000+ miles on their Nissan... about 10 of which who have passed the 300,000 mile mark.

 

I had 240k but my tranny kept dying

 

My ve has lasted a while....I have taken good care of it though,via oil changes every 3000 miles or earlier...

 

Seems like the real question is whether your tranny will last as long as the engine lol......

 

If it runs fine, just change your oil ever 5k and dont worry about it. They're very solid motors.

 

change the t-belt every 60k or sooner otherwise say bye bye to the valves

 

I remember seeing a pic on the .org a few years ago of a VG that had over 400k on it.

It seems that if you maintain them properly (oil changes, t-belt changes) they tend to go for a very long time. I think 300k is not unusual for the engine. Arctic is probably right that the tranny is more likely to go than the engine, especially if you have an AT.

 

i gotta AT VG - 91 - M1 oil and M1 filter every 3000 miles, strict tune ups, change trans seals when they leak, keep fluid level... 180,000 miles now+ and the only thing i've replaced on the engine are the regular tune up parts - the only thing on the trans were the gasket and seals. its got a lot more miles in it - not one speck of trouble so far.
as the tappet bros. say -the key to the miles is the treatment. its up to you to make it last that long. my rule of thumb, if something breaks... is, ****IN CHANGE IT! FAST!

 

Too long.. The most I would wait is 3k unless your running synthetic.

Whats the highest mileage VE you guys seen?

 

I've been through one and haven't seen anything really go wrong with the engine, just a bunch of other junk. Seems like the engine is one of the more solid points in this case.....to me at least

 

greenie has 291k
I had 237k

 

And the tensioner. I changed my belt a few months ago but not the tension, and the tensioner ate $hit last week. About a dozen ball bearings fell out when I pulled off the cover today.

 

the VE i pulledo ut of my car had 228k on it.. it froze up.... thje guys didnt take care of it and he didnt change the oil for 8,000 miles and it all leaked out LMAO!

 

Everyone knows my sad story of three trannies.

 

Even though VG's were one of the best reliable motor ever made and some have been known to hit 500,000 miles, the fact that this guy rebuild his VG twice doesn't make it an original motor. IMO an original motor has everything it had the first day it rolled off the assembly line. Original rings, pistons, bearings, cams, lifters, head gasket, etc. External components like water pump, timing belt, valve cover gaskets are considered maintenence items that needs changing when due.

I can put 200,000 miles on a engine, rebuild it, drive another 300,000 miles, rebuild it again. See where I'm going? I can do this over and over until I hit 1,000,000 miles.

I guess the term "rebuild motor" can be an subjective word.

 

i bought my third gen with 175k on it...and last time i checked with the new owner still purred like a kitten

 

~Alex

 

I've got 225,000 miles on my VG and its running awesome. The previous owner was an older gentlemen and the oil changes, timing belt... have always been taken care of. I'm hoping to see a lot more miles out of my engine.

 

longer that human life!

 

DOH, forgot about that.
the joys of not having a timing belt


oh, and I don't consider a rebuilt motor worthy of mileage comparison either

 

Ha, those are all pretty good mileages, however, I wonder if somebody could be my low mileage of 81k!!

 

'94 GXE > 212,000
'92 SE > 204,000

Both run like dreams.

 

ive got 70k on my VE

the one bad thing about the VG is the auto tranny they suck!!!!

 

Yeah, true dat. Speaking of that, my car makes a bad stink when I've been driving it for awhile, then I shut it off. I thought it might've been a belt, but the auto tranny is always a key suspect. . . .

 

does your car burn oil????? or maybe does it burn antifreeze?

 

Clogged Cat??

Better safe than sorry. I would rather rebuild it after 300k then do it another 300k even if nothings wrond with it. I just don't want to find out when something goes wrong. Even if it could have went another 100k.

 

It depends on what kind of driving you do. If it's mostly short trips or a lot of stop and go driving, then 3000 miles is a good oil change interval. My driving is mostly highway, usually at 70 mph with very little stop and go, 40 miles each way to work every day. I change the oil and filter every 5000 miles and don't use synthetic. I took the engine apart a year ago with 230,000 miles on it mainly to fix several leaks and to have a look inside. I found a very clean engine with virtually no measurable wear on the cylinders or bearing surfaces. New bearings, rings and seals and it went back together. It still doesn't use a drop of oil between changes.

 

Not that I know of. I wouldn't be suprised if it was a belt, because Kansas weather can go from a 20 degree high to a 65 degree high during the days, so I'm sure the weather has caused some type of stress on the rubber.

 

If I were to answer the original post based on your concept (which by the way makes no sense) I would have to say an engine could last X amount of miles, with X being the unkown.

 

I've mentioned this on here before. My girlfriend had a 90 GXE. AT 363,xxx miles reverse went in the tranny. It was the original tranny. The engine still ran quiet and did not smoke however it had a faulty injector making a rough idle. She bought the car when it was 1-2 years old and had under 50k miles on it. I would say it had average maintenance during it's life. It had normal repairs; timing belts, tune ups, and alternator etc. and the only unusual repair she spoke of was a cracked manifold which ran into some money. The car was so severely rusted underneath that I parted the car. I still have the gauge cluster from it. Maybe I can get a pic on here when I get my new PC put together. I think the autos can do just fine if they are maintained and not abused.

 

If you change your oil every 3000 miles and keep your other fluids in the car, it should easily get 275,000 to 300,000 without a rebuild. Mine has 215,000 and it runs like a thoroughbreed.

 

Wow mine only has 139k on it now and i still have many plans for it

 

I am hoping on of those plans are a 5-speed swap. Once you put a CAI on it, it'll begin to slip as those trannies (vg autos) can barely hold 160hp and they were originally for 4-banger Stanza's.

 

FOREVER

thats the only thing that makes me putting a used tranny into mine sensible. if this car were american (cept chevy), id have dumped it by now.

 

My VE is at 299,710 right now on the stock engine. It goes through a little oil, but still runs great. 5 spd tranny is a little notchy, but works fine.

 

where are pics of the odometer???? id like to see it at 300,000

 

I think I've got you beat for the lowest mileage...52K on my 90 VG; got it right as it was turning 44K.