Miles on my van

My dad had this van before I did, but I just hit "234567.8" miles on my odometer (I think thats the word?)... Almost a quarter of a million miles.

thats a lot of miles

Doubt it'll last too much longer :P.

Damn man that is quite a few. What kind'a van is it? My dad's jeep has a good 260k+ on his and it still runs like a champ.

Just keep up with the mainteance as well your fluid changes and you'll be straight. Hell, there's a few additional things I could help you with if you'd want reguarding those high ass miles to help it run more efficiently like flushing the PCV system with seafoam, as well as your injectors and what-not. It's real simple to do and the oil change places usually run you 60+ for it.

I'm completely car illiterate, so that whole flushing process would probably confuse the hell out of me.

I can rip a computer to shreds, name each piece of hardware and know where it goes, then put it back together and have a significant amount of knowledge in networking/security holes/Operating Systems... but I never got around to figuring out a car. :P

I'm completely car illiterate, so that whole flushing process would probably confuse the hell out of me. I can rip a computer to shreds, name each piece of hardware and know where it goes, then put it back together and have a significant amount of knowledge in networking/security holes/Operating Systems... but I never got around to figuring out a car. :P

Cars can be one of the most satisfying things to know about. They are so crucial in every day life with all people. Chicks love a guy who can fix their car for the most part( couklogh) I always relish the opportunity to learn about them.

Cough. Jesus fucking christ. Who came up with that word. It isn't spelt anything like it sounds! Christ!

My truck just hit 171k today. I bought it at 145,600 9 months ago.

115,000 on mine.

Still a baby compared to yours V_V

Say you get a brand new engine put in your vehicle. I'm assuming that erases the previous miles your vehicle had on it and you start over?

Yes and no. New engine for one legally needs to be done from the factory, and your odomoter is still going to say the same. Also, every other component besides the motor itself is going to still be old and worn out, for ex: the transmission, motor moutns, bushings, suspension, radiator/belts etc etc etc.

And Spector if you PM or tell me in here what kind of van it is, I can show you pretty easily in about 5-6 steps (provided you provide pics under the hood) of what to do and how to do it.

Hell, with 'Seafoam' a can you can pour about 1/3-1/2 the can in your gas tank alone and that'll do a bit of flushing, and with your motor completely cooled off you can pour it into the oil resivour, (where you put the oil in) and it'll clean the heads pretty decently, also when you run Seafoam you need to run your car for about a day and it's best to change your oil shortly afterwards because of all the gunk it releases off of the cylinder walls/etc.

Well, mine was done at the Chevy dealership and yeah my odometer reads 101k, but this particular engine only has about 40k on it. I'm wanting to sell my car soon and I don't know how to incorporate that to my advantage.

Just list in your autotrader or whatever, and include under the details that your miles are at 101k or whatever, and that their was a motor replaced, etc. I'm almost positive in every state, LEGALLY you cannot put the miles on the new engine as the miles on the car, you have put what the odomoter reads.

Ya, and ya know a receipt would be a good trust of faith. 0_o

I have a truck that's been in my family for Eighteen years, They are saying that the odometer has already rolled over, it reads a little over 250k now, And my grampa has also shot it. It's a small Nissan.

Say you get a brand new engine put in your vehicle. I'm assuming that erases the previous miles your vehicle had on it and you start over?

Yep since the new engine does not have the wear of 1/4 million miles on it.

[quote=Asamin]Yep since the new engine does not have the wear of 1/4 million miles on it.[\quote]

Actually, it will still have the quarter million miles on it, because all the other parts of the car will still have all the wear and tear on it. Unless he got a brand new engine, tranny, mounts, and all that other jibberish that makes cars work as good as they do, it will always have that mileage on it.