Most miles seen on a m42?

[kansas-ix]

Just curious what you have seen or heard on high mile m42 or m44, I'm 900miles from 300k on mine and never changed the timing chain and the guy i bought it from the second owner never did any engine work, chain gasket nothing and he got it at 76k, mobil one all the way from new to now. I replaced the pan gasket and the front main seal bearing, but thats it to the actual engine, crazy?

[Ray Smoodiver]

Uh the chain usually lasts the life of the motor, if you know what I mean ;)

Tensioner on the other hand...

[asubimmer]

longer than my odometer did...

[e304me]

theres no way the timing components havent been changed

[kansas-ix]

i Bought the car with 200k on the clock and all I have done is put mobil through it, honestly and the guy before me said he never did anything on timing.

[Hick]

Damn! Im comming up on 180k, i doubt the rest of the car will make it to 300k.

[devonjordan]

I'm coming to 200k, but the engine is about to get plucked for something bigger and better.

[StereoInstaller1]

Uh the chain usually lasts the life of the motor, if you know what I mean ;)

Tensioner on the other hand...

Ray, that is some funny shit right there!

[golde30]

212K for my last 318is. thats when the PO had a valve drop and grenade the motor.

[nando]

the one I drove for a while was 250k.. the chain tensioner etc. was toast, but as long as I gave it time to warm up it was fine. I wouldn't try to autox it with that many miles though..

I know everyone always bitches about timing belts, but chains do NOT last forever, and replacing everything in a chain setup is a LOT more expensive and difficult.

[kansas-ix]

i drive it on the highway all day, i clock nearly 800miles a week mostly at 80mph range, before this job, i commuted 90miles a day at 65mph, and the i bought it from did the same thing (the 90miles commute part), i don't hesitate to run it well over 80mph for 30mile stretches, its a tank! no one seen one with say 350k? Give me another year.

[e30s52]

wow so many miles my old 325is made it 316 then she died :(

[golde30]

heres what an m42 looks like after it drops a valve on the freeway, and some jackass decided to drive it a few miles...

yes that chunk of metal in on the piston was a valve...

[Justin B]

Oh good times.

[mikeedler]

after that valve "dropped" it really didnt matter how far he would have drove, it was a sealed deal. 318is cars never seem to last as long as the M20s over here especially the etas- they last forever.