How many miles does your 1994 LHS/New Yorker have?

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Bob Street, Mar 5, 2004.

  1. Bob Street

    Bob Street Guest

    Does anyone have more than 200,000 miles on their 1994 LHS/New Yorker?
    Currently I have 160,000 miles and am trying to see if I should keep it or
    not. My engine does not burn oil, I still get 24 mpg and so far I have had
    no major problem. Could I possibly go to 200,000 without major repair?

    Your thoughts....
     
    Bob Street, Mar 5, 2004
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  2. Bob Street

    Art Guest

    What minor problems have you had?
     
    Art, Mar 5, 2004
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  3. Bob Street

    robs440 Guest

    treat it right and get 300,000

    i used to work on a guys buick century with 318,000 on it and he herded cows
    with it.
     
    robs440, Mar 5, 2004
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  4. I am curious to know what engine you have in your New Yorker. I have
    heard of people getting 200,000 or more with the 3.3 L. Earlier 3.3's
    have the rocker arm tower failure with high mileage.

    -Kirk Matheson
     
    Kirk Matheson, Mar 5, 2004
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  5. Bob Street

    Steve Guest

    I've got over 207,000 on my wife's 1993 Vision (same drivetrain,
    suspension, and everything except the sheet metal). I'm going for at
    least 250k before possibly retiring the car. Still gets 27 on the
    highway, doesn't use any oil.
     
    Steve, Mar 5, 2004
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  6. Bob Street

    Steve Guest

    Kirk Matheson wrote:

    \
    The only available engine in the 94 LHS/New Yorker was the iron-block
    SOHC 3.5L. Tough little son-of-a-gun.
     
    Steve, Mar 5, 2004
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    Mike Behnke Guest

    Retired salesman friend has his former company car, 3.5L '97 Intrepid,
    currently at 350K+ miles and still going strong. Mainly highway miles.
    Pulls Coleman pop-up camper at 65MPH+, severely overloads it (750 lbs.
    of soil or bags of water softener salt in the trunk, 10 sheets of 1/2"
    plywood or drywall strapped to the roof, etc.). Drives hard. Lots of
    jack rabbit starts, panic stops (likes to tailgate). No problems, even
    with the trans. Does have 2 aux trans coolers in series-parallel with
    the original unit, mounted away from the radiator behind the openings
    where the "fog" lights originally mounted. One aux cooler is bypassed
    until trans fluid reaches a certain temp, which I don't recall off hand.
    Was used in Kentucky hills several years.

    Only engine work he has had done was intake manifold gasket kit and
    injector recall. Synthetic oil and filter changed every 4K miles.
    Plugs, wires and coil pack every 50K. Synthetic gear oil in
    differential every 20K. ATF+4 and filter every 20K. Brakes every 20K,
    if they need it or not. 3rd set of rotors up front, 2nd set in back.
    Original front rotors replaced at 50K after webbing between surfaces of
    one rotor cracked completely through. Rotor fell into 2 pieces when we
    took it off the hub. Struts replaced all around once. All suspension
    bushings replaced at 150K. Last I talked to him, was still averaging
    25MPG overall and passes Illinois emissions tests with results well
    below maximums allowable.

    He's fully expecting at least 500K out of the vehicle.
     
    Mike Behnke, Mar 5, 2004
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  8. Yes.


    Matt
     
    Matthew S. Whiting, Mar 6, 2004
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  9. I thought the Intrepid was FWD. Most FWD transaxles share the tranny
    fluid with the differential. Does this really have a differential that
    is isolated from the transmission?

    Matt
     
    Matthew S. Whiting, Mar 6, 2004
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  10. Bob Street

    Steve Raft Guest

    Yes,

    The 42LE transaxle case is one casting, but the diff and tranny fluid
    volumes are seperate.
     
    Steve Raft, Mar 6, 2004
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  11. Bob Street

    Steve Raft Guest

    I've got 164K miles on my '94 LHS and it runs like a new car. The only
    major work that I've had to do is rebuild the tranny at 160K. I had never
    serviced the fluid which in hindsight was a bad choice. I fully expect to
    get at least another 100K miles out of this car.
     
    Steve Raft, Mar 6, 2004
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  12. Bob Street

    Steve Guest

    Matthew S. Whiting wrote:

    Yes, it does.Since its a longitudinal engine with front drive, the
    ring-and-pinion gearset is a hypoid gear just like a rear-drive car
    instead of a helical gear like transverse engine front-drive cars. You
    cannot lubricate hypoid gears with ATF, so it has a separate sump inside
    the transaxle housing. There's a chain drive from the mission section
    output shaft to the differential section input shaft.

    The manual suggests not to use synthetic gear oil in the differential
    (for some reason) but I can't imagine any good reason not to. My only
    guess is that there is some possible reaction with ATF if it were to
    leak a little past the seal that isolates the two sections. Strangely,
    this subject just popped up on another thread.... (synthetic fluids in a
    Pacifica.)
     
    Steve, Mar 6, 2004
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  13. Cool. I've wondered why they don't do this more often. Seems like it
    would increase the life of both units.


    Matt
     
    Matthew S. Whiting, Mar 6, 2004
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  14. I never popped the hood on one and didn't realize it had a longitudinal
    engine. Thanks.

    Does the differential have a limited slip type of clutch in it? I know
    that my pickup rear axle requires a special lube/additive to maintain
    the appropriate friction properties for the limited slip diff.

    Matt
     
    Matthew S. Whiting, Mar 6, 2004
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  15. Bob Street

    Steve Guest

    Matthew S. Whiting wrote:

    Nope, just an open differential. Limited slip on an FWD would be one
    hell of a handful to drive any direction except straight, except for a
    Torsen type differential like the old Nissan SE-Rs used to have.
    Front-drives torque-steer bad enough with an OPEN diff, I can only
    imagine how bad it would be with a conventional limited-slip!
     
    Steve, Mar 6, 2004
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