On 13 Feb 2008 at 0:30, Vdub Guy <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> <Yes and when your injection pump needs rebuilding I will cost the equivalent of
> 250 gallons of fuel to get the whole job done, something a gasoline car doesn't'
> even have at all.>
>
>
> You got that right! I had a Chevy van with the 6.2 diesel. Got amazing mileage
> for such a large vehicle (33 mpg). Then the injection pump failed-2 years of
> fuel savings burned up all at once.   Jeff

Myself and my family have been driving VW diesels since 1980, and have yet to replace an
injection pump, and that includes at least 5 vehicles with over 300k kms on them. The current
pump on my Westy is from my old Jetta (as is the engine), and has about 450k kms on it and
runs perfectly. It is just now showing some signs of leakage, likely due to ULSD fuel's effects
on the original seals, but they are >20 years old after all. The GM 6.2 is notorious for many
things including the pumps; I'd venture that the VW-d pumps are nearer the other end of the
scale, at least for light duty diesels - not really a fair comparison.

And rebuilds are not that bad - I have two spare pumps I picked up cheap (less than $100)
both of which run, but I plan to rebuild when I get around to it.

Shawn Wright
http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
'88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
'85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA