840,000KM on pne engine

[Martin Duffy]

I thought this deserved its own thread.

Mean_n_green how often did u do an oil/oil filter change in that time. Every 10,15 or 20,000ks?

Did u have anything major done to the engine in that time.

What size engine,313?

Any other tips?

840,000 yummy

thanks


Martin

[mackconsult]

As a general rule I have cut all maintenance intervals to half the mfg's specifications. That is one place to start ....... although I am using WVO also ......

[Martin Duffy]

wow tell me about the vegie oil conversion kit

[Iggy66]

It gets even better, I'm fairly sure it's 840,000 Miles not Km. That's 1,352,000Km and he's stated it's the I5 2.7l motor. Amazing distance on original motor & gearbox, what about the diff ?

[mackconsult]

Its documented on this site .... search for WVO
Also documented on www.frybrid.com under username: mackconsult
Or there is my personal blog http://www.mackconsult.com/

wow tell me about the vegie oil conversion kit

[Altered Sprinter]

Martin Mean in green could have gone to one million miles on the original engine but the deal for a second hand one was too good to miss so he did the swap The van now resides in Ireland.
We have a documented 2003 Sprinter that's clocked 1K in Australia now retired by the owner for his personal use as a Camper.
Cheers Richard

[mean_in_green]

I thought this deserved its own thread.

Mean_n_green how often did u do an oil/oil filter change in that time. Every 10,15 or 20,000ks?

Did u have anything major done to the engine in that time.

What size engine,313?

Any other tips?

840,000 yummy





It's an OM612. More about it here Martin:

http://www.sprinter-source.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2915&highlight=MIG+cdi+reborn

Actually I unintentionally misrepresented the distance: I drove it ~840,000 in total but when I think about it... to be correct the engine was swapped a little before that - apology for the inaccuracy.

As far as maintainence went: Assyst was an option in 2000. I put my faith in it and let it tell me when I should change the oil. Typical interval was 30,000, I just serviced it when it said it wanted it. Of course I had my share of repair bills, I think the manifold split once, and I had a few Sprintshift pumps, four clutches I think, probably as many turbos. These are all bolt on bits though - the block and head never came apart.

Driving tips: allowed it a brief moment to build pressure before moving off in the morning. Allowed it a couple of minutes to cool down before turning it off when I got back home. It worked hard for its keep for nine years and a bit years, sometimes very hard.

I only swapped the engine because what looked like a good cheap used unit came up unexpectedly. The original unit was running fine but I knew there could be issues developing: three of the glow plugs had given up the ghost: no chance I was risking getting those out... The mechanical refresh helped the van's resale value quite well and I subsequently sold it soon afterwards.

I always smile when I think of that van. Wow, some of the places I went in it. Nearly every european country in ten years, I think Malta and Andorra were the only ones we "missed". I don't do that sort of mileage any more. The last job I did in it was in the soon to be Olympic Stadium London. It seemed quite the noble end for us: I climbed up to the top of the concrete precast and looked back down on it, sat in what will probably become the centre spot for a football club some years from now. It's a very special vehicle.

You wanna know the irony? A man with more than a million miles under his belt actually simultaneously went nowhere in some senses. Everything changes right? I was single back then (in my "T1Ncan" days!). Am happily married now with a fantastic wife. We had our first baby just over a year ago - home is where it's at these days. I feel as though I've done another million in the last year alone.