MK3 TDI with high kms - anyone with experience?

[dom123]

Hi Guys,

Ive stumbled across someone willing to part with a 96 mk3 TDI. The car is in good nick in general i am yet to inspect or drive it.

My concern is that it has 271,000 kms on it! So basic gist of where Im going is how reliable are the engines? what is likely to go wrong with it? has anyone had much experience with a mk3 tdi with high kms?

I know theres not many but i know there's a few owners on here; so Jarred, Aidan, and whoever has some useful tips and/or advice shoot away!

happy festivus,

Dom

[Lucky13]

a mate had one of those, he drove over 500 000 tkm with it untill he sold it. one engine and gearbox. modified ecu.

[Glynn.]

bloody solid engine

[Jarred]

mines about to tick over 200,00kms. I had to get the injector pump replaced, as the old one was leaking. Turbo might get old and die on day, but i'm expecting the engine to go on for a while yet. Don't have any hard evidence though

Cost atleast ~2K to get a reco-ed injector pump from the states and have my mechanic install it (altough I had a service done at the time too, which was a couple hundy)

Mines chipped and got injectors ( I believe) without them, I can imagine it being a bit sluggish, depends how much the asking price is really, and if the value is really worth it over a CL, which is also bullet proof and does pretty good economy. I get 6.5l/100kms, pretty much all city/traffic driving, and well, pretty lead footed. If you pick up what putting down?

[sparkie]

242,000 kms on the clock, bought it blind 5 years ago from a Sydney auction, trucked it up to SEQ, the only problems have been small niggly ones, and nothing as far as the engine is concerned. Its still going strong (everyone mentions the acceleration when they borrow it) and has none of the electronics and DPF problems of today's diesels.

[gldgti]

the 1z is up there with all the best vw diesel engines. it will generally run forever.

My aaz (very similar engine but not direct injection) is making double the stock hp and i've got 288k on it. no signs of stopping any time soon.