Kinda sad but my car now has over a 100k miles. I did treat it today to new thermoblock spacers. gave the manifold, tb, and intake a nice cleaning. the rpms seem to be goin up a lot faster. Its gotta few more goodies coming very very soon. 300WHP is around the corner

 

wow... my 03 TL-p is only at 69,111 how far do you commute to work?

 

Congrats! I'm about to hit 50k

 

damn 100k. I guess I'm lucky 'cause I bought my used '03 TL-P w/ 41000k miles just about a month ago.

 

Hitting 56k here.. got a long way to go.

 

I currently have 99,940 miles on my 2000 TL-P here, I assume sometime this weekend I'll hit the big 100K. It's sad, I want a new car once that comes, or just a new engine and a 6-speed.

 

keep rolling man, long way to catch up with some of us! 99tlp here, 194k approaching 2ck in a couple of months weird thing is i called acura and they told me they have no record of any warranty work done on my car, so it seems i might stilll be on ma original tranny too at 194k miles.

 

Congrats and welcome to the club I've got an '03 with 115K and still running strong

 

i used to commute 80 miles to work round trip and then 40 miles to school round trip. some days i did 120 goin to work and class

 

get ready to drop some cash- time for water pump and timing belt/tensioner, spark plugs, seafoam, full detail and more
Then its like new car again

replace the car at 100? why- the engine is just getting broken in then~
throw some new struts and a service at her... and keep driving

 

shes gets detailed atleast once a month, already seafoamed it, spark plugs are on the way. ill wait till the water pump and the belts go, that'll give me enough time to get my funds together. she feels strong as ever, ill be keepin her for a while since i jus finished breakin her in lol

 

100,000 miles used to be a considered an "end of life" marker for a car. But that's no longer the case.

With proper maintenance there's no reason that a TL can't reach 200,000 or even 300,000 miles. There's really nothing that can't be repaired or replaced.

My 1999 TL just passed 200,000 miles and it's still running great.

 

how many trannies are you on? 1?

 

 

i bought the car with 48k and i went thru 2 trannies. according to the service records the car had the tranny replaced with the original owner. so 3 trannies

 

our moderator- fsttyms1- has well over 250k, swapped the motor and trans at 200 for a 6speed, that was after 5, count em, 5 transmission failures
Motor was perfect on teardown inspection- still had the crosshatch marks in the cylinders!

 

My 1999 TL is on its second transmission. The previous owner replaced the original transmission at 173,000 miles. Of course, the 4-speed transmissions used in the 1999 TL are generally more reliable that the 5-speed model used in the 2000-2003 TLs.

 

If you wait for the timing belt to "go" your engine will be toast. So I would really start saving for that right now. The timing belt/water pump service is the most important service to perform.

 

how much will tht service cost?

 

5-6 Hundred

 

damn thts a lot. how much of this service is diy possible?

 

non if ur gonna DIY urself might as well do th e whole thing urself.

 

More like $800+

 

There's zero room for error, I'll tell you that.

Mess up the timing when you do the timing belt, and your engine is toast.

 

how many hrs of labor do u think itll take?

 

About 4-6+ hours at the shop- for someone who knows where all the bolts are and can work blindly and still know what they are doing

the 105 gets valve adjustment in addittion to the water pump-timing belt -tensioner etc etc
Thats removing most everything from the top and side of the engine- just to get at the work area- then hooking it all back up correctly is the real skill

You can change the plugs yourself if you are trying to cut down $
Always look for a private shop and ask how many they have done
They have insuranc if they screw up

 

88,800 here 02 tls with a busted headlamp! LOL

 

I just recently went over 100k miles and had the timing belt and water pump done. The belt was in perfect condition. Looked pratically brand new when the took it off. Almost a waste of money, but at least I know it's new. The timing belt and water pump + labor ran me $700 at a local shop. The dealers wanted a little over $800 for it. A valve adjustment at a dealer will probably run about $300 and maybe around $250 at a local shop. If you do the valve adjustment, it's not hard, but make sure you put everything back the way it was. When I did mine I switched 2 hoses and the car wouldn't start. What a PITA.

 

just went over 60k on my 03 TL S which is also SSM.

i believe i am on the original tranny also.

 

snow do u kno how much the parts alone ran you

 

It was right around $150 for the OEM parts. The rest was labor. Everything else was in good condition so they didn't replace anything else (ie. gaskets)