Yes, I did a search but I see a few people have widely varied results. Just wondering what the borderline is until an engine has died or blown an apex seal.

Looking at this '87 RX7 with an extremely clean body but the engine has about 155K+ miles on it which gets me worried if I should buy or not.

 

My engine lasted only 72k miles and blew a rear apex seal.It really depends on how well the car is maintained and driven,they can last beyond 200k miles.

 

People have gotten 200k out of original FC engines, just start converting to a turbo, and saving up for that engine, or save up for a rebuild of your N/A engine


mine has 78k rihgt now, and im not sure of wether it has bad coolant seals or not. Hmmm
Oh well, I goin sizzler!

 

I have 149k on mine and it still seems pretty strong. Hpefully it lasts me atleast four or five years. Maintenance is what makes the big difference I guess and redlining a couple of times.

 

My '91 blew up at 101K, in spite of excellent maintenance and careful driving. I have two friends both with '86s with 200K that still run very strong. I think the older ones last longer....

 

I think you may be right. It certainly seems like 89-91 engines go out sooner than the 86-88's. I'm totally willing to place the blame on the electric MOP and not the driver.

Pre-mix those cars guys, it's the new redlining.

 

125,581 and no sign whatsoever of anything even being close to wrong with her.

 

mine went to about 175k,still ran but would basically flood every time i tried to start it.
~d

 

My '86 n/a ran strong up to 199,000 as a daily driver, then sat for a few months, ran for a month and started blowing smoke real bad. It did still run strong then, oddly enough! (I did run Slick50 through it at 50, 100, and 150K... I can't swear that it helped any, but it certainly didn't seem to hurt it none!)

Then my '87 GXL n/a blew a rear seal at about 139,000, but that was likely due to A: cotter pin falling off of the OMP rod and/or B: quart-and-a-half low on oil.

 

I have an 86 base with 171k still going on the orignal, my 87 sport went at 72k, while my 90 GTU went at 115k. The 86 is going, it's oil control rings are shot, the 87 was owned by a redneck truck driver that didn't maintain the car at all, but he did keep it clean. The S5 never ran very well to start with, I was surprised it went that long.

 

My n/a has 182,000 and it's still runnin.

 

203K and it caught fire do to a leaky fuel injector, engine was still fine! infact it had just passed california smog check II a couple of weeks earlier.

Robert

 

207,000 when I sold my 87.

It was running strong, but the oil rings were going away.

 

101,450 86 original, going stronger then ever!

 

So far: I win: 249,972 Then it **** an Apex Seal on Start-up

 

I have an '88 with an original n/a. It's at 190,000 and still runs great.
*knocking on wood*

 

my 88 n/a blew the rear rotor at 118k.

 

209,000 km =(

 

i bought an 86 SE that has 198,XXX miles and it still turns over and everything.. just needs a new driveshaft and fuel pump... ( grumble grumble) and new fenders and driverside door.. whoever owned it before I think beat the ever living crap out of it, but hey.. i got it for $150 U.S. so not a bad buy in my head.

 

Wow! Thanks for the reply guys! Now I'm not as worried as before.

 

My 88SE is in beautiful shape. 124,000 and she's as strong as ever.

 

1986 GXL 253,000 KM and it blew a coolant seal

 

Mine blew up at 169,000 but I have a feeling the owner before me treated this car like ****. I am almost done rebuilding

 

My '91 N/A is running strong at 126,000 on everything original.

 

my 85 gsl-se was @ 180000
my present 90 gtu has 190000, but engine was rebuilt @ some point before 150000