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Originally Posted by christine_lives!
It is quite a beastly little motor though. Mine decided to go on a nice remote stretch of highway near the Bonneville salt flats. Threw a rod, blew the head gasket, blocked the coolant and blew open the top of the radiator near Nevada. Right at 199,000k. With JB-Weld and gasket sealant on the radiator top, I drove that 3 cylinder bitch all the way to Salt Lake City. Lived for another 2 days so I could prep the engine and get her swapped. The 5SFE; a real beast that refuses to die.
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Agreed.
I sprayed my last one right up to the point i sold it at 220k miles. All original gaskets, motor never opened for any reason. Took a 75shot like a champ. Still running today with 238k miles on it.
There's a guy on Celicatech that had over 350k miles on his, and he ran it on the Tail of the Dragon and it was fine, and strong.
