Mate of mine is looking for a new car and fancies the V6, i know nothing about these cars other than "it looks huge inside"

Any advice, tips tricks etc etc basically everything you know would be gratefully appreciated.

Cheers

Graham.

Get one. They're awesome. That is all.

No experience of the V6 but my 1.9 remapped 130 is fab. About 180 BHP and near enough 300 lb/ft of torque yet comfortably returns 55 MPG and if driven carefully I've seen figures up to 82MPG.

The car is massive inside. Plenty of room in the front and back. Very comfortable and you get heated seats in the front and rear on the elegance. Climate control, Bi-xenon, auto dimming rear view mirror, cruise, electric leather memory seats, auto wipers. It's great for mile munching. I travel very far so suits me great. Not a good city car as its massive. But it will still return good MPG around town.

If he gets one make sure he checks electrics for the dreaded water ingress.

I've taken preventative maintenance against it and all is fine.

I've read lots of comments about avoiding the V6 like the plague and sticking to the 1.9's.

But I love mine and wouldn't hesitate to buy another one. I've had a 1.9 Passat and it was a cracking car, but I'm happy to lose out on some fuel economy for the pleasure of the big lazy V6.

Gaz

Had my 06/06 2.5 V6 TDi VRS since Oct 06, now with 117k on the clock. Provided you acknowledge the built in faults and deal with them (or live with them!) 'superb' motoring is on offer. Regular Norfolk - Reading journeys clock up around 44mpg in silence and comfort. Repairs can be expensive - I've just paid out c£1600 to have the injector pump rebuilt (one of the known V6 faults) - the whole of the front of the car has to come off for access. Cambelt changes are expensive too - and not a job for an average DIY chap,The auto box is not well tuned to the engine's huge grunt, so the TIP has to be used to get into higher gears asap

Apart from regular 10k services, brake pads and a battery the car has cost nothing else since I bought it - so no regrets. And what to replace it with?? .

What was the story with the injector pump? Was it the ECU or the mechanical parts of the pump that went? Who rebuilt it?

Thanks

What were the symptoms observed? I am also quite curious to hear this,as it would be the first BDG engine with the IP fault I heard of in 8 years. Given the location, any chance it might have been ran on (bleached) agro fuel in the past?

Also, I thought £1600 is the cost of new VP44 rather than a rebuild?

On earlier engines it was failing due to software issues (I guess they were running too high pulse currents over the delicate internal connectors or similar), Later VAG engines have been fixed and no longer gave this problem. Aside from your post, BDG engine is quite reliable, have not heard about any failures yet, neither Superb nor Passat B5.5 nor Audi A4/A6.

Edited 21 March, 201313 yr by dieselV6

Wait, what? Didn't we just discuss all this in another thread?

Sort of ... but in the last thread, I seem to recall that the total bill (under warranty) for a new pump came to about £4k.

Just planning for the "possible" future :think:

Oh i see...

Just an add on, I checked out of curiosity, a new injection pump at ECP costs £1151 (with surcharge still under £1500). Replacement is relatively simple, so anyone paying 4k has been had by an unscrupulous garage.

Hi Guy's

 

Had my 2.5TDI for 3 years now. Its a 2007 version 163hp auto.

 

bought it with 107000Km and ran it for 135000km over the last years with only normal maintenance. My cheapest car ever!!

 

I plan to use it for as long as I can. Any tips to prevent issues at this milage?\

 

Thanks,

M.

Got my 05 plate 2.5Tdi Auto back in February this year, it only had 19k on the clock when I bought it and drove like a new car. Its got nearly every extra going and I love it!!! I generally use it for motorway comuting to work & back usually seeing about 42mpg. Had it serviced & cambelt done only because of the time elapsed & more recently a new battery. Now got 27k and runs as sweet as a nut!

Bought my 2.5 TDI Elegance 2007, 6 months old. Some minor problems sorted under warranty. Had the dreaded water ingress that took out some of the electrics, Skoda UK paid some money towards the repairs my contribution £338.

This year changed the cam belt and water pump at 47000 miles £660 from dealer. 

Last year replaced rear sensor; expensive at £75 but easy to fit. Tried second hand but all were faulty so bit the bullet.

Put new carpet mats in this year £35 nice quality.

Last year replaced front gaiters on CV joints £170

So spent £1278 over 6 years.

Best car I have driven for quiet smooth operation. Trade off between consumption and performance. Love the mid range acceleration. 

Tip

Get into top gear as soon it will take it, saves a little on fuel. However, you will find it will change down to third at 28 to 29 mph, frustrating but hey ho. Going fast on the motorway does  not seem to decrease fuel consumption in fact my seems to do best cruising at 70+ and will return 47 mpg on average.

Hope to hold on to it for a long time yet.

Edited 18 July, 201312 yr by Raptor

My 2002 v6 2.5 now on 116k, still original cv joints, boots changed though at 74k.

Two rear sensors gone. Replaced with skoda aftermarket kit that comes with 4 new ones. So far so good. HID headlights dimmed. So put two new Osram CBI d2s bulbs (£115), now lights are brilliant. Shocks got tired so put new Bilsteins on. One front spring failure so changed both at 90k.

New upper arms 4x and new track rod ends and inner tie rods - reason not wear but corrosion and pinch bolt nightmares. Water ingress contained before it got out of hand. Apart from these niggled and a new cylinder head fuevto glow plugs breaking off £dear, a very capable car indeed. Hope to get 2/3 more years out of it, aiming for 150k miles on the odometer.

Seems a long time ago now. The actual pump repair was done by a firm in Attleborough, Norfolk and cost £660 + VAT. the rest of the bill was made up with a new cambelt kit (40k in - would I risk it??) and labour + VAT. I understand the mechanicals in the pump were shot. The overall repair was done by Woolleys, Hingham. Car has been running really sweetly since.

While dieselV6 says that replacement is relatively simple I've read enough on the Forum not to touch what I don't understand!! (But I do know enough to overhaull and rebuild the SU carburettor on my 1930 Morris Major last week!! - big hammer, screwdriver and a few Whitworth / BSF spanners................)