What is the approximate life span or how many miles can you drive your car before the engine goes?

Answer 1

Way too many factors involved to pick a number. How you drive, maintenance, weather.

Answer 2

Basically an impossible question to answer
Care and maintainence of a vehicle is everthing.
Thirty- forty years ago probably about a hundred thousand miles was about time to find another automobile but,..
today it's different.
I've been told by experts that the change to no lead gasoline has made all the difference. Something about the carbon or something to do with leaded gasoline. Whatever.
Todays cars are unquestionably different.I'm in the business and can tell you that a hundred thousand miles on a well maintained automobile is considered a damned near, hardly used, almost like new, car.
I've seen cars with well over two hundred thousand miles still running great and I've also come across newer cars with a ton of less miles that were shot.
Granted, most were poorly kept, but shot never the less.
The best advice I can give you is to look for signs of good maintainence when buying and keep you own cars well maintained to obtain maximum engine life.
Things you have to do are,..
make sure you check for the reccomended timing belt replacement.
Check your oil and water levels constantly. Fill when neccessary.
Check belts and hoses, Replace before they're shot.
Either of those, usually easily replaced items can destroy an engine if they go suddenly.
Change the oil at no more than 7500 miles.
Never drive an overheated engine. You'll pay dearly for what could have fixed inexpensively.
Hey, hope I helped,..
good luck.

Answer 3

It depends on the car and the level of care it gets.

I have a GM truck with over 400K miles on it. Still going strong - but I've owned it since it was new and have taken care to change the oil every 3K miles, etc.

My wife has a Chrysler with 120K miles that we bought used - I've spent over $3K on new seals and gaskets over the last 12 months.

I think the newer car engines have an engineered life expectancy of 100K+ miles. Leaded gasoline has gone away, and the use of more exotic materials, low tension piston rings, sealant instead of gaskets and hotter operating temperatures make them more relaible and more efficient.

Answer 4

there is no set time limit on an engine. the most important thing you can do to extend the life of the engine is to change the oil every 3000 miles. and if you live in a snowy area, make sure you clean the salt out from under the car so it doesn't rust out!

Answer 5

It all depends on how well the car is maintained on a regular basis. The details for optimal car use usually comes along with the manual.

Generally, over-loading the engine can shorten it's life span.

If you are lucky, your car could last the distance. Who knows.... your car could last a very long while before it turns vintage .

Answer 6

there is no real answer to this,,because now day engines may last as long as 500.000 miles or better,,i have seen some with more on them,,and some with less,,it all depends on the car,,and the driver,,over all the average driver can expect to get at least 2-300.00 from a engine if taken care of,,i hope this help,s.

Answer 7

If you maintain your engine with regular oil changes, coolant maintenance, and other maintenance, you can easily get 200,000 or more miles from a fuel injected engine. We run our vehicles up to 300,000 regularly. Usually everything else is shot by then, but no engine overhauls.

Answer 8

Depends on the car, how you drive, where you drive, how well you maintain it, your normal climate and a lot of other factors. There is no way to answer this question with any kind of accuracy.

Answer 9

Depends on how you drive, where you drive, how you maintain your car, etc. I'd say a good average is 100,000 to 150,000 miles easily.

Answer 10

100.000 mile if you have done the maintanence oil and foilter every 3000 miles at 1000.000 yo need to repair the engine so you may have it life back