Engine Life

[number_six]

Sorry if this has been covered before but I'm interested in what kind of engine life to expect from a 1.8T under typical conditions and regular services.  I don't do much milage, just the occasional long run, mainly just driving to and from work & short journeys. Is this bad for the engine in the long term?

Picking up the Y plate 5dr tomorrow (expecting our first child this year and the wife insists on having a 5dr) which has 31K on the clock. What milage is on everyone's clock in relation to age?

Cheers

[Doug W]

don't worry about mileage with VWs mate - got a V 1.8T with 25K but had a Corrado before which had 200K when it left my hands. Look after it, change the oil, get it serviced/do it yourself and don't rag it when the engine is cold (esp as you have a turbo) and I'm sure 200K is on the cards (as this is a more modern engine).

[kniterider]

yeah milege aint an issue on these engines!!!, ive read on a american website these 20v engines arent fully loose (run in) till about 150,000 miles so youve got a life time of motoring ahead!!! just keep serviced and make sure cam belt is done before times up, and dont cane it till warm and dont kane it before you turn off (as turbo can still be cooking!!!) let get to idle running temp then turn off!!!

[S11EPS]

My PD150 is at 50k, its 18 months old.

It has the living bejesus caned out of it every day and it hasn't missed a beat. Keep the servicing regular, and as Knightrider says, let it warm up before you cane it and give it an idling session before switching off.

At the end of the day there are endless numbers of people on here running 15 year old Mk2's and 20 year old MK1'S that have well over 100k on them.

You would assume that engine technology has moved on from this, increasing life expectancy, so a properly maintained engine in a Mk4 should do a quarter of a million miles without too much of a problem.

[kniterider]

hear hear!!! i love it when some one backs me up for a change!!!! lol

[number_six]

Cheers dudes

Kniterider do you know the name of that American website please?

Got me 5dr the other day and I think it drives a bit better than my previous one, less rattles in the cabin too, although there is a knocking noise that seems to be coming from the front drivers door.  Taking it back in next Fri to be looked at.

When I picked the car up, I was driving up the M40 to test it out and noticed there is a smallish chip in the windscreen, do you think it's worth getting them to fix that or am I being too fusy  

[kniterider]

ill try and find out but it was ages ago!!, i was looking through the forum on vw vortex and there was a link!!, if i find it ill post it!!

[golfvr6]

It will be interesting to see how long the turbo engines last compared with the normally aspirated ones..

[antgti]

Should'nt be any different as the block is strong, will just have to replace the turbo after 90 - 110k, i would have thought, but might last longer as the units don't run at very high pressure.  My old Punto Gt needed a new turbo at 70000, but that was a 1.4 running the standard fiat 18Psi. They all go at that milage, as long as you replace the turbo before it blows, cos then the block may end up damaged.

Plus will be interesting to see if a variable serviced car will last any different to an identicle Fixed schedule serviced car.  we will all be old and onto Mk5's before that happens anyway.

[golfvr6]

Don't worry about the block, worry about the pistons and bearings. They are gonna take huge stress. Forced induction will almost certainly wear these parts quicker than a normally aspirated engine.