[Vwdiesel] [VW-TDI] 150000 milestone

[Paul L Fisher]

Welcome to the 150K mile plus club....


Paul L Fisher

2000 Volkswagen Golf GLS TDI 5 Speed - White - 165,000 miles

 - Upsolute
 - OldNavy CCV
 - Bilstein TC shocks/struts

Check out my website: http://www.paul-fisher.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: VW-TDI at yahoogroups.com [mailto:VW-TDI at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
dieseltdi at verizon.net
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 7:31 PM
To: VW TDI Mail List; VW diesel mail list; Audi-VW-diesels Mail list
Subject: [VW-TDI] 150000 milestone

Well my 98 reached the 150000 mile mark last Sunday, 90000 of it my  
own.  Since this is such a momentous occasion, I figured I would sit  
down and figure out what I have purchased to keep the car on the road  
(not including oil and diesel).  So my list looks like this:

2 sets of tires (second set I went to 15" wheels and tires the old  
14" wheels and tires are on my Caddy)
2 sets of brake pads/shoes
1 set of drums and 1 set of discs
2 sets of struts and shocks (first set was a used set from a GLI so I  
could get stiffer springs, just replaced them last week)
1 N75 valve
1 turbo (see my web page for what a turbo looks like when they come  
apart at speed)
4 turbo oil supply lines and 4 oil supply line brackets (guess what  
happens  to the supply line when the bracket breaks?)
4 fuel filters
9 oil filters
2 timing belts, serpentine belts, tensioners and V belts
2 intake cleanings (60000 and 120000 at the same time as timing belt)
1 K&N air filter
1 glow plug harness
1 glow plug relay
4 glow plugs
4 injectors (didn't really need to replace them but I got a good deal  
on new ones)
1 diesel geek oversized oil cooler
1 set of Wetteraur speed chips
about 10 feet of vacuum hose
  1 drivers side head light assembly
full set of gauges - boost, EGR and oil temp
removed EGR cooler due to fractured exhaust flex pipe fittings now  
runs like a 1Z
and probably a few other things if I thought about it!

Car still runs great, averages 34-36 mpg in my short run back and  
forth to work and mid 40's on the highway.  I normally run biodiesel  
but have lost my methanol supplier so lately I have been running a  
50/50 mix of filtered WVO and diesel.  Actually gets better mpg than  
on biodiesel.   Car has been through 2 Texas hailstorms so it is a  
bit ugly but it still serves it purpose.  I am hoping to keep it up  
and running so that I can take delivery of a 2008 CDI Jetta in the  
Fall of 07 or spring of 08.  Hayden

" Those who are willing to sacrifice Liberty for Security, deserve  
neither Liberty nor Security."  Ben Franklin
"Dictatorships all have common factors:  a government controlled by  
one party, a leader who claims to have special powers outside the law  
to keep the country "safe", secret prisons where people are locked up  
without charges or trial and government opponents are branded as  
unpatriotic and charged with aiding the enemy."

Visit my website at:  http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/mydieselpages/
Proud owner of:
2004 Passat TDI GLS, 2.0l, 8 valve, 134 HP, 247 lb/ft of torque  
(making 150 hp with Diesel Power Tuning Box), Blue Graphite,  
Anthracite leather interior, ABS, ESP.
1998 Jetta TDI (Wetterauer Chipset, 2 1/2" exhaust, K&N Filter,  140K 
+ miles, and running biodiesel)
1981 Rabbit Pickup -Awaiting a TDI engine swap with a 96 Passat 1Z  
engine.
And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (11 Beetles total), to  
Vans (5 - 3 splitties, 2 bay window), Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1),  
Jettas (5), Passat (1), Dasher (1), New Beetle (1), and Rabbit  
Pickups (3) most now gone but not forgotten.


 

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