Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I have a 99nl Pajero with a 3.5l sohc engine.

It is just about to hit 170,000 km's. We bought it roughly 2 years ago second hand. It had 80,000 in the clock. We log a lot of K's as we live in the country. I worried about the amount of K's we clock up.

I use Mobil 1 Synthetic and change it every 15,000 as per the book. What else can I do to keep the engine in good condition. What should the engine life be ( I know it's a bit like "How long is a piece of string?")?

I love the Pajero but have been having thoughts about changing to a Hilux Diesel

Hello,

I had the 3.5lDOHC motor in my NK . It had 40k on it when we got it & I only just traded it in last week (for 99 GLS) , it had 290000k on it then.

In all honesty it was still going strong when I got rid of it & it was only because the body was getting knocked around that I did.

It never really casued me any trouble in all that time (except a backfire on lpg cost me a new air flow meter). I took all the gas off for the last 6 months.

My guess is that you could get at least 300k & perhaps more from these motors. I gave away my EA Ford to my son & it had 450k on it. Modern motors seem to be built to last.

cheers

Forget the Book change the oil at 10k intervals as the motor gets older you will certainly have to anyway as the tappet noise will dictate when it is time to change if you don't