by Retro Pedro on Wed Nov 13, 2013 8:55 am
Variable factors obviously come into play with longtitude of engine wear - correct servicing throughout it's life, as been thrashed about etc.
What about doing a compression test on all cylinders just to give you an indication of how the bore, rings etc are holding up.
Reckon you dad as got a point with generic gasoline/petrol engines running hot due to the very nature how they work compared to cooler diesels.
One of the members clocked up over 600,000 miles with a 2.2DTi original engine (fuel pump gave out in the end) but that was with long journeys and correct servicing intervals. Same fella had previously clocked up a very high mileage with an Omega, escapes for the moment, but believe that was on a petrol engine. All relative to long distance journeys and correct servicing.
Going back to the 2 litre engine, weird how they appear to fare alot better than the 2.2 petrol engine.