Post by alanwalker on Jan 3, 2018 8:09:00 GMT -5
Hi,
This was going to be a 'spec me a . . . .' thread but I'm trying not to go there yet.
I'm currently driving a 2001 VW Golf Mk4 V5, which has a 170bhp 2.3 five cylinder petrol engine. My new job now requires that I drive up to 1000 miles a week, hence slightly large fuel bills.
However. The Golf will manage 40mpg on long runs if I drive it like a granny (60mph from Cumbria to Swindon without stopping
), and is a lovely smooth runner. Currently there's nothing wrong with it at all (touch wood) other than having 99k on the clock, so I'm loathed to sell it just to buy a diesel motorway hack.
Being a fairly rare engine, I was just wondering what the average longevity of these is? It seems to barely be stressed in normal driving, and the fact that it doesn't have a cam belt should mean it's quite reliable right?
I do a lot of miles, but it gets serviced every 10k on the dot. Would you expect it to run to 200k, 300k? Or should it have died a horrible death already?
Please help.
Thanks!
I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.
References:
forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/vw-2-3-v5-engine.17870241/
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This was going to be a 'spec me a . . . .' thread but I'm trying not to go there yet.
I'm currently driving a 2001 VW Golf Mk4 V5, which has a 170bhp 2.3 five cylinder petrol engine. My new job now requires that I drive up to 1000 miles a week, hence slightly large fuel bills.
However. The Golf will manage 40mpg on long runs if I drive it like a granny (60mph from Cumbria to Swindon without stopping
), and is a lovely smooth runner. Currently there's nothing wrong with it at all (touch wood) other than having 99k on the clock, so I'm loathed to sell it just to buy a diesel motorway hack.Being a fairly rare engine, I was just wondering what the average longevity of these is? It seems to barely be stressed in normal driving, and the fact that it doesn't have a cam belt should mean it's quite reliable right?
I do a lot of miles, but it gets serviced every 10k on the dot. Would you expect it to run to 200k, 300k? Or should it have died a horrible death already?
Please help.
Thanks!
I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.
References:
forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/vw-2-3-v5-engine.17870241/
Online Promotional Advertising Examples