vr6 km's

[george#3]

what kind of km's can you expect from mk3 vr6 car,
before it falls apart?or put it another way reco the.......
motor?
gearbox-diff?

[h100vw]

Plenty in the UK have 200000 miles on them. Usually you need a top end rebuild if oil changes have been neglected. This often does in the bottom end too.

Clutches last upto 160000kms, depending on how they have been used.

I wouldn't discount a VR6 if it was up on mileage but had good history and didn't rattle.

Gavin

[MattyT]

My motor has almost exactly 250,000km on it. Still goes like mad.
My gearbox was rebuilt 18 months ago by previous owner (for some expense too apparently), no idea when the Km's were then but its going great now.

[ScienceVR6]

I have just passed 200,000km, and its still nice. No real issues.

[The_Hawk]

My believe my engine has been replaced at some point since the engine number doesn't add up right, so who knows. Cluster says 122k.

No idea what story is behind my car, I know it's been in an accident at some point, other than that, who knows.

[ScienceVR6]

lol, probly a half cut!!
bahahaha.

i have no idea.

[DVR68U]

250,000 org clutch and no work on the motor, just make sure you change the oil. my motor still goes great.
cheers brenton

[95vr6]

I have only 56000km so i have along way to go before a rebuild.

[george#3]

4 sale

the reason i bought this topic up is that i see most of the vr6's 4 sale have close to or over 200k on the clock,
so you wouldn't want to fork out any cash and expect to rebuild a motor and box in the short space of ownership,
this is the reason i ask about people who allready own vr6 cars what k's they have clocked up and what misshap's they have encounted along the way.
what k's can you expect before the compression starts to go before you need new rings and a new reco box.

[The_Hawk]

Yeah, the average is 175k or there abouts, so yeah 200k is close to right.

As for having to rebuild a motor, if it's been looked after it should be ok.

[Mrk_Mickey]

Put it this way...if you drive a VR6 that feels fine, and then hop into another that doesn't feel right, you'll get an idea of how well some have been kept over the years. It's not the km's that determines the engine rebuild, because there's some astonishing motors out there that I've seen pass their odometer's limit (999,999km) it's all about how the car feels And I know right now mine doesn't feel nice at all..it's yucky..

[Golf Houso]

Put it this way...if you drive a VR6 that feels fine, and then hop into another that doesn't feel right, you'll get an idea of how well some have been kept over the years. It's not the km's that determines the engine rebuild, because there's some astonishing motors out there that I've seen pass their odometer's limit (999,999km) it's all about how the car feels And I know right now mine doesn't feel nice at all..it's yucky..

I remember what my car was like when I got it and other golfs out there, felt the same way. Basically 95% of MK3's out there are utter crap and require a significant cash injection to bring up to scratch. If you don't want to do that then forget about a MK3, or even a MK4 for that matter. Just buy a second hand getz or an ELANTRA or something...