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how many miles can i put on the 1.6 if i take care of it it already has 175,000 and is lacking power

with regular tune up, oil change, timing belt and water pump replacement, any 4cyl should last well over 200K

unlike most domestic vehicles, Japanese engines seem to last forever if maintained relatively well... I've got a friend whose parents gave him an 88 Honda Civic with 270k miles on it.... still runs perfectly

There is no reason why, if well maintained, Mazda 4-cyls shouldn't last that long.

I had a customer ask me for a part the other day for his car I asked the same genaric question's Year Make Model he said 93 Mazda MX3 I said oh I have a 96 conversation ensued and he told me his had roughly 630k on it....well taken care of but that should show you!!! lol

I highly doubt he has over a 1/2 a million miles on an MX-3 with a stock engine.

Unlikely.. but possible.. Especially if he did regular oil changes and had been running synthetic oil from the start. I had almost 300,000 miles on the 350 in my nova before I sold it.. and other than a valve grind at 160,000 miles.. that engine still had 165-175 psi in all cylinders and still pushed 35 psi oil pressure at idle and would peg the needle on the oil pressure guage when under throttle. Heh.. the guy that bought my Nova still doesnt believe it had that many miles on it and that setup could bake a new set of rubber to nothing in only 3-4 good lightups But then I am extremely anal about all fluid changes. New clean fluid = longevity for all systems in any car But 1/2 a million miles without at least some headwork even with proper maintanence is pretty unlikely.

Tunes67

Not to mention that TysonB is in Canada, so it's probably 630,000 Kms. It works out to 393750 miles.