high millage thread

[MFox3828]

2000 Oldsmobile Alero GL
Purchased Mileage: 120999mi.
Major Repairs since purchase: Struts need to be replaced, one of the third brake light bulbs was out.

[Jboyjbb]

99' alero 4dr 2.4l twin cam never been tuned replaced all brake/fuel lines ,pioneer stereo, bought it with 163,xxx now has 168,xxx

[colonel6632]

2002 alero with a 2.2 ecotec and 5-speed
bought the car with 56xxx miles and now 3 years later it has 118xxx miles
work i've done:
- new motor
- new front wheel bearings (2 times per side)
- new lower control arm (driver side)
- ttr motor and transmission mounts
- tsudo 4-2-1 header
- straight pipe exhaust
- cosmo racing intake
- replaced all speakers, and installed subs/amps
- installed front heated leather seats
- power window conversion
- indiglow gauges, triple pillar gauges, and switches converted to led.
- foot wheels and vents have leds installed
- new transmission
- new axle
- 16" rims and tires
- hid low beams, hid high beams
- new windshield
- new driver window regulator (2 times)

thats all i can think of right now

[MMGT1]

218K on the 2000, and 260K on the 1999 here... mine are GA's though

[zzyzzx]

Somewhere here Surreal Awakening posted his list on a 250K+ 1999 V6 Alero, and basically he's replaced everything at least once (or something like that)

[JLw7123]

my alero just hit 140,000 miles
Here are the things i have replaced
headgaskets
LIM
Rotors
Calibers
Struts
power steering hose
alternator
cat
rear strut mounts

[cavaliers60]

2000 GLS Coupe with 3400 V6.

Currently showing a little over 139k miles.

[SIUlero]

01 GL, 3400
Just rolled past 201,000 miles last week and immediately collapsed a lifter, to be repaired next weekend.

Other repairs since purchase in Feb, 2007 at 125,000 (in no particular order):
Driver window regulator and sashes, and passenger sashes (needs driver sashes again)
Upper Radiator hose
Alternator and belt
Battery twice
Front wheel bearings once each
Catalytic Converter
Exhaust Manifold Gaskets
All tie rods
Rack & Pinion (damaged seal while replacing inner tie rod)
Upstream O2 sensor
Upgraded Swaybars, front and rear
Brakes, front twice, rear once
Blower Motor
Fuel Pump (turned out to be intermittent connection in the relay box)
Disassembled relay box to fix that connection
Corroded grounds near fuse box...cleaned with emery cloth

Other things needing addressed soon:
Harmonic Balancer
Struts/springs/mounts (just a little rattling/knocking)

I may think of more later, but that's all I can remember right now.
All repairs done myself (much easier on the wallet), except welding up new cat. conv. (paid for with old cat. conv.)
LIMG was done shortly before I bought it. Other prior work is unknown.

[rocketfast321]

I had my 01 2.4 grand am from Sept. 2002 to Sept 2010. Only had to do the waterpump. 32k-115k.

I got my 01 2.4 5-speed alero in Nov. 2010 with 109k now it's at 114k. Only thing i had to was coil packs. I swap the whole system over to a 2200 OHV coil pack setup. I need to oil the tracks in the pass. window. It sounds like it's working to hard. The driver side seem to have a newish regulator.

[Dobbie]

2003 2.2 - Have owned it for 3 yrs now.
Has 131k (211k km) just had the rack and pinion replaced.
One spring broke last year.
Right before I bought it, the struts were replaced.

[03glgold]

2003 2.2 ecotec 140k
been in family since 11 miles I got it with 134,235
all original except wiring harness (stupid rodents)

[Jboyjbb]

99 4 door 2.4l twin cam
All new brakes lines
All new capilers, rotors, pads
New cat
Bought it at 163k
Now at 171k
Also used seafoam

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

bought @ 35k
currently @ 110k

major repairs (I forget the mileage):
rack & pinion replaced
power steering pump replaced
fuel pump twice
all the tie-rod ends, each on separate occasions

needs these replacements:
hub (which one, I don't know...both of em?)
fuel line
brake rotors and pads (simple, but not exactly cheap)
all the undercarriage liner plastic (including fender liners)

I'm sure there's more...I'm rushing so I can go to work.

[Papa Rad17]

Purchase at 160000 now around 1900000 no major repairs have ever been done. Most of the miles were highway, person I got it off had to do nothing other then regular mantinence and he had it from 400000-I got it. 03 2.2 spent a lot of time in Michigan in it's earlier days. I'm just waiting for things to start falling apart with the way I drive...
What iv done-alternator, got from a junk yard, need a new one AGAIN!
Will need soon-tranny flush, struts, and Shes starting to burn a little oil

[Blender345]

99 GL bought in 06 with 115,xxx now has 189,xxx.

Replaced both window motors, have the belt running around the a/c compressor since its seized and hasn't worked since I got it. few other minor things, am now babying the crap out of it hoping itll last another year (or 2 ). Just get the high mileage oil change. The oil change place says I should replace the fuel filter but its so rusted on they don't wanna touch it, so they give me some stuff to put in my gas tank which I need to put in when the tanks low. Anything you guys put in your fuel tank?

[Papa Rad17]

^use Lucas oil products, I know they have a few additives for fuel. Buy it at a reputable parts store though, not walmart. I highly reamend their tranny fluid, oil, and power steering fluid additives. They will defiantly give you a few more miles on your car from all my experience.