How many more miles can I get out of my 1998, 6 cylinder Mustang? It has 70,000 miles

Paulphila · 04-05-2008

How many more miles can I get out of my 1998, 6 cylinder Mustang? It currently has 70,000 miles on it as of 4/5/08.

I'm the orginal owner. I change the oil regularly. I don't race it. I don't tow anything. Is it likely to get 170,000 miles on this car, on the original engine and transmission?

What is the average number of miles the 1998- 6 cylinder mustang typically gets on the original engine and transmission?

aowpsycho · 04-05-2008

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Originally Posted by Paulphila

How many more miles can I get out of my 1998, 6 cylinder Mustang? It currently has 70,000 miles on it as of 4/5/08.

I'm the orginal owner. I change the oil regularly. I don't race it. I don't tow anything. Is it likely to get 170,000 miles on this car, on the original engine and transmission?

What is the average number of miles the 1998- 6 cylinder mustang typically gets on the original engine and transmission?

it all depends on how well you continue to maintain it..treat her right and she has potential to last well over 200k miles...

heavy metal · 04-05-2008

welcome to the site,enjoy!!!! ya,as above said....

kscoyote · 04-05-2008

98's were a weird year - it's going to depend on your head gaskets. as a preventative measure you shoul;d swap for a corteco, before they fail, when you won't have to worry about warping or cracking the heads.

shinerstang · 04-05-2008

I would change over to synthetic oil if you don't use it already........

Gridleak · 04-06-2008

Yeah, you don't have much to worrie about, as long as you treat her right. She'll go way beyond 200k. My counter gave out at 187,241 miles a year or more ago, but the car has more than 200k for sure. I haven't had any problems yet. And like Shiner said, I would change over to a synthetic oil also if you haven't done so already.

whitepony331 · 04-09-2008

Switching over to fully synthetic oil is one of the smartest decisions anyone can possibly make.

Regular check-ups for her, she'll run forever.

freefallin · 04-10-2008

i have a 94 .... stock except plugs wires and cai.....gonna be changing but i got 278 xxx......as of now:P....dunno if it still has stock head gaskets...but...she still has get up and go for a v6...........will let u know if anything goes wrong with her in the future...and at what mileage

shartley · 04-10-2008

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Originally Posted by freefallin

i have a 94 .... stock except plugs wires and cai.....gonna be changing but i got 278 xxx......as of now:P....dunno if it still has stock head gaskets...but...she still has get up and go for a v6...........will let u know if anything goes wrong with her in the future...and at what mileage

I too have a 94 and she is still running strong (for the most part). I don't have as many miles as you do, but she isn't a spring chicken.

mustanggal6468 · 04-12-2008

I have a 97 and it has 140,000 on it and Im the second owner and I have had it about 7 months now and havent had any problems out of it .

Torque_master69 · 04-12-2008

Wow....I only have about 33.4k miles on my stang

Stang*a*Lang · 04-14-2008

In regards to switching to synthetic...I was always under the impression that in higher mileage vehicles that have always used regular oil, some erosion happens and creates little holes and the little deposits that regular oil leaves behind is sometimes the only thing that is kind of plugging these holes up. So when people with higher mileage engines turn around and put in synthetic...well doesn't the synthetic get rid of deposits? So doesn't this make the holes all of a sudden a problem?

I could be wrong, but I've heard this from more than one reliable source?