Wednesday 6 October 2021

How long can car engines last


An engine life depends on multiple factors. Many things affect the longevity of an engine. Your driving style, the roads you are driving on, how many hours are you using your vehicle are some of the broad factors that affect the health of your engine. The quality of the engine also plays a very important role in determining the engine life. Heavy-duty trucks have a shorter life span compared to smaller vehicles. Routine maintenance can stretch the life span of your engine to some extent, but engines are prone to wear and tear and will succumb to failure when it is time.

How long is an average engine life?

It is difficult to estimate how long a car engine will last. An average life span of a car engine used to be approximately eight years or 150,000 miles. With new designs and technologies, engine life has improved, and the average expectancy of an engine is 200,000 miles or 10 years. A car about three or four years old is expected to cover 30,000-40,000 miles.

When does your engine health wear out?

When engine oil is not changed according to the manufacturer’s recommendation it will lead to the wearing out of many other parts such as the bearings, piston, valves, timing chains and gears. This also leads to engine overheating which can stop the engine when the temperature gauge and engine lights are ignored by the driver. This results in irreversible damage to the internal engine. If the engine is made to bear extra weight over its capacity, making the engine work much harder than its usual, shortens the life span of the engine.

What are engines made of?

Engines are made of aluminum, iron or a combination of both. Iron engines are said to be more durable withstanding higher temperatures than aluminum engines which are lighter. Aluminum is used for engine parts like the header. Your engine life can be extended with advanced safety systems that look after the vehicle management system or engine computers. Visiting the mechanic for scheduled maintenance and addressing problems, having the engine cleaned regularly and watching the signals of the indicators can suitably extend your engine life.

Conclusion

Despite all the maintenance, some parts wear out faster than the others such as the oil filters or the brake pads. When some parts start failing in your engine it is advisable to replace the engine parts from a trusted site or repair them otherwise, the resulting damage proves to be expensive. Unless you are knowledgeable about the engine parts it is difficult to go ahead with an individual part replacement. Instead, buying high-quality used engines fully assembled from a reliable online store will ensure better engine health and durability. Buy engines for sale from Big Mouth Direct https://bigmouthdirect.com/ a reliable used auto parts store. call (844) 668-8434 for details.

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