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I was very vague in my response so that you would search the site for 960 related problems, but I'll add a little. A 960 might cruise to 200K with very few problems, but that would be very rare. It seems that a "bad" 960 starts to deteriorate at around 100K. If you break a timing belt, which are supposed to be changed every 20-30K, you will do severe damage to the engine. You'll be rebuilding the head or slapping a used one on and hoping that there's no damage to the bottom end. That is a very expensive repair. Some certain early 960s had a problem with coolant seeping out (block porosity). Some people have had some issues with wiring, and I recall a fuel rail problem that might be mentioned in the archives. There's also been some low compression, gunked up engines with oil sludge, carbon deposits, bad rings, bad valve seals, dropped/burned/deposit-covered valves, blown head gaskets, and I think one bad tranny (this is from memory, so I might not be totally right).
This one should keep you busy for a while:
960 Longevity Matrix, A Poll. Let's Sort This Out. ]
Do a search on this site. Search for these names (not all are 960 owners) and view any thread they've taken part in that had something to do with the 900 series.
riverol
Token Ring Man
Shatz
Toyota Tom
Mullah Fuqua
Tom Irwin
jbowers
Jerry Warren
Paul S.
Chris Herbst
ringlee
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