928fan4life

My car has 165,000 km on it. How long are these engine good till untill they need a rebuild? if they do need one, do I need to put steel sleves in the cylinders or do I not need to bother?

Jim bailey - 928 International

Your engine should easily go THREE times as far as it has ....! get back to us in 15-20 years when you might need a rebuild

rixter

you are about half way depending on how hard it's driven and whether there have been any major failures... if not, see Jim's response above
you could always check compression and leak down to see where you stand, if those results are good leave that thing alone

Garth S

Amen! - well, as long as you keep it full of oil and coolant.

928fan4life

They last that long?? Do they normally keep there compression up when they get to this high? I am impressed!

Jim bailey - 928 International

YES they often do !!

928fan4life

Wow, those engines are like my diesel vws that I have..dam things never die!

spare time toys

But when they do..... Its more fun than you can dream of.

rixter

yup

Big Dave

Those pictures look familiar....hmmm.

928fan4life

I am sure it is fun but I think i would rather be driving my car than rebuilding it......

rixter

that's why it is imperative that you purchase another shark... you must have a spare around... or 2 or 3 or... oh forget it, I lost count

928fan4life

haha..that reminds me of my vws, I have 2 or 3 parts cars lying around and they come in very handy! I wish the 928s were easily available like the vws are up here.