Hi All,
Just got myself a Mk7 12 seater. It has 400K km on the clock, but has been regularly serviced since new as the service books show. It has been well maintained etc. Now the reason why they sold it (if you want to read how I came to be the owner, see newbie introduction ) is because it was going over the Westgate Bridge here. It's a bit of a climb, and the driver said temp went into the red, oil light came on and then he shutdown immediately. It was towed off the bridge to the mechanic.
Long story, they sold it, I bought it, and it ended up being the oil cooler which I have now replaced. There were no obvious signs of any other damage other than a split heater hose. Thermostat wasn't opening, so replaced it. I checked the turbo on the cold side by spinning and checking thrust play. Rotates smoothly, essentially no movement horizontally or vertically, and no obvious FOD on the impellers. Despite being 'overheated', my OBD2 reader has not detected any DTC's. So I am cautiously optimistic about the condition. It idles well, but I haven't yet taken it for a drive, since it needs to be inspected for a Roadworthy Certificate which is needed to transfer the registration.
Now, to my question. What sort of life expectancy can I anticipate with such a relatively high mileage motor? (Yes, I know it all depends) but I have seen them here on Gumtree etc with over 650K km on the clock and still going.
If I should be thinking of getting hold of a lower km motor, I would try to put the 3.2 in it (yup, have read that whole thread through).
Thoughts anyone?
Tassiebloke