hOW MANY MILES HAS YOUR DIESEL ENGINE DONE??

[johnipitman]

I've had 4 volvos since 1979.

1st was a 240 estate petrol -198000 miles.
2nd was a 240 diesel -220000 miles -sold as a hay transporter on a farm (off-road.
3rd was a 740 diesel -cylinder head gasket went at 187,000, and big-end at 235000 miles.
4th is a 850 tdi, red manual diesel, currently being offered for sale/parts on this site since yesterday - 220,000 mile.

Seems as if the ones I've had - all Volvo serviced - become too expensive and rusty beyond about 220000 miles!

[RoyMacDonald]

There are some really high milers in the High Milage Club on the Volvo Owners Club pages. To see the cars select a menu in the top left corner on this page.....http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/hmc/hmc_faq.shtml

Here is the top of the Unofficial list....

1 Irv Gordon USA New York 1800S 1966 2,920,000
2 S. E. Mäkinen Finland 245 GL Diesel 1979 1,628,780
3 Brett Sutherland Canada 122S 1965 1,565,471
2852 Jerry Morris USA 142S 1968 1,269,122
2271 Ellen Crist USA 244DL 1979 1,098,000

[johnipitman]

I've had four so far since 1978, and am now on the 5th! All have had manual boxes. All bought second-hand with between 40 and 68K on the clock - i.e just run in!

1. 245 estate Petrol 213,000 miles - death due to rust!
2. 245 estate diesel 198,000 miles - sold on as an off-road hay carrier on a farm
3. 740 estate Diesel 238,000 odd miles - never right after a cylinder gasket failed at about 188,000 miles, then terminal big-end failure at about 238,000 miles
4. 850 tdi estate - still going at 220,000 miles, although the bodywork/suspension need fixing - currently on this site for repair/spares
.
My current one is a V70 D5.

[GazT4]

153,000 miles on 2005 V50 2.0D Sport. Going strong so far (Only bought recently with FSH)

[damrabbit]

just bought 1st volvo diesel its a 850 tdi 100,000 on the clock fsh so hoping it will last a long time to come

[weedeno belfast]

1999 v70 tdi 200k

[Blue693]

Have a D5 S60 2003 with 195,000 miles - no problem!

[foggyjames]

Mine rolled over 225k last week.

Since the last update (210k) it had a second-hand turbo (£150, plus 2 evenings to fit) at 217k after the original (I presume - nothing in the history to say it's had one before) failed spectacularly, both pneumatic engine mounts (~£170) at 224k, and I finally got around to replacing the clutch master cylinder which has been weeping since I bought it (into the interior, causing the position switch to fail, and the cruise to refuse to work!).

I've never been that happy with the idle quality, and since I bought my VIDA/DICE rig, I've been using the injector diagnostics to keep an eye on that. All bar one of mine are out of spec (±3mm^3, IIRC), but one is much worse than the others. I'm going to perform a leak-off test ASAP, and then refer it to a diesel specialist if the results are nasty.

So, it has given me a few bills in the past few months, and if I need an injector (or two) that won't be cheap, but each bill so far has been less than that month's fuel saving, and there is still a significant overall saving...plus, when it's done, it's done. The other saving grace is that lower mileage cars seem no better behaved - the D5s just aren't as "robust" as their petrol cousins. It's still worth it (and by a big margin) for a high mileage user.

cheers

James

[shoehorn]

Hi,
First post ex merc man now into volvos,
2005 v70 d5 se now done 176000 miles but runs like its done 50000
really smooth and powerfull.
Had 2 problems up to now 1 faulty injector and alternator clutch failure causing the auxillary belt to vibrate on tickover,
Still love the car

[Laney760]

Since I last posted on here my D24Tic has clocked up another 22 thou, now on 117,000, hasn't skipped a beat, all I've done is change the full synth oil every 6 months along with oil and fuel filters (and air filter occasionally)