I have to ask, who else has over 200,000 miles on their odometer?? Out of curiosity.

Only issues I've had with my car is the camshaft position sensor going out, and a catalytic converter going out. Yes, I am the original owner.

 

Congratulations... Now that's some mileage? What's your secret? I'm guessing, is it basic maintenance? An if something breaks...fix it!

 

Just basic maintenance and good luck I'm guessing!

I've always used premium gas, and try to keep the engine bay clean!

About every 30k I will run seafoam through my vacuum line, and a bottle in my gas tank as well.

I've had to replace the cam shaft position sensor, after dieing at an intersection for a few seconds and ignoring the check engine light before hand

Had a catalytic converter go out on me 4 years ago when I was getting onto the on ramp of the interstate, all of a sudden it sounded like an old tractor, thankfully they were able to replace it with a universal catalytic converter, which costed about $150, and it has about 130,000 miles on it now.

Had my main coolant hose break on me this summer, had to use water for 100 miles, got home and ordered a whole new upper and lower coolant hose set off eBay for $45.

 

Do a flush and its probably time for a new thermostat. Just keep it between the ditches! lol

 

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Originally Posted by austinboyette

I have to ask, who else has over 200,000 miles on their odometer?? Out of curiosity.

Only issues I've had with my car is the camshaft position sensor going out, and a catalytic converter going out. Yes, I am the original owner.

Let me see, you say you are 23 and have had a 11 year old car from new, Hmm?
Your first post on this forum was the following;

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08-01-2011, 12:24 AM Replies: 7
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Posted By austinboyette
Headlights

Ok yall, I need some help. I just bought a Alabaster White Crossfire Limited. When I bought it, it had 39,000 miles on it. The headlights were horrible!!! I used Meguirs Headlight Restoration System...

Can you explain the discrepancies?

 

The secret is the use of fairy dust in the oil and gas tank.

 

See, you go straight at it...beat around the bush some....lol

 

What about an answer to my question above, you got some ' splaining to do.

 

Now you know you can't cast aspersions about people of a different persuasion! You must say "magic dust".

 

​​​​​​Yes , that is " politically correct ".

 

I guess he is not going to answer my questions in post #5.

 

Maybe he needs a list of those members to contact on "how to back peddle your BS"..?

 

I'm 24 and I got this car about 2 or 3 months ago. It has 14x,xxx miles. I had to replace the motor mounts, power steering return hose, PS resiviour and o ring, pcv hoses (oil catch can), steering dampener, valve cover gaskets and tune up (spark plugs, oil, etc).

My rear main seal is leaking...

 

Are you sure its the rear main and not the tranny plug?
or it could just be oil left from the leaking valve covers /breathers that you fixed already.
Trans leaks are common and a simple fix.
Clean all the oil off and check it again in a week.

 

How do I check the tranny fluid? I will clean the bottom end and look for leaks in a week.

 

You need the auto trans dipstick to do that.
Needswings will have one.

 

Use a long thin plastic tie.
CLICK
Or you can get one on eBay for $6 from China.

 

With 57k on my roadster and 36k on my SRT6, it is reassuring the see high mileage Crossfires out there. It gives me hope mine will still be running in another 15-20 years. Of course, I only put on 2-3k a summer on each so it will be a long time before I even see a 100k. I just do regular maintenance and change the oil/filter before storing them each winter. Have not had a problem with either one other than a permanent tire pressure icon on the roadster.

 

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  Originally Posted by dylan07

  How do I check the tranny fluid? I will clean the bottom end and look for leaks in a week.

The tranny does need to be checked with increments on a transmission stick. I got mine from euro-parts in California....it wasn't expensive. I had a leak on the electrical plug from a faulty o-ring.....apparently a recall but did it myself at the time. Anyway, the tricky part about checking the trans oil is there is a temperature chart along with the height on the stick and it has to be checked this way for accuracy. You don't want it overfull or underfull. I have done this roughly ten years ago so I guess I got it right. Use the chart and a infrared laser thermometer on the tranny pan.