How many miles on your B5.5 TDi? - Page 9

PlaneCrazy · July 20th, 2017, 07:28

My son's is just shy of 300k km now. Hasn't sold it, he finds it handy for running errands for larger items for the bike shop he co-owns. He will not do the timing belt, will get rid of it when that needs to happen (about 2 more years of driving). By then I plan to sell him my Mk VII Golf and get another Golf, this time a wagon. So far it's holding together well mechanically; original transmission, never had a fluid change (when VW said lifetime fluid, I took them seriously), original cam, balance shaft drive replaced with geared unit back at 181k km.

Windex · July 20th, 2017, 07:40

Just turned 400k km. Original Cam, no BSM or automatic trans to worry about any longer either.

PlaneCrazy · July 20th, 2017, 07:46

The one thing that's really killing my son's is corrosion. The 12-year warranty is now over since last October, and there are LARGEW rust holes in the left rear door. But VW didn't want to touch it with a 10-ft pole as it was the result of a poor collision repair. Can't blame them, they did change the two front doors, two front fenders, trunk deck (twice), right rear door (in part), and repaired the left rear quarter panel, over the years.

Windex · July 20th, 2017, 10:16

See if you can find a door in the local wrecking yard - my local yard has a good selection of B5.5s in most colours...

Tom_B · July 30th, 2017, 12:07

We're at 211k miles, original cam, geared BSM at 90k and TC replaced at 145k. Don't want to jinx it but still running strong, drives and rides great.

PlaneCrazy · July 30th, 2017, 12:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Windex

See if you can find a door in the local wrecking yard - my local yard has a good selection of B5.5s in most colours...

Moot point now. It finally died on my son, in New Brunswick, in the middle of nowhere. CEL, and won't shift. No doubt the torque converter blew. If he can't get it fixed at a reasonable cost, the car will be junked in New Brunswick.

I'm not confident it will be worth the cost to fix it, so I suspect it has driven its last miles (223 km) on a flatbed from wherever he was to Fredericton. The second, and probably last time it will be towed (previous time was when the steering rack seals failed, about 7 years ago).

Final tally will likely be 297,700 km. It's been a good car, some weak points (especially the CV joints, the balance shaft chain and the transmission/TC), but solid.

leon10tagg · March 25th, 2018, 12:58

Up to 167k miles or 267k kms.

otty · March 26th, 2018, 14:51

Just hit 215,000km though the engine isn't original to the car and I have my doubts in general as to whether or not the odometer has been rolled back...