Comboverfish wrote:
> larry moe 'n curly wrote:

> > My 1.9L has less than 75K. How soon can I expect trouble with it? I

> You said you drive it very gingerly, correct?

Because redlining an 88 HP engine just doesn't impress anybody.

> If you don't run it like the average commuter driver, then you probably
> won't see the typical valve seat cracking/dropping problems that plague
> this engine. You can still expect premature waterpump leaks/failure,
> premature radiator leaks, oddball EFI and MIL problems, junk lifters,
> overheating and cooling fan/relay/circuit problems, etc. And that's just
> the engine-related stuff.

Yikes! That's sad for an engine that had already been in production
for over ten years when I bought my car.

>I've told my two current Escort customers to get rid of their cars
>around 100,000 miles or before their second timing belt. They can get
>expensive to keep, unless you want to stack up reams of nagging
>problems and drive it into the ground. The 'little' problems these
>things typically amass are the kinds of problems that accelerate major
>breakdowns.

I plan on buying a Civic, Mazda3, or Toyota Matrix in a year or two.