160,000 miles

[Danny S]

I went to look at a bora last night, everything seemed good on the car and i quite like it.

Only thing is it has a whopping 160k on the clock. Anything to look out for? Has it got plenty of life left in it?

PD130 lump i believe.. cheers!

[aka_kerrly]

i dont think that 160,000 is that high these days and if that has been racked up on a motorway id expect the engine has had a easy life. check the service history to make sure its had regular oil changes, belts, plugs. Probably had a lambda sensor and a EGR valve to.

Aside from the EGR valve, fuel pumps and the wiring looms for the injectors i dont think there are that many common faults with these engines that wouldnt affect every other engine. A friend of mine has a passat PS130 that has over 200k on it (03plate i think) and its used for towing caravans, trailors, ramped across fields to get to motorcross events and hasnt given him any grief.