[Vwdiesel] TDI Injector Life...

[Gerry Wolfe]

Saw an earlier post about injector life on TDI's... 50 - 100K was time to overhaul or replace?

Bought a '97 A3 TDI over the winter, now has about 240K km on in, came with complete service / maintenance records.  Injectors are original, have never been serviced or overhauled.
I'm currently getting low-50 mpg (Imp gallons) with city/hiway driving, got a best of 63mpg on full hiway driving.

What really impressed me: climbed the Malahat hiway on Vancouver Island with 4 passengers and too much luggage -- set the cruise control at the speed limit (80kph) in 5th gear and the engine didn't even seem to work at it... passed a bunch of other cars in the process.  Previously, I had to downshift to 4th gear, run full throttle and put out a smokescreen with my '91 TD.


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