The challenge is that internals are basically unavailable for that engine. At least we've not been able to find any, and I've spoken to several customers who haven't been able to find them, either.
Even then, it’s not that bad. My 2011 Jetta TDI’s exhaust smells and looks as clean as ever and hasn’t given any fault signs as of 200K miles. It doesn’t have DEF so I can’t speak for newer cars with it though. The most expensive repair I’ve done is buying a new battery for $180, and the most time-consuming repair was the windshield wiper motor (which turned out to be fine the way it was).
I'm sitting around 82k miles right now but have not towed with it. Bought it before retirement with the thought that we would later buy the trailer but haven't pulled that trigger. Still debating between hotels, trailer, or class C.
Certainly hope you've done at least one timing belt service.
I just got it recently but the previous owner serviced it frequently. That’s been on my mind though
Am I selling something to you? Have you seen me advertising anything? I came here to socialize and make some new friends like you did (at least I hope so because it looks like many of you have a different purpose here). OK, one question: if I really wanted to sell something to you, would I waste my time on proving who I am? I would have left and looked for another platform and look for other customers. Regarding the car, can you really say that you checked every single car in the US? There are millions of cars, if not more. You can't say things like this car was never sold here. Or I never seen this car. My colleague imported a car from the UK. Just because he loves British cars. So, what would you do? Will you go and tell him that it's not possible? Regarding my English. My parents are immigrants, and they were strict about my spelling and punctuation. I still feel a bit insecure when I'm writing. I double-check everything, fearing that someone will blame me for my mistakes as you did right now (not perfect enough for you). I know my parents' English is not perfect, and in certain ways, it affected me. But if you attack everyone whose English is different from what you usually hear, can I count it as racism? Do you attack all people in the US whose English is a second language? Do you make fun of them?
I said I believe you. Let’s move on and have human interaction
Owning a gold is not bad at all. It's a great car, and back in time, I used to have one. Now, as I said, my little brother drives it. I really enjoyed riding that car. So many memories. But for those who don't know, here's a bunch of guys who accuse me of being AI, bor, or whatever else they call me. There's another thread where many users just crossed the line by calling me AI, and now they comment on my posts here. Is it always like that? Do you really meet new people this way?
What I've heard about them is that after 100k miles, the microcracks appear, and they can cause a fire.
END LINGUISM NOW.
Same as a VW... depends on whether you deleted it or not. Now where an ALH would just start choking itself to death at 100k with an intact EGR, the difference is that the Eco will light itself on fire in protest when it gets coked up and the plastic intake manifold cant take it anymore.
Torch and compressed air cleans that up in a hurry. If the aluminum starts to get a brown hue to it, getting toooo hot.ALH + EGR + 215k miles =
It came out of a car that had less than the bare minimum of maintenance over its lifespan. As far as we could tell the timing belt had never been replaced until we did it at 215k miles. Turbo completely shot (56 thou endplay) at 239k.
Wow. 215K on a timing belt? That car has a guardian angel.
Eeeeeewwwww. Are you seriously thinking that it's possible to do something with this?ALH + EGR + 215k miles =
Thanks for letting me know that next time, I should say, ""Haha,"" and whatever you think. I just found it really offensive that whatever you say seems like AI-generated content. That's why I felt a bit hurt and insulted. Gladly those messages are deleted now, and I hope we are good.
As stated above, those photos were taken a couple of years ago. We got the manifold and EGR valve totally cleaned out and reinstalled on the car. Significantly better power and torque after the cleaning!
Next time, try to use it as a learning experience. If people think you sound like a machine, and them saying so hurts your feelings, then go back and analyze what you said and try not to sound like a machine again.
