vw gt tdi 130

[robbieBMW3]

im looking at buying a vw golf gt tdi 130 iv seen one with 100000 miles on it its in good condition and is on a 52 plate its within my price range the only thing im worried about is the milleage ive herd that these engines are indistructable is this right and should i be worried

thanks

rob

[BoraBora]

dont worry about the mileage 100,000 is nothing on a diesel, as long as its been serviced regularly ( oil change every 9k or so) it will do 250k, i spoke to the guy at my MOT place and he said he's never failed one of these engines on Emissions yet

cracking car

[Defcon5]

try and get one that has been serviced using the correct oil - I beleive the PD engines are quite picky

[robbieBMW3]

thanks alot that has really helped me out thanks guys

[clonmult]

BoraBora said:

dont worry about the mileage 100,000 is nothing on a diesel, as long as its been serviced regularly ( oil change every 9k or so) it will do 250k, i spoke to the guy at my MOT place and he said he's never failed one of these engines on Emissions yet

cracking car

Which engine is it in this Golf? 1.9 or 2.0? My 1.9 PDI A6 would have failed its last MoT on emissions, it was running too rich and some sensor or other needed changing. It went through a service/pre-MoT check at the independent prior to the MoT though.

[BoraBora]

its the 1.9TDI 130, the same as in the bora i believe, if it failed because of a sensor, its not really the engines fault, i use Fully Synthetic Oil in mine 10:40w i think

[v8 jago]

I use same oil in my A6 19tdi 110. It runs sweet and doesnt miss a beat if i do a run from cleveland to essex and back. Mine has just turned 176000. Great engines.

[cptsideways]

Weve got one with 165k on the clock, goes really well & never misses a beat. Shame about the rest of the VW build quality though, stuff like door latches, switchgear etc is all shoddy and falls apart LOTS & its a bh to work on!

Nice engine but the rest of it is pretty crap imho

[kmm]

I bought my wife a tdi gt 130bhp on a 02 plate nearly a year ago. Had about 85k on the clock with full service and never missed a beat. She absolutely loves the golf, good mph and nice torquey engine. I was that impressed with it, that i bought a caddy van tdi 140.

The only thing that's gone wrong is the window regulator. The plastic clips break over time, but was a cheap fix at £40 and a few hrs of patience.