109,000 and a rebuilt motor at 107,000. yep, supposely you dont get 200,000 miles out of your engine if you use Mobil 1.

 

i use every day engine oil mostly castrol gtx but doesnt have to be i use quakerstate a few times. motor runs great no wierd noises runs strong

 

1996 A4 camaro
current = 171,xxx
purchased= 151,xxx
owned car 5 years and it runs good

problems I have had with it are as follows

1: alternator
2: waterpump
3: warping front rotors (on the 4th set now)
4: cat cover rattle
5: o2 sensors
6: shocks and struts
7: leaking oil (valve covers I thnink)
8: coil packs X2
9: had a wire rub through and short out on the firewall (the only thing I have not fixed my self)
10: and the biggest problem I have had and still have cause I have not done anything about it yet... the known and infamous 4l60e tranny slip. this has been going on for about 4 years now, but the car even with this problem is still trucking down the road. one of these days I am going to have to replace the trans but not yet.

 

WHAT???? where did you hear that?

 

Year/Model: 2000 Camaro
Engine: 3.8L
Milage: 114k
Transmission: Manual

1 drivers' side header, 1 broken clutch, and 2 exploded transmissions.

 

1998 Chevrolet Camaro A4 97000 miles. No problems.

 

96 3.8 with 90,000
replaced the waterpump, thats about it.

 

57k

 

38k 3.8l A4 2002 camaro
replaced waterpump, coils, plugs, wires, dexcool, intake gaskets, brake pads
nothing special

 

98 3.8L M5 - 188k+
no major problems.

 

99 3.8L M5
Mileage: 143K
So far, so good!!!!

 

172K...... previous owner had it up to about 135K with lots of problems from being flogged at the strip and autocross. Once I swapped the T-5, no problems for the last 35K miles.

 

Yes it's an old thread, I just found it while looking for some information. Update on my3.4.......246,370 miles on original engine. Replaced the water pump a while back, but that's about as far as I've been into the engine. Car still will spin second gear. This engine is bullet proof lol

 

96 3.8L 170,000 and still running strong

 

102k miles, performed major tuneup at 95k miles... Sparkplugs, Wires, Coils, Air Filter... Running mobil 1 synthetic high milage oil. Never had an ENGINE problem with this car, but some things are in need of attention. Needed new brakes at about 90k miles and were replaced at 95k as well.

The ignition switch is about to die
The fuel pump in this car has died at 82k miles and was replaced
There is a vacuum leak somewhere in the fuel lines that throwing an SES code

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Overall, like most GM cars, the motors and drivetrain are VERY strong. It isn't easy to blow a 3.8 up. There's some guys running turbo's ranging from 7 to 20 PSI and their STOCK motors are handling it just fine. Now would that be something I would do? I can't press my luck, which is why I'm performing an LSX swap this winter break