I was at a TDi get together at Fixum Haus in Portland , Oregon this week and KermaTDI was there doing performing Q Loader / Alligator tunes and supplying Bosio Powerplus injector nozzles.
The guys at Fixum Haus are TDI experts and were doing the Timing Belts and Injector installs and I got a chance to see the nicest looking high mileage ALH motor Golf TDI.
This car was as original and untouched as any high mileage car I have ever seen. The paint and interior were almost like new, and the engine compartment looked great.
There was only a bit of oil leak from a front cam seal, which was replaced during the timing belt service.
Here's what I found most interesting:
The cams and valve train were perfect and the entire cylinder head under the valve cover looked perfectly clean.
There was no sludge, no varnish, no stains ...nothing except clean metal that was almost new in appearance.
The vehicle had a steady diet of Delvac 1 5W-40 for most of its 400,000 mile plus life ; changed every 5000 miles. [ instead of VW's 10,000 mile specified interval ]
Now maybe it could have been changed every 6K or 7K etc. with the same oil and looked as good, but everyone I spoke to commented that the same engines using Delvac 1 at 10K OCI's looked a whole lot dirtier.
The other comments that I found interesting were these:
- The experts at Fixum Haus said they have yet to see a PD motor with cam or lifter problems other than 2004 models with automatic transmissions.
- and many people believed that a 507.00 spec oil like Elf was the way to go. 505.01 was described as being a poor oil spec \ fix for an orphaned engine design.
The guys at Fixum Haus are TDI experts and were doing the Timing Belts and Injector installs and I got a chance to see the nicest looking high mileage ALH motor Golf TDI.
This car was as original and untouched as any high mileage car I have ever seen. The paint and interior were almost like new, and the engine compartment looked great.
There was only a bit of oil leak from a front cam seal, which was replaced during the timing belt service.
Here's what I found most interesting:
The cams and valve train were perfect and the entire cylinder head under the valve cover looked perfectly clean.
There was no sludge, no varnish, no stains ...nothing except clean metal that was almost new in appearance.
The vehicle had a steady diet of Delvac 1 5W-40 for most of its 400,000 mile plus life ; changed every 5000 miles. [ instead of VW's 10,000 mile specified interval ]
Now maybe it could have been changed every 6K or 7K etc. with the same oil and looked as good, but everyone I spoke to commented that the same engines using Delvac 1 at 10K OCI's looked a whole lot dirtier.
The other comments that I found interesting were these:
- The experts at Fixum Haus said they have yet to see a PD motor with cam or lifter problems other than 2004 models with automatic transmissions.
- and many people believed that a 507.00 spec oil like Elf was the way to go. 505.01 was described as being a poor oil spec \ fix for an orphaned engine design.
