Quote Originally Posted by tbarb13 View Post
A little over 103,000. The mechanic said this is really high miles for my small engine. Is it really that bad? It sounds like lower miles to me.
It's "high miles" for an Aveo that hasn't had it's timing belt service. Unfortunately the 2004 to 2008's run on borrowed time after 60K miles if they don't have the service done. It's right there in the owner's manual, but most people don't realize how catostrophic it can be to not get it done on time on 1st generation Aveo's. It's really the achilles heal of the car. On the bright side your valve cover gasket would have started leaking at some point anyway.