still going strong!!

[danmusic24]

cant believe ive hit 180000 and my 16v is still going strong(apart from rust)

[itavaltalainen]

My 2.0 8v (2E) lasted 238k miles, then scrapped it (left hand drive on finnish plates in UK was not feasible to register in UK).
180k is nothing for a mk3 engine

[hardmonkeys]

I hope this is a great omen, my ABF in my Cabrio has just click onto 133k, it seems very responsive still, and seems to be a great engne

[snozan]

Dont really know what you guys accept from a VW engine. Mine has 138K (ABF) takes no oil whatsoever between the oil change. (which i do every ~6K miles

Normally, and this goes for all cars and brands. Engine isnt what breaks the car, its the rust (or electric).

[VW BUSH]

One of my 240 (2.3 8v) GLT's had 312k on the original engine and box,
I got over 240k on a 2.3 16v turbo with stupid boost
All went wrong for Volvo with the early PRV (V6) engines and 5 cyl Ford units that went on from about 95 on.
Junk.
Best engine I have seen is a Taxi Merc 350 D in Haslach Germany with 400k on the clock.
Engine is left on in the winter to ensure its not cold when they get in, so its done a shed load more in theory.
The old 8v unit in the Mk2/Mk3 is the most reliable engine VW did, rest are pretty meh so far.

[snozan]

One of my 240 (2.3 8v) GLT's had 312k on the original engine and box,
I got over 240k on a 2.3 16v turbo with stupid boost
All went wrong for Volvo with the early PRV (V6) engines and 5 cyl Ford units that went on from about 95 on.
Junk.
Best engine I have seen is a Taxi Merc 350 D in Haslach Germany with 400k on the clock.
Engine is left on in the winter to ensure its not cold when they get in, so its done a shed load more in theory.
The old 8v unit in the Mk2/Mk3 is the most reliable engine VW did, rest are pretty meh so far.

Irv Gordon... enough said =)  3.1 million miles in a Volvo