Date:         Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:05:17 -0600
Reply-To:     Jon VO <jondvo@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jon VO <jondvo@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Is anybody still on this list?
Comments: To: Ben <syncro@gmail.com>
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A friend had about 190K on his '86 Syncro engine, but the heads needed
reseal & valve guides. I was told the later models '89-'91 did not have
the same head seal issue, and may be candidates for high miles. As I
recall, there was no '88 US model due to poor sales?
Jon


On 3/18/2015 8:02 PM, Ben wrote:
> I had 386K miles on my '87 before the heads sprung an external leak. I decided not to reseal only because a very low mileage inline-4 was made available to me for a conversion. The shop who took the engine in as a core decided it was better to rebuild the bottom end, just to be safe.
>
>
> BenT
> sent from my electronic leash
>
>> On Mar 18, 2015, at 6:56 PM, Jon VO <jondvo@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> OK, whom has the most miles on an original WBX? 240K seems like a winner
>> here....