High mileage car 'refresh'

[Monkeylegend]

CubanPete said:

Monkeylegend said:

CubanPete said:

Monkeylegend said:

CubanPete said:

Window and door seals get noisy with age.

Anything else rubber and perishable. Hoses / Belts / Bushes / Pulleys etc

Get injectors cleaned or replaced.

Mats and carpet. Seat / Steering wheel.

Or alternatively buy a Mercedes.

Best add bodywork as well then.

Not for a 2011 E class

2011 isn't quite 15 years old though is it?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Thread title says high mileage

[rxe]

Engine mounts, engine mounts, engine mounts. Gear box mounts too.

You know that slightly broken sensation you get in an otherwise working but high mileage car? It sort of feels like the chassis has weakened between the front and the back wheels. Nothing you can put your finger on, it just feels broken.

That's the engine trying to escape from the engine bay as you corner. 1/2 a tonne of metal moving a few mm in the wrong direction. You can take 100,000 miles off an Alfa 156 (as far as the driving sensation is concerned) by changing 3 engine mounts. Takes about 30 mins and £150 in parts.

[superhans88]

Having owned my 07 focus for nearly 7 years and 100k miles (now on nearly 150k), the last 12 months have seen me spend by far the most money on maintenance - some of it necessary, some of it merely desirable. In exactly a year, I've spent nearly £2,500 on the following:

Necessary:
- 2 x wheel bearings
- Discs and pads
- 4 x tyres
- Windscreen (excess)
- Oil and filters
- Instrument cluster recon/fault fix
- Puncture repairs

Desirable:
- 4 x springs & shocks
- 4 x anti roll bar links & bushes
- 6 x rear control arms (containing ~10 bushes)
- Track rod ends
- Rust proofing

Some think I'm mad spending that much on a car worth less than a grand, but it's worth more than that to me if I can get another couple of years out it!

[untakenname]

It's best to test the state of the engine to work out what needs doing or if it's even financially worth it, first thing would be a compression test just to see if you're flogging a dead horse then test the fuel pump pressure and get the injectors refreshed, decarbon the engine with water/seaform and replace the MAF and O2 sensors, engine mounts are a common one which is overlooked as well when making a car feel new.