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Nerys · 12-07-2009, 06:49 PM

WOW man thats simple awesome! My cherokee is pretty close behind you alas thats where it will stay. 485,000 miles on the original motor. The only reason I had to replace it was that around 225,000 miles or so while 4 wheeling I sucked 1.5 quarts of mudd into the crank. How do I know? when I got home I did an after wheeling checklist and found chocolate milk on the dip stick. Drained the oil immediately and instead of 6 quarts of oio I got 7.5 quarts of mudd. Drained filled drove for 1 hours drained and filled again drove a week repeat till I was sure it was all gone.

needless to say that killed every bushing bearing and seal in the engine. I kept driving it till 470,000 miles or so. (note when I bought it the jeep had 92k on the clock)

then oil just got too expensive (I was adding 1+ quarts a day) it got to the point where I stopped changing the oil at all! I went some 150,000 miles without an oil change. every 3k I just screwed on a new filter and added my daily quart sacrifice to the jeep gods.

whenever I would hear it starts going tap tap tap I would just pull over and dump in a quart until the next day :-) hehe

I could lube ANY trailer from to back just let me tow it a few miles. No joke :-) it got hard as hell keeping the rear window clear as oil is hard to wash off :-) It also means except for 2 tiny holes in the floor pan (rusted from the INSIDE out not outside in) I have absolutely positively 100% ZERO rust anywhere on the bottom of the entire truck. I mean REALLY no rust or corrosion of any kind. all nice and oiled. :-) hehe

why not rebuild it? well I had a donor jeep an 88 wagoneer (same exact vehicle just wood panel stickers and quad lights) it was cheaper to yank the 2 motors and swap in the virgin motor from the wagoneer since it only have 119k on the clock.

runs like new :-) the vehicle now has 493,000 miles on it. I don't think I will ever get rid of it. I am really attached to it and unless someone offered me real money for it (never going to happen) I have zero incentive to get rid of it.

alas because of fuel econ and lack of fund I don't drive it very much. My metro gets all the miles now.

I have NO doubt. "0" doubt whatsoever that a million miles is possible on a well taken care of well designed engine. Especially the 4.0's and apparently your little motor too. 502k man thats just PURE AWESOME.

Keep putting on the bondo man. bondo won't kill your car the rust will. keep some rattle cans handy. get the color "close" and you won't really notice from 10feet away.

My dad had a 88 Ford Cargo Van E150. we put 450,000 miles on that one too. Original Engine NO REBUILD. in fact the only reason we stopped using it was cost to maintain it. Bolt snapped on the PS and the tranny died again. He eventually got another one. We have had half a dozen of them go over 300k without batting an eye and only get rid of them for anything BUT engine failure.

it got to the point on that van where it really did take TWO of us to steer it if we were at a stand still. I mean you REALLY had to muscle that wheel. Once above 5mph it was easy but from a stand still Forget it. :-) hehe

One day I will convert my cherokee to electric then MILLIONS of miles will be possible.

12-07-2009, 06:49 PM	#17 (permalink)
Nerys Grrr :-) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Levittown PA Posts: 800 Cherokee - '88 Jeep Cherokee 90 day: 19.44 mpg (US) Ryo-Ohki - '94 Geo Metro Xfi 90 day: 50.15 mpg (US) Vger 2 - '00 Plymouth Grand Voyager SE Ninja - '89 Geo Tracker 90 day: 30.27 mpg (US) Thanks: 12 Thanked 31 Times in 25 Posts	WOW man thats simple awesome! My cherokee is pretty close behind you alas thats where it will stay. 485,000 miles on the original motor. The only reason I had to replace it was that around 225,000 miles or so while 4 wheeling I sucked 1.5 quarts of mudd into the crank. How do I know? when I got home I did an after wheeling checklist and found chocolate milk on the dip stick. Drained the oil immediately and instead of 6 quarts of oio I got 7.5 quarts of mudd. Drained filled drove for 1 hours drained and filled again drove a week repeat till I was sure it was all gone. needless to say that killed every bushing bearing and seal in the engine. I kept driving it till 470,000 miles or so. (note when I bought it the jeep had 92k on the clock) then oil just got too expensive (I was adding 1+ quarts a day) it got to the point where I stopped changing the oil at all! I went some 150,000 miles without an oil change. every 3k I just screwed on a new filter and added my daily quart sacrifice to the jeep gods. whenever I would hear it starts going tap tap tap I would just pull over and dump in a quart until the next day :-) hehe I could lube ANY trailer from to back just let me tow it a few miles. No joke :-) it got hard as hell keeping the rear window clear as oil is hard to wash off :-) It also means except for 2 tiny holes in the floor pan (rusted from the INSIDE out not outside in) I have absolutely positively 100% ZERO rust anywhere on the bottom of the entire truck. I mean REALLY no rust or corrosion of any kind. all nice and oiled. :-) hehe why not rebuild it? well I had a donor jeep an 88 wagoneer (same exact vehicle just wood panel stickers and quad lights) it was cheaper to yank the 2 motors and swap in the virgin motor from the wagoneer since it only have 119k on the clock. runs like new :-) the vehicle now has 493,000 miles on it. I don't think I will ever get rid of it. I am really attached to it and unless someone offered me real money for it (never going to happen) I have zero incentive to get rid of it. alas because of fuel econ and lack of fund I don't drive it very much. My metro gets all the miles now. I have NO doubt. "0" doubt whatsoever that a million miles is possible on a well taken care of well designed engine. Especially the 4.0's and apparently your little motor too. 502k man thats just PURE AWESOME. Keep putting on the bondo man. bondo won't kill your car the rust will. keep some rattle cans handy. get the color "close" and you won't really notice from 10feet away. My dad had a 88 Ford Cargo Van E150. we put 450,000 miles on that one too. Original Engine NO REBUILD. in fact the only reason we stopped using it was cost to maintain it. Bolt snapped on the PS and the tranny died again. He eventually got another one. We have had half a dozen of them go over 300k without batting an eye and only get rid of them for anything BUT engine failure. it got to the point on that van where it really did take TWO of us to steer it if we were at a stand still. I mean you REALLY had to muscle that wheel. Once above 5mph it was easy but from a stand still Forget it. :-) hehe One day I will convert my cherokee to electric then MILLIONS of miles will be possible.