life span of a 1.6td

[si&helen cali89]

i have a 1989 westy cali 1.6td its just completed 130000 miles i no there are many factors to alife of an engine but just wondered how many more miles i might get out of the old girl ,it would be nice to here from other 1.6td owners on how many miles you have got out of your engines it might stop me worrying cheers

[kevtherev]

as long as it's serviced with good quality oils and filters and treated to the TLC

another 130,000

[horns]

Mine has done about 170k...

[Red Westie]

Slightly off topic...my father inlaw sold on his 1.6 VW passat to his nephew a few years back, it had done 243,000miles without any major work.
Chris (the nephew) ran it for another 2 years and another 25,000miles before scrapping it.
1.6TD can do 200K plus if treated right.
Martin

[dugwiththevwbug]

if the oil is changed regularily, engine service items adhered to and all is well at the mo then you could see 250k I have seen a few with this much on
knock of 60k+ if you tow a lot or thrash the noolies out of it.

regards doug

[Hoss]

Mine's on 162,000 and has just had an engine overhaul -turbo next but apart from that it pulls like a train and will sit happily at 65

[Titus A Duxass]

Mine did 270,000 kms.

[noggintom]

Mines on 262000 km and still happy - keeping the maintenance nice a regular now...

[roj62]

Its pretty impressive when you consider that its between 220,000 and 250,000 miles to the moon. I wonder how many new (non VW) vans coming off the production lines today could do that sort of milage

[ttcharlie]

Sorry,

Mine had done 125000kms when it was deemed in need of major work. I think it had been boiled in the past and the disconnection of the aux pump had probably assisted the head in cracking....

[westyguesty]

Mine had 310,000km on it, not sure of history as it was from Germany and not much paperwork. Just got tired trying to start it and putting oil in every 100 miles Tdi in now with 80,000 miles on it, will be pleased if that gets to the same miles.

[sharkjazz]

Slight tangent, are the above figures also relevant to a 1.6 diesel?
As it doesn't have a turbo, in my extremely basic mechanical knowledge, the reduced complexity of the engine would mean it "could" last longer?

[horns]

Non turbo diesels have generally spent their whole life being thrashed in order to reach a reasonable speed, so I think they actually tend to die quicker...

[AndyRach]

Ours had done 163K, but i replaced it with another JX that had covered only 67k with all reciepts and MOTs to prove it. The only reason i replaced it was because the piston rings were going. When i got it out i found metal splinters every where and what appeared to be a crack on one of the pistons and another in the head.

The one i have now gets serviced every 5k and has been for the last 9 years.