High mileage 2.0 TDI's! What does your odometer read?
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Hi, sorry for such a long reply, been a mad few months in my household! The car is doing fine, other than the bonnet hood latch switch having gone following a recent oil change and maybe the oil level sensor! Need to change them both before the next MOT, but the car has just hit 154k and I'm still considering the remap (stage 1 only). Did you end up going for a remap yourself?
Facelift S-Line SP 2009 140 CBAB at 134K - Bought with a leaking brake servo and MC, now swapped out, halfway through upgrading the balance shaft with replacement oil pump hex drive (original not as worn as others on here so purely a preventative measure), oil level sensor/wiring issue to resolve. Potential issues on the horizon?: failing driveshaft seal at gearbox, occasional errant idle speed, DMF 'thumping'?? 45-55MPG average. Would I buy another? Probably but with RNSE/decent audio system 
I really dont think these are high mileage. 50 years ago maybe but modern tolerance engines with modern oils just go on and on if looked after
My neighbour has a 25 year old Celica thats on 285k miles and is pretty much trouble free. My stage 2+ S3 is on 113k miles, had it since new and it still goes like new in fact its got better with mileage TBH.
My neighbour has a 25 year old Celica thats on 285k miles and is pretty much trouble free. My stage 2+ S3 is on 113k miles, had it since new and it still goes like new in fact its got better with mileage TBH.
Not a 2.0l but my 1.9l is on just shy of 149k. Turbo is showing signs of age but it still pulls like a train compared to my previous Shitroen diesel.
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Seems like its only certain remappers that tend to be more afraid of mapping anything over 100k, is that just because they cannot be bothered with the potential blame if something went wrong afterwards with any moving part of your car i.e. clutch, DMF etc.
07 b7 avant 2.0tdi brd.
152k. Dpf gut egr delete and a map.
Turbo whistles like Fxxk. Got a hesitation when booting it. Either injectors or dodgy map. But apart from that smashes the mileage every week no issue.
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152k. Dpf gut egr delete and a map.
Turbo whistles like Fxxk. Got a hesitation when booting it. Either injectors or dodgy map. But apart from that smashes the mileage every week no issue.
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Good to hear! I choose against a remap as I will most likely go for a faster car when I upgrade. Not doing as much miles as I used to, so having to clean the DPF every few weeks. Nearly on 150k
Hi, I've noticed my thermostat rarely reaches 90° even though I do long drives, and most my journeys are above 20 mins or so. However this doesn't have any effect on the drive of the car itself (e.g. turbo still boosts, car drives fine) but would I benefit from getting a genuine thermostat put in? MPG has been fairly low (30's round town, 40-50ish motorway)
A3 - 149k currently
A3 - 149k currently
With the current weather we've had that seems normal. Mine is only reaching around 70°c at the moment on a 30-40 minute commute.
What engine/year is your car?
Doesn't sound too far out there when adding an Oil & fuel filter change, i'm sure I paid around the 300-400 mark for my a4 1.9tdi in the past.
My 2011 2.0tdi is due a belt next year i think, so be interested in the comments on price for that, not had it done before on this car.
Think i might need a thermostat too, seems to take an age to get to 90 now & not stay there when stationary.
I've read above about them not keeping to 90 in this cold weather, but from my experience of the a4 & a previous golf tdi they all did this when needing a new stat... and when working have always stuck on the 90. (i may be wrong & the newer a3 engine might be different?!)
Just noticed you've also commented on the temperature, are you planning a thermostat change while getting the belt done too?
Doesn't sound too far out there when adding an Oil & fuel filter change, i'm sure I paid around the 300-400 mark for my a4 1.9tdi in the past.
My 2011 2.0tdi is due a belt next year i think, so be interested in the comments on price for that, not had it done before on this car.
Think i might need a thermostat too, seems to take an age to get to 90 now & not stay there when stationary.
I've read above about them not keeping to 90 in this cold weather, but from my experience of the a4 & a previous golf tdi they all did this when needing a new stat... and when working have always stuck on the 90. (i may be wrong & the newer a3 engine might be different?!)
Just noticed you've also commented on the temperature, are you planning a thermostat change while getting the belt done too?
Hi pal, mines a 2010 Audi A3 2.0TDI. In regards to the thermostat, I’m probably looking at another £100 so I might leave it for the time being. I think £500 is enough - as I may need my brake fluid changing this service.
so the internal temperature on the oil section of the cars computer says my car runs at around 85-86* but the thermostat never touches 90*. But drives absolutely fine - odd right!
so the internal temperature on the oil section of the cars computer says my car runs at around 85-86* but the thermostat never touches 90*. But drives absolutely fine - odd right!
Yeah I Hear you there... £500 is enough to be spending, especially around this time of year!
My main concern is, if the coolant temp/car think the temp isn't optimal does it then postpone doing dfp regens? leading to possible issues with that? (I'm just guessing I'm no mechanic!)
I'm not sure where the Thermostat is on these, or how much coolant is lost when changing etc.., so not sure if its a job where you'd save a bit of labour by having it done at the same time as the Cambelt?
With my other cars in the past, I've left it for a while as they never had dpf's thankfully.. this one, however does.
I'm burying my head in the sand with mine as the Mrs uses it for work, I barely go in it & it does get to 90 albeit slower than i'd like, but I think it drops a bit when stationary at the moment & it's mpg reading still seems fine.
I might be worrying about nothing, my a4 gets to 90 quite a bit quicker, but then the older engines may run hotter?.. who knows
Oh & in regards to the driving of the car, the A4 & golf that had properly fluctuating temp gauges both drove absolutely fine & also never noticed much in the way of mpg drop (hence i left them for a fair while.. rightly or wrongly) but both were fixed & stuck to 90 after putting a new genuine thermostat in.
Shame the newer a3 doesn't use the same one as i have a spare one here for my a4.. thinking back, the temp gauge in the A4 did have a funny turn a couple of years after the first replacement, so i bought a second thermostat (was only £25 at the time) to have put in when i had the cambelt done.. but i forgot to buy the new seal. So the mechanic didn't swap it at the time & actually, it's been ok since (touch wood)
So maybe.. a cambelt change/coolant change & a bit of disruption might actually kick yours back into action (if it is in fact an issue) never know lol
My main concern is, if the coolant temp/car think the temp isn't optimal does it then postpone doing dfp regens? leading to possible issues with that? (I'm just guessing I'm no mechanic!)
I'm not sure where the Thermostat is on these, or how much coolant is lost when changing etc.., so not sure if its a job where you'd save a bit of labour by having it done at the same time as the Cambelt?
With my other cars in the past, I've left it for a while as they never had dpf's thankfully.. this one, however does.
I'm burying my head in the sand with mine as the Mrs uses it for work, I barely go in it & it does get to 90 albeit slower than i'd like, but I think it drops a bit when stationary at the moment & it's mpg reading still seems fine.
I might be worrying about nothing, my a4 gets to 90 quite a bit quicker, but then the older engines may run hotter?.. who knows
Oh & in regards to the driving of the car, the A4 & golf that had properly fluctuating temp gauges both drove absolutely fine & also never noticed much in the way of mpg drop (hence i left them for a fair while.. rightly or wrongly) but both were fixed & stuck to 90 after putting a new genuine thermostat in.
Shame the newer a3 doesn't use the same one as i have a spare one here for my a4.. thinking back, the temp gauge in the A4 did have a funny turn a couple of years after the first replacement, so i bought a second thermostat (was only £25 at the time) to have put in when i had the cambelt done.. but i forgot to buy the new seal. So the mechanic didn't swap it at the time & actually, it's been ok since (touch wood)
So maybe.. a cambelt change/coolant change & a bit of disruption might actually kick yours back into action (if it is in fact an issue) never know lol
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In regards to the thermostat postponing DPF regens, i'll ask the mechanics that tomorrow as I am not exactly sure. What's the mileage on your motor pal?
That is a good point Norris. To be totally honest I would rather spend an extra £200 and change my discs and pads, then spend £100 on a dodgy thermostat. But I will check tomorrow and see if changing the thermostat does help with DPF regeneration cycles. If I was noticing a substantial mpg drop ~10mpg or a loss of power then I would potentially consider changing it, but also the price of A3 Black Edition's has massively dropped due to ULEZ, Emission zones across the country.
But oh boy is the 2.0TDI one mighty engine!
That is a good point Norris. To be totally honest I would rather spend an extra £200 and change my discs and pads, then spend £100 on a dodgy thermostat. But I will check tomorrow and see if changing the thermostat does help with DPF regeneration cycles. If I was noticing a substantial mpg drop ~10mpg or a loss of power then I would potentially consider changing it, but also the price of A3 Black Edition's has massively dropped due to ULEZ, Emission zones across the country.
But oh boy is the 2.0TDI one mighty engine!
Yeah would be worth asking the advice of a mechanic about it, i just thought the car needed to meet certain criteria to perform the regen & one of those things is the coolant/engine temp..
I had a quick look at a couple of videos of changing the stat on a cffb engine!... looks like a far to big a job just for a stat, so maybe ask your mechanic what the cost would be to change it later. It might be that the labour is the same anyway, just depends what needs removing to do the belt i guess.
On my other cars the stat was a 10min job!.. doesn't look it on these.
My car is on 90k miles now, and yeah it seems a nice engine (shame the previous owner had the emissions recall done!... i'm now paranoid about that too lol!!)
**must apologise, I've taken this thread a bit off topic!..
I had a quick look at a couple of videos of changing the stat on a cffb engine!... looks like a far to big a job just for a stat, so maybe ask your mechanic what the cost would be to change it later. It might be that the labour is the same anyway, just depends what needs removing to do the belt i guess.
On my other cars the stat was a 10min job!.. doesn't look it on these.
My car is on 90k miles now, and yeah it seems a nice engine (shame the previous owner had the emissions recall done!... i'm now paranoid about that too lol!!)
**must apologise, I've taken this thread a bit off topic!..
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So I asked my mechanic - he said the thermostat was slightly sticking. But this isn't related to DPF regenerations as that's different. Thermostat is around £300, 2 hours labour and parts around £100.
Fairly low mileage, be careful of the EGR valve failing on you. As 2 years after the update was done on my 2.0TDI, my car went into limp mode and needed a replacement EGR cooler
Next job - remap! Can anyone recommend any good Diesel tuners - ideally keeping the DPF and EGR in
Fairly low mileage, be careful of the EGR valve failing on you. As 2 years after the update was done on my 2.0TDI, my car went into limp mode and needed a replacement EGR cooler
Next job - remap! Can anyone recommend any good Diesel tuners - ideally keeping the DPF and EGR in
So he wasn't too concerned about the thermostat then? £300!... Jeez! that is approaching cambelt money, mad. I can see how it might be 2hours labour though which is ridiculous.
I did see, Darkside advertise a genuine Thermostat for £51 (didn't include delivery)
The EGR on mine was replaced a couple of years after the recall was done i think so i'd like to think it'd last a while (but god knows what the emission recall does on these)
So yours just needed the egr cooler, i wonder what points out it's the cooler not the actual egr? I'll have to dig out the receipt for mine, but i'm sure it was a full egr replacement.
Just been out to wash the car actually, found the mrs has put a massive scratch along the rear corner of the bumper.. so thats great lol! and i had a look under the bonnet & can't even see the thermostat!..
I did see, Darkside advertise a genuine Thermostat for £51 (didn't include delivery)
The EGR on mine was replaced a couple of years after the recall was done i think so i'd like to think it'd last a while (but god knows what the emission recall does on these)
So yours just needed the egr cooler, i wonder what points out it's the cooler not the actual egr? I'll have to dig out the receipt for mine, but i'm sure it was a full egr replacement.
Just been out to wash the car actually, found the mrs has put a massive scratch along the rear corner of the bumper.. so thats great lol! and i had a look under the bonnet & can't even see the thermostat!..
I’ve got a 2012 2.0tdi black edition 140 that I bought with 90k on I’ve had a dpf delete +clean repmap and I’m currently on 267k I do an oil and filter change every 6k the gearbox needed a refurb at the 250k mark at a cost of £1700 and for everyone reading there was no warning of it about to go it just failed one day I’d pulled over and went to drive of again and nothing..
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Weve had this car since 20k and I can honestly say the only thing major was a VNT replacement.
It’s still on its original brake calipers, handbrake cables and brake lines surprisingly.
I replaced shocks and springs at around 150k with Bilstein B4 as one was getting a bit soft.
Recently my car went to my local Audi dealership to get one of the exhaust gas sensors replaced. For anyone who allows Audi to wash and vacuum their car, say no. They use a big brush all over the car and squeegee at the end! Scratch central!!
I had unti recently a b7 with 239k on it when I sold it, not a really high mileage but it hadn't been serviced since 120k miles. It used oil so was topped up when necessary but that was it engine wise.
I didn't set out to do this it just crept up on me and then it just got to the point where I thought sod it, the cars not worth much,
The only thing that went wrong was the egr valve clogging up every other year.
It's the most neglected car I have ever had and also the most reliable.
I didn't set out to do this it just crept up on me and then it just got to the point where I thought sod it, the cars not worth much,
The only thing that went wrong was the egr valve clogging up every other year.
It's the most neglected car I have ever had and also the most reliable.
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Sounds a lot like my old b6 which I let go after 201k didn’t service it for about 4 years and rarely had to top up oil averaged about 18k a year in it. Only got rid as the timing belt/waterpump change and the ATF service with tyres was going to cost more than the car and needed a better boot from a saloon.
Solid 1.9 tdi engine. Car is still going now I’m told.
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Solid 1.9 tdi engine. Car is still going now I’m told.
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I suspect my new c7 allroad will be a lot more fragile and costly, if I had the drive space I would have kept my old trooper, like your old car mine is still on the road as I checked its tax online
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You sit there at 70mph on the dot with no aggressive driving?
or a third lane Michael Schumacher driver trying to get to the front of the non existent never ending queue to your destination?
I get about 600 miles of a full tank mostly just put a tenner in at the moment though and that roughly gives me 60/65 miles and my cars mileage is just under 295k miles
