what is the average lifespan of a 1996 satrun sl

160,000 miles is nothing to a Saturn, I have a friend who has a 93 SC and he has 350,00 miles on it and has done nothing but regular maintenance on it, it all comes down to how you drive your car and how well you maintain it

The MOST important on these engines is to change the oil RELIGIOUSLY!!! My sister owned one for ten years and put nothing but Mobil1 in it every 5000 miles. At 123,000 miles, there was NO compression loss in any or the cylinders.

my car is a sw witch is the same thing same motor and all i have 237,000 on it and it is still running strong

i have an 01 sc2 3 door 174,000 mis no rust running perfect.