So my 96' 12v just turned over 190,000 miles on saturday and I was wondering if there is any maitnece I need to worry about. The previous owner put 184,000 on the car and took amazing care of it, but I don't know if there is anything new that I need to do. any help would be appreciated and if anyone knows how to clean an EGR valve for the 12v that would be great too.

 

coolness.. Proabably a record for the forum. Might want to just replace the EGR valve at almost 200k miles whatever is caked on the inside probably isnt gunna come off too well. Probably a cheap part too. Pretty amazing mileage, post some pics, i want to see what a 190k mile 12v looks like. If you dont have previous records, replace ALL fluids and do a timing belt if you dont know when its been done last.

 

Holy shiza! Congrats on having a car that lasts that long lol 190k is def the record here. Can't seem to remember anyone with more than 160k...

 

change the tb

 

Cool!

Treat her good, and she'll probably go another 190k!

Anyway, look at the records, and see when the t-belt was last done. Should probably change that every 80-90k along with other belts.
Just keep up with the reccomended service intervals on everything, and you'll be in good shape!

Here's for the 97, I couldn't find the 96 one, but should be about the same.
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/ima...ance.sched.pdf

 

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haha. ^^^

 

190k is a breeze for this engine when its looked after right, hopefully we will see double that in the future

 

I got about 165k on my '96 12v... I'm saving for an overhaul, but right now, it's still runnin' strong.

 

shizit I got well over 250k now on the red one and well the odometer stopped at like 415k on the white car