is tuning up a 193K engine gonna kill it?

[alos1608]

i have a toledo tdi 110 and am thinking of tuning for more power,BUT the car has covered 193K miles altready. would it be ok to tune up or should i leave it alone? if it would be ok to tune what would you recomend?

 

[bellautos]

If you were to tune it ,, i would first think of

whats the service history the car .(This must be taken into consideration)
And the services you intend to do after a remap/chipping.

Also depending on the answers you find for the above, you will have to think about the gains you are expecting from the 193k engine.

If your can came into my garage for tuning , i would ask you the same questions and then make a decision with you on the increases your car can have.

Personally i would suggest you ONLY had a mild tune to increase driveability and NOT for massive power.

 

[Cupra_Wayne]

Just tune it and blow the bugger up! You're gonna struggle to sell a 200k+ car anyway

 

[alos1608]

If you were to tune it ,, i would first think of

whats the service history the car .(This must be taken into consideration)
And the services you intend to do after a remap/chipping.

Also depending on the answers you find for the above, you will have to think about the gains you are expecting from the 193k engine.

If your can came into my garage for tuning , i would ask you the same questions and then make a decision with you on the increases your car can have.

Personally i would suggest you ONLY had a mild tune to increase driveability and NOT for massive power.

its got fsh to 125K then regular oil changes every 6-7K and recently a full service,including timing belt,all engine cleaned and decoked and a changed diesel pump. new monroe shocks right round, and gonna do the brakes soon. it still runs spot on and doesnt smoke. (its already fitted with a k+n filter)

 

[silver surfer]

my old mk3 golf had done 182k before i fitted a chip box still runnig good at 194k when i sold it to a mate and at 200k hes just sold it to his sister and it still goes like the wind. i do all the servicing on it full history all original engine g/box diesel pump etc

 

[Jace]

As long as its been serviced correcly using VAG parts you should be ok.


My mk4 has 102k on the clock now & runs a Jabba map, still runs like a nutter ..

 

[bellautos]

its got fsh to 125K then regular oil changes every 6-7K and recently a full service,including timing belt,all engine cleaned and decoked and a changed diesel pump. new monroe shocks right round, and gonna do the brakes soon. it still runs spot on and doesnt smoke. (its already fitted with a k+n filter)

Then by the looks of the history its been looked after,, i carnt see a problem tuning this car.


Just for the record , i have a BMW 525 TDS that i chipped and its now got 220,000 miles on it

I chipped in at 150k

 

[devonutopia]

Jabba told me the best ever 1.8T (standard) engine they remapped was on a 150,000 mile Seat Leon. Sometimes the better the engine is run in, the better it will tune up. Same could well apply to diesels as well.

Generally though I would say any TDI would remap well, as long as its done as a minimum, the usual 2,000 odd mile to run-in, and then perhaps another 3,000 just to be sure.

 

[alos1608]

WELL THANKS ALL, I WILL GIVE IT A GO!!and see what happens

 

[Ant FR]

my mate bought a Tdi 130 gold on saturday eit 92000 mile son it, i swear its punchier than mine in gear, he is revoing his this weekend.

 

[sssstew]

yep it probably will be as its past the 80k magic running in point, compression ratio will be at its best now for some time....

 

[muddyboots]

Just tune it and blow the bugger up! You're gonna struggle to sell a 200k+ car anyway

Then you've got an excuse to replace it with a better engine

I'd say so long as it's been serviced well, isn't smoking much, not using much oil and sounds healthy you should be fine.