Thanks for letting me know about your TDI.. I have taken the plunge and am buying a 98 TDI with 113K on the clock. Service history / condition seems to support these K's. Pick it up next week.
Thanks Dave
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Thanks for letting me know about your TDI.. I have taken the plunge and am buying a 98 TDI with 113K on the clock. Service history / condition seems to support these K's. Pick it up next week.
Thanks Dave
Man/auto,price?Quote:
Originally Posted by gozzie
(I'm thinking of selling my 1998 300tdi man 190K, engine rebuilt by Murray Kingman).
Congratulations Dave, the Tdi is a top vehicle and with 113 k is a baby. You have a car for long time. Enjoy it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gozzie
Cheers
Why the engine war rebuilt with less than 300 k? Something went kaput ?Quote:
Originally Posted by 29dinosaur
Sure did - what Murray thought was that previous owner must have cooked the head after losing water, the turkey of a mechanic that worked on it shaved it much too much, put it back together, pistons then went into head and low and behold things went belly up as bits of metal were pushed beyond the limit.... Now has nice new head, pistons, rings, bottom end done up etc, etc. Now runs really well - surprise, surprise,... instead of spewing out it's innards and sounding like a piston was going to be speared through engine. Mind you we were driving around quite nicely on only 2 cylinders with any decent compression. Nice car - anyone interested.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chucaro
Never stop amazing me the amount of butchers that work as motor mechanics.Quote:
Originally Posted by 29dinosaur
If we were in USA the lawyers have a field day :(
Any reasonable good diesel engine proper maintained have to reach 400k
that's for sure.... anyone on list trade a deep blue 1998 man 300tdi in at a dealers in Newcastle area middish 2007 and dare to own up what happened??Quote:
Originally Posted by Chucaro