Which Volkswagen diesel engine is the best?
Volkswagen 1.9L ALH TDI Diesel While Volkswagen has produced many very good diesel engines over the years, the “ALH” engine used between 1998 and 2006 is regarded as one of the best. These engines were only used in cars, with 1.9 litres litres of displacement over 4 cylinders; direct injected and turbocharged.
How many kms will a turbo diesel engine last?
“You can get up to maybe 250,000 km or 300,000 km before a gas engine starts to make noise, or burn oil because it’s wearing out, but a diesel can quite easily do 500,000 km and still be in excellent shape,” says one certified mechanic I spoke with.
What kind of engine does a VW diesel have?
This section is about current three-cylinder diesel engines, for discontinued three-cylinder diesel engines, see List of discontinued Volkswagen Group diesel engines#Three-cylinder diesels. Motor type: EA 189 / All R3 1199 ccm three cylinder engines are derived from the R4 1598 ccm 4 cylinder engine, VW just cut off one 399,5 ccm cylinder.
Is the VW 1.6tdi engine better for longer journeys?
There’s thousands of vw group cars on the road using this engine and I wonder if it’s just due to the amount produced that so many problems are reported when there may be far more reliable ones. All diesels are better suited to longer journeys. Every year, I grow half as pretty, and twice as drunk.
Is the Golf Mk 7 1.6 diesel good?
I’ve been looking at Golf Mk 7 1.6 diesels, despite all the bad press diesels are getting at the moment. Anyone here got a vw with this engine. The internet is full reports of problems which seem to be mainly about the egr valves blocking and them being better suited to long journeys rather than local short runs.
How manyk does a VW Golf 1.6tdi do?
I have had two VW Golf 1.6TDIs as work cars (a 62 reg, replaced with a 15 reg) and both did about 35k each in the two years I had each one. Absolutely zero mechanical faults whatsoever.