225196, with a new engine 25000 ago. Mechanic left a clamp off, the blow up. Took the ****er 2 court. WON! New engine 4 me.

gee wiss how long did it take but to get the new engine

213,000 kms Just starting to blow-by too much sending oil through the turbo Still runs perfect and goes hard Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

what is so funny turb?

huh?? when was i laughin mate u have lost me???????

In ur post subject u wrote: hahah and it sounded like u were being sarcastic or some ****. But if not sorry man. Kingy Take it easy.

It really depends on how you look after it. I have a VL which has about 320,000 kays on the clock,but the engine was neglected when I bought it at 300,000 kays,it blew smoke due to a lack of oil changes,the oil control rings were jammed in their grooves due to carbon build up causing oil consumption,I checked the compression ring clearance and they were in spec after all those kays. The motor in it now has done 430,000 kays and is better than the younger motor was (I have also had this motor in another car for 200,000 kays ),it blows a puff of smoke on startup but the compression is still good,has a little tappet noise & doesn't idle like new,can feel it miss a slight beat,the only wear this motor was caused by oil seal wear on the crankshaft so a couple of speedi sleeves & new oil seals fixed that & the motor doesn't leak a drop of oil. It could do with a head reco but I am saving up for a twin cam head swap & engine rebuild on the other motors bottom end (just new rings & bearings,etc),it will be going into the car despite the current motor having a good bottom end,it would have to be the oldest motor anyway so far mentioned though elsewhere I have heard of N/A VL's doing 500,000 kays

It really depends on how you look after it. I have a VL which has about 320,000 kays on the clock,but the engine was neglected when I bought it at 300,000 kays,it blew smoke due to a lack of oil changes,the oil control rings were jammed in their grooves due to carbon build up causing oil consumption,I checked the compression ring clearance and they were in spec after all those kays. The motor in it now has done 430,000 kays and is better than the younger motor was (I have also had this motor in another car for 200,000 kays ),it blows a puff of smoke on startup but the compression is still good,has a little tappet noise when cold for 2 secs & doesn't idle like new,can feel it miss a slight beat,the only wear this motor was caused by oil seal wear on the crankshaft so a couple of speedi sleeves & new oil seals fixed that & the motor doesn't leak a drop of oil. It could do with a head reco but I am saving up for a twin cam head swap & engine rebuild on the other motors bottom end (just new rings & bearings,etc),it will be going into the car despite the current motor having a good bottom end,it would have to be the oldest motor anyway so far mentioned though elsewhere I have heard of N/A VL's doing 500,000 kays

hi all my calais turbo has 139000 on the clock and no probs and when my parents had a na auto vl the motor died(head actually) at 389000 and that motor had stuff all servicing and stuff replaced on it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

my old mans vl had 210,000 when he sold it in 93, saw it the other day with 377,000 still looks sweet and sounded ok....dunno whats been done to it since he sold it though. might have a reco.....

94420ks genuine from deciesed estate murry bridge original manual too, apparently spent nearly 10 years in a garage and only used once every fortnight

bought my na wagon with 207,000 now has 212,000 and runs perfect, doesnt drop oil, doesnt use oil.

Quote: Originally Posted by TURBZ 94420ks genuine from deciesed estate murry bridge original manual too, apparently spent nearly 10 years in a garage and only used once every fortnight How much you buy it for? Sounds nice Some original photos have not been recovered yet.