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Jim
Grant has been working in the automotive industry for over twenty
years. In addition, Jim is an ASE Master Technician with advanced
L/1 certification. He works as manager and technician in his
family's automotive business in New Hampshire. He writes weekly
automotive consumer columns and is editor of an automotive newsletter
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Jim Grant's Tech Tips Volkswagen TDI Engines
Q:
On average, how many
miles will a well maintained Volkswagen TDI engine go before giving up
the ghost?
A:
We don’t have
any, what I would call high mileage, Volkswagon TDI diesel engine equipped
vehicles in the shop at this time. We have one customer, a salesman that
has almost 200k miles on it. But, we have customers with gas engines with
well over 200k miles as well. Once a gas engine gets over 200k miles it
will do okay but the diesel engine as a rule will still be running much
stronger. There is one killer for diesel engines and that is the short
commutes. Diesel engines are work horses, and really do not do well just
parading around town for groceries and such. We do have a few Toyota,
Mercedes and older Volkswagen diesel powered vehicles with over 300k miles.
I would think that the TDI diesel should have no problem living up to
that kind of mileage standard.
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