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speedygeorge
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:58 pm    Post subject: How long should well taken care of 2.1 engine last Reply with quote

I have a 1991 westy with 150K miles on original engine, heads were done by previous owner at 120K, engine well taken care of with regular maintenance. Compression is 140/150/140/150 with no isssues, auto trans.

Silly question but is there anyway to guess how long I can expect this engine to last.


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Check out some of the mileages on members' vans:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=377338&highlight=milage+mileage

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hate to bring this up to you, but do a search for rod bolt failure on the 2.1.

tencentlife wrote:

On the other hand, 150k on a 2.1 is getting close to the magic number for a rod bolt failure. The 1.9's did not have this weakness, but 2.1's, particularly if primarily highway-driven with a manual trans, have a nasty habit of ventilating the top of the case at right around 160k when the #1 or #3 rod has a bolt shear.


That was taken from this thread...

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=261106&highlight=rod+bolt+failure
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well that's alarming. Mine has a manual transmission, mostly highway miles, and a bit over 200K. Heads were replaced at 140K.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

vanaguy wrote:
Well that's alarming. Mine has a manual transmission, mostly highway miles, and a bit over 200K. Heads were replaced at 140K.


Hang down your head Tom Dooley......

I am just joking. Very Happy

I hope you get another 200000 trouble free miles. I hate to see or hear any engine pop.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

An oil press measurement with engine well warmed up,at about 3k and idle would give u an idea of bearing conditions.A low press at idle should turn on the famous 'buzzer' unless the PO grounded the wire to this sender.
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