tgray
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Sep 12, 2004
- Location
- Marengo, IL
- TDI
- '02 Beetle, '05 Golf, 2000 Jetta, 2001 Jetta, 2002 Jetta
I ended up rebuilding an 05 BEW Golf. What can I say to a mint looking Golf with all the parts it needed in my shop. It has 270,000 on the clock that seems correct. The engine after the full rebuild (everything but the injectors), starts quick, runs very smooth and strong with no smoke. I have searched the forums and most brag they have 250,000 miles on their injectors. I can't find much info on these engines past the 300,000 mark. There is lots of stuff on the ALH running with that kind of miles on original injectors but what about the PD engines with the unit injectors?
I have no way to know the history of the car but looking at the rest of what I see on the car I am surprised if they did anything but drive it until they blew out the rod from a cracked oil pan. This one was so bad it blew out the bellhousing as well.
So my question is what has anyone seen on your own car or others that have crossed the 300,000+ range on the PD engines concerning injector replacement or failures or wear? These injectors seem to run longer than the ALH ones before nozzles are replaced. Is there a time or symptom that would indicate it is time to deal with the injectors?
I have no way to know the history of the car but looking at the rest of what I see on the car I am surprised if they did anything but drive it until they blew out the rod from a cracked oil pan. This one was so bad it blew out the bellhousing as well.
So my question is what has anyone seen on your own car or others that have crossed the 300,000+ range on the PD engines concerning injector replacement or failures or wear? These injectors seem to run longer than the ALH ones before nozzles are replaced. Is there a time or symptom that would indicate it is time to deal with the injectors?