I have an 85 gsl-se 13b engine with 199,071 original miles on it.
Curious how many others out there have a lot of miles on an original 13b engine. Post your model and milage

 

I'm up to a whopping 44K.

 

one of my high school friends has a gsl-se with 256,000 on the engine, its fine!

 

IIRC, I'm at just over 276,000 right now. Too lazy to check my odometer...

 

oops, my bad. only at 261,926. not quite sure where that other number came from...

 

im at 107, 789 mi

 

im at 107, 789 on my 85 gslse

 

I had one with 283,000. Smoked a little. Broke up around 4k RPM but not motor related. Gave it to my buddy and it should still be running.

 

Mine went to the 28Xk range...Still ran when pulled but needed the oil trick on occasion. Would still chirp through 4 gear tho

 

183 thousand on mine

 

My 88 FC was at about 216K when I sold it several months back. Other than an oil leak it still ran great.

 

GSL-SEs run too well for too long. The apex seals wear down to like 5mm height but never really gain much side slop until it's too late. The apex seal rolls out and breaks like the original FC 3 piece 2mm seals. High mileage is cool, but nothing to be proud of. Do a quickie rebuild!

 

What is the oil trick? My 12a uses way more oil than it should and if you sit at idle, smokes some when you take off.

It is a 30 year old engine that has never been opened.

 

Good to know with proper care they can last well past 200K miles.
I want to build a faster engine eventually which would take more $.
Is it really worth it for home mechanic to do a quick rebuild? Ive never rebuilt rotors and housing, just cleaned / replaced upper /lower manifolds.

 

Oil in the spark plug holes to compensate for poor compression

 

myne has 167k My buddy has a 85 SE and it has 408K the motor still ran but had wery little compresion.

 

What good does that do?? Improve compression for what.......a minute?

 

so you can start it i think

 

not a 13b but just hit 90k on my 85 gs

 

130k on my 85 gsl-se runz great but im having wiering problem's from a dam after market alarm that im am gaining on slowly

 

Nearing 140K

 

Original owner
1988 GXL
Original engine, never rebuilt, now in excess of 268,000 miles
...... and it is starting to eat lots of water.

 

254K in my 13B powered 81 GS

 

well i had a 1983 gsl with a 12a that give me 329.??? miles smoke on high revs only and i still rebuilt it steetpoted and ran it for like 3 years then blew it on a high rev carb linkage got stuck then rebuilt it again but just use the side plates now its a 13b same streetport on my 71 rx3