How long do abf's last ?

[Len]

Offer the guy £500 and see if he bites!

[Screech16v]

Mine was at 170k before conversion,was still making good power and never let me down.

[murraymint]

My abf had done 170k, and my current one is on 155k, apart from a slightly lumpy cold idle (turns ot pritty common) both of then ran/run sweet

[ttelracs]

Mines just coming up to 171k and I've just had the cambelt done, but apart from my tinkering it runs sweet and is just about run in !  Should clock up another 30k with no real problems apart from expected bearings, brakes and other service items.  Paid £ 450 for it just over a year ago, a good buy and hasn't let me down....

[spudboy6]

went past this evening and the ABF has gone . but will knock the door tomorrow just to be sure , if not will be looking in the classifieds (Y)

[gasketface]

Mine had done 202 k and purred.Compression all good,no leaks at all.Mileage means little if the car has been serviced properly.Personally i would investigate a low mileage example more thoroughly than a high mileage one as its common for low mileage cars to suffer more in certain areas because they have had little use.

Resale value is not going to greatly affected either as it only really applies if you have one of the rarer models.

[Stirring Moose]

A mate of mine bagged himself an ABF for an engine swap into a VW Transporter. Think he said the lump had 204k miles on it when he got it. This being the case he gave it a precautionary strip and inspection and found pretty much nothing wrong. Bores were still minty, cams absolutely as per spec, the lot. Bit of gunge here and there which he cleaned out but other than that no worries. But the donor car did come with a good mechanical service history (again, a case of "shame about the bodywork"...). Basically, a well cosseted ABF seems a pretty tough beast as far as I can see.

S.M.

[Gavv8]

Its usually the gearbox that gives up before the motor i find.