How many miles on your engine?

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How many miles on your engine?

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As the odometer on my petrol 1.9dg gets ever closer to 180,000 (km) I started to wonder just how long these engines can go on for? So whats the mileage on your engine, dg or otherwise, and who gets the prize for the 'oldest'? :wink:
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250k+ km on a DJ - still smooth, powerful and quiet. But I don't expect that to be anywhere near highest...
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181000 miles on an MV. 175000 on dusty Californian roads/tracks.
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Over 575,000km on great finnish forest roads :)
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tommin wrote:Over 575,000km on great finnish forest roads :)

I'm not a betting man but I reckon this is worth putting a few quid on!!
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:shock: 96,000 miles....
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102,000,miles,1.9 DG,sweet as a nut
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scottbott wrote:102,000,miles,1.9 DG,sweet as a nut

Quiet too. I remember when you started it up at high beech I didn't realise it was running!
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funnily enough today it had a noisy tappet,has not done that before unless stood for a while,it quietened up after ten minutes,speaking of High Beech maybe we should have another meet sometime
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1.9 dg just under 102,000 miles :ok
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scottbott wrote:funnily enough today it had a noisy tappet,has not done that before unless stood for a while,it quietened up after ten minutes,speaking of High Beech maybe we should have another meet sometime

That's a great idea, I'll post something up late September.
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1983 1.9 df with 145,000 miles no oil use but tappets rattle a bit.
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Well the bus itself has done 161000, if it's been around the clock just the once :rollin

How many miles of that covered with its Aircooled CT is anyone's guess :lol:
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Absolutely no idea. Milometer stuck. :D

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221.000 miles on one....90.000 on another....but I think that had clocked at least once....
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