Just met a guy...who has an early MK..has owned it for 20yr and ..believe it or not has done 900k on the same engine...confirmed myself!!! what a tough car. Anyone has done these kilo..s would like to hear from you about this amazing feat..
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Just met a guy...who has an early MK..has owned it for 20yr and ..believe it or not has done 900k on the same engine...confirmed myself!!! what a tough car. Anyone has done these kilo..s would like to hear from you about this amazing feat..
We are all waiting photo of this hero!
x2..!! Piccies...we all luv picciesQuote:
Originally Posted by Wine_maker
I want to see a video of it clocking the 1million...lol
My friend up in Airlie Beach has a TD42 GQ ute and it is now up to 1.2million. He drives all over Australia doing installations and uses Ryco filters and has never missed a beat or had any serious mechanical problems.
900,000 Ks, ah its only starting to run in
He probably spend more on fuel each month than the car is worth.
Still, 900,000km, thats a lot of driving.........
Cheers!
C'mon whe are the pics? What a milestone
Tim
Oh, the MK is a tough rig:)
I had a 1986 MK161 some years ago with 780 000 on an odometer. Engine was still in quite good condition when i sold it. Some years later i saw the owner, he said the rig has almost 900 000 km, engine burns oil a bit, but rust has made its work and he can not ride without a hard welding job. Rust is the car killer here, snow with salt everywhere 4 months in a year...
Also i know a Russian guy, his MQ160 odometer broke about 6 years ago at 1,2M. He has changed the engine once, but he drives minimum 60-70 thousand per year and the rig is still running. But looks really tired...:)
A friend has an old nissan 720 ute with the SD25 engine. It has 560,000 on it and the odo hasnt worked in the 3 years he's owned it. Not sure how long it stopped working before he bought it. Burns a bit of oil and lacks compression but starts first go. As has been said above, rust is the killer.....the chassis snapped on the rear spring shackle!
Mine just hit 400.000 i took a photo I'll have to figure out how to upload it
Lol I think my bottom is knocky not sure if thats just normal for these sd33 motors