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Evening guys,
Im looking at and have looked at a few 2005 onto 2008 jimnys, what would you guys consider high miles for these little 1.3vvt engines...
And do 2005 onwards come with remote locking as standard...
I sold my non-VVT with 140,000 miles on the clock several years ago. Probably one of the most reliable engines I ever owned. Cranked first time every time. Never a hint of misbehaviour.
I don't even think there's a generally accepted weak point; unlike the head gasket on the old Rover K series; I think the M13 engines seem to be pretty reliable from everyone experience. They also had a remarkably long production run with early examples appearing in 2000 and including vvt after 2005 until 2018/2019 when the Jimny 4 came along.
That said, I'm sure uncared and abused versions will give trouble, so use your head.
The issue with the age range you are looking at is the manual gearbox not the engine. Between 2005 and 2009 they used unsealed bearings in the main gearbox and these suffered from oil starvation. After 2009 they went to sealed type bearings and they are fine.
As for mileage my 2011 is on 95500 well serviced farm miles and is perfectly happy.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
Bellerophon (2024 grello van daily
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
Oh and the service interval is every 9 thousand miles for oils and filters. All the service information is available from the wiki section at the top of the page.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
Bellerophon (2024 grello van daily
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
Last edit: 20 Jul 2019 04:19 by Lambert. Reason: Spelling
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