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    Hello ppl
    i have just recently got an Holden Vn Commodore 1990 Auto and i was wondering if any of yous have an estimate on how many k's and holden VN 1990 needs till ya need an new engine i currently has 347,476km on so there is a lot of k's on it if any of you could help it would be appreciated

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    i have just over 300,000 on mine and i think that it is time for a new engine, it is starting to idle very rough and always overheats, but could be just a cracked head. it also depends on how you and the person before you drive it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by chaos_driver
    Hello ppl
    i have just recently got an Holden Vn Commodore 1990 Auto and i was wondering if any of yous have an estimate on how many k's and holden VN 1990 needs till ya need an new engine i currently has 347,476km on so there is a lot of k's on it if any of you could help it would be appreciated
    When it starts going too slow for you to deal with or breaks : ), LPG engines should go over 500,000 without much trouble but I think most of the petrol ones are pretty had it somewhere in the late : ) 400,000's all depends if you had mostly highway ks or city driving

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    depends how well it was looked after. mines just over 290000, still runs like a dream, i have seen them last 1,000,000k's, some only 300000 and die.




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    i have seen 800,000 on a car and i was told that it has been around 1 time so 1.8 million and its a rusty old bomb!
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    I reckon this is a hard question to ask, it all reli depends on how its been drivin and how often she is service/ mods etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chaos_driver
    Hello ppl
    i have just recently got an Holden Vn Commodore 1990 Auto and i was wondering if any of yous have an estimate on how many k's and holden VN 1990 needs till ya need an new engine i currently has 347,476km on so there is a lot of k's on it if any of you could help it would be appreciated

    i have seen VN's with 800,000 K's +,it's how you look after them,thats what it comes down to,thrash the guts out of them and they are dead after 100,000,if not sooner,but thats the same with any make of car

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    well im on 225k and its sweet as . it still breaks down here and there but thats expected of a 15 year old car .

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    257 here, rough idle but that just needs a idle ajustment, other than that runs like a dream... excpet the suspension which is like a pogo stick, a VERY BOUNCY ONE

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    Well im on 308, I also have a rough idle and alot of shakes and rattles, but she still goes hard.

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    357000 on a early 92 Series 1 VP, so it's the basically the same as a VN. Mostly all long distance stuff and it still feels sweet and goes hard. Yeah, other shit dies and gets replaced, but the motor & box are still going strong. (now watch the thing die on the way to work next week!)

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