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Originally Posted by wmjinman
Yes, a 1.3 liter single overhead cam, 4 valves per cylinder. It's a replacement engine out of a junk yard, supposedly out of a 2000 Metro automatic with 7000 miles on it when I installed it in my car a year ago Feb. So if you look at my mileage logs back in Feb/March of 2013, you can see the mileage improve as the engine breaks in, I refine my hypermiling, and the weather warms up.
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My 1995 had the 1.3L with 200,000 miles on it. I got 45-50 mpg in mine with no hypermiling. It ran very well, didn't burn any oil and still had decent compression. Who knows what the previous 50 owners used for oil and how long they went on changes. So, with that car's sketchy history, I'd say the 1.3L is a really decent motor.
7,000 miles for a junkyard engine is awesome!