High miles a worry?

[dcwuk]

Hi all
I am looking to buy a bigger van to replace my connect and wonder should I be concerned at the high mileage on some of the vans I see for sale.(100-167k)
I only want to spend around £4k
What about big fuel petrol/LPG vans ?
Thanks
Dcw

[dcwuk]

That should read bi fuel

[Altransit]

Don't know about the petrol engines, but the diesels are capable of very high mileages

My Mk6 had 157k when I bought it in February, and I've done another 10k since then, with no problems

[kingcorney]

my old luton transit had 159k on clock when i scraped her.. the chassis was beyond repair but the engine was like brand new, never ever ever let me down i did around 30k in her and she had a new water pump and a new cambelt,,

[blobby]

Got my "55" 100 mk6 with 176k on the clock,now just topped 188k.
Recently replaced the clutch kit,flywheel,both front wheel bearings,oil and filter,discs and pads,
both coolant hoses from oil cooler,cleaned out inlet and replaced rubbers,rear drums and shoes,
EGR,fixed a fuel leak and an oil leak,air and fuel filters..........and now the alternators noisy!
Typical all this needs doing after i,ve spent money on colour coding,alloys,ICE etc........

[davev6newman]

I bought as van with 167000 miles 5 years ago, just clocked 260000 now, no problems.

[Beegly]

mines heading for 173,000. I have had the van 3.5 yrs and had a new DMF and cluch (consumables), injectors serviced (I was told they need doing every 100,000 miles),and cam sensor replaced.

oh and the EGR blanked

[stevo]

You take a chance with any motor with high miles.I suppose that at a van with mega miles will have been looked after well otherwise it probably wouldnt have reached high miles.

[oldyellar]

I had a citylink mk6 90ps sold it with 419k on the clock

[dcwuk]

Thanks for the replies ended up with an 06 MK6 with 31k miles full history ect

[snowbikesurf]

I had a citylink mk6 90ps sold it with 419k on the clock

That's about the same as Apollo 11 - very impressive. Is it reasonable to expect a well looked after engine to do 250k then?

[Altransit]

Is it reasonable to expect a well looked after engine to do 250k then?

Yes