bikedoctor wrote:Hi i have a 2000 2.0 hdi (90) in china blue ,mine has done 148000 and runs great it has a just developed a diesel leak from the hight pressure pump though but still starts ok but i am going to sort it out,i thought my car had done a few miles until i was in the back of a taxi (406 hdi) in liverpool on a visit to family there and said to the driver i have one of these and asked the mileage he had done and he said 329'000 !!!i looked over his shoulder to check and it was as he said.The only thing he had wrong with it was the hub links at the back were knocking as he went over bumps in the road i know as i have changed mine before as it annoyed me not that its an mot failure but its annoying.cheers adam.
Make sure diesel isnt getting onto the inside of the timing belt or it wont just be the pump you'll need to replace. If the timing belt slips, it'll mash your engine up! Get it checked soon.
