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GENERAL STUFF => ADVICE FOR POTENTIAL BUYERS => Topic started by: catmanjan on May 28, 2016, 06:54:53

Title: High mileage for a diesel i30?
Post by: catmanjan on May 28, 2016, 06:54:53

Hi folks, looking to buy a 2008 i30 CRDi tomorrow, it's got 200,000km he said he'd take $5000 for it...

Too many kms?

Any ideas what fails at this stage?

Any model specific problems I should look out for?

I'm a pretty good backyard mechanic, but each make/model seems to have it's own problems, impossible to keep up with them!

Title: High mileage diesel vs low mileage petrol?
Post by: catmanjan on May 28, 2016, 10:04:29

Looking at two cars, both around 5k, but one has 200k and is diesel (2008) the other has just under 100k and petrol (2009)

Any opinions on which I should go for? Anything I should watch out for in either model?

Title: Re: High mileage for a diesel i30?
Post by: Doggie 1 on May 28, 2016, 10:42:50

Check service history and crash damage on both.
Personally, if all that checks out, I'd go for the diesel.

Title: Re: High mileage for a diesel i30?
Post by: Dazzler on May 28, 2016, 11:19:49

The diesel is the pick of the motors but the petrol is still a strong reliable motor. Are they manual or auto. The manuals have been a bit more bullet proof and up to 20% more economical than the autos... I depends on how many kilometres you do each year.  If you do more than 20k per year the diesel will save you quite a bit, particularly if it is a manual.

Title: Re: High mileage for a diesel i30?
Post by: catmanjan on May 28, 2016, 11:43:47

Yep both manual - do diesel i30s develop egr problems? Can't seem to find many reports of surviving high mileage ones,. Probably just because of the smaller following online

Title: Re: High mileage for a diesel i30?
Post by: Doggie 1 on May 28, 2016, 11:45:29

Quote from: catmanjan on May 28, 2016, 11:43:47

Yep both manual - do diesel i30s develop egr problems? Can't seem to find many reports of surviving high mileage ones,. Probably just because of the smaller following online

I sold my FD diesel manual at 136,00 kms. No problems.
My current GD diesel manual has 179,000 kms and no issues other than EPS (which has been fixed).

Title: Re: High mileage for a diesel i30?
Post by: Asterix on May 28, 2016, 12:06:12

I have a 2008 diesel with 254,000 km, no EGR problems so far. I haven't had any major problems, normal wear and tear so far... :mrgreen:

I don't remember posts about faulty EGR's or problems, most of them is about people wanting to block/disconnect the EGR because they don't like the function.

Title: Re: High mileage for a diesel i30?
Post by: Doggie 1 on May 28, 2016, 12:09:11

Quote from: Asterix on May 28, 2016, 12:06:12

I have a 2008 diesel with 2540,000 km, no EGR problems so far. I haven't had any major problems, normal wear and tear so far... :mrgreen:

I don't remember posts about faulty EGR's or problems, most of them is about people wanting to block/disconnect the EGR because they don't like the function.

That's a lot of kays! 
How is the moon these days?   :mrgreen:

Title: Re: High mileage for a diesel i30?
Post by: Asterix on May 28, 2016, 12:32:18

Quote from: Doggie 1 on May 28, 2016, 12:09:11

Quote from: Asterix on May 28, 2016, 12:06:12

I have a 2008 diesel with 2540,000 km, no EGR problems so far. I haven't had any major problems, normal wear and tear so far... :mrgreen:

I don't remember posts about faulty EGR's or problems, most of them is about people wanting to block/disconnect the EGR because they don't like the function.

That's a lot of kays! 
How is the moon these days?   :mrgreen:

Holy Moly, I might have been a little optimistic there...  :confused: