My 2004 Seat Leon 1.9 TDI Cupra ticked over the 200k mile barrier last week after 10 years of ownership. It's a lot like triggers broom these days but it's been largely reliable and looking tidy still. I guess this is just a Mk1 appreciation post! I'm reluctant to buy anything new as I'm still in love with it. I'm interested to hear some other mileages, what you got!?
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Looks nice mate, always liked them in black and blue.
Great cars, absolutely no desire to change mine either. Can't stand all the intrusive BS in modern cars, and DSG gearboxes are boring AF as well.
Great cars, absolutely no desire to change mine either. Can't stand all the intrusive BS in modern cars, and DSG gearboxes are boring AF as well.
My bro just started a valeting business so did me a solid on full valet and ceramic coating
I pressure wash it on the reg and finish off with a spray detailer and microfibre cloth, comes up beautiful!Totally agree. I’ll have this until it completely gives up! Manual all the way, I don’t feel connected in an auto
Decent number though!
The miles hasn’t come without it’s problems….
I think everyone will appreciate the last one
Decent number though!
The miles hasn’t come without it’s problems….
I think everyone will appreciate the last one
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Desperately want to clean my intake manifold and have been talking about it on here literally for years.
Did you do it with the engine in? How did you cope with the allen bolts?
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That's a clean looking car, mine is looking rough as these days but still just about keeps going.
On 160k but doing 5k a year now I WFH so the car will fall apart before getting to 200k
On 160k but doing 5k a year now I WFH so the car will fall apart before getting to 200k
I have 216k miles on mine right now, but I'm putting in the effort to keep her going!
She needed a sill weld and brake lines to pass the MOT in 2023. Five days later, the turbo blew, but I chanced driving her the 1.2 miles home and made it in a cloud of glory!
The engine ran away three times during that risky drive home. All hail the anti-shudder valve for actually cutting off the airflow.
(should it happen to you...)
Every time I felt the revs spike out of my control, I instantly clutch in / key off. waited for the engine to die while rolling as far as could then ignition on and started bumpstart style before i lost too much speed.
Once I got home, I stripped the car and found the turbo shaft had a clean shear—perfect. I installed a second-hand turbo and cleaned out the intercooler. Job done. I also cleaned the buildup out of the intake and ASV housing. Christ, that was very nearly blocked solid. roughly about a pound coin sized hole was left.
Boom, done! The car's running done 7k miles and sails through the next MOT with nothing but new brakes needed.
Then I lost all boost power, except for the second I planted my foot. I thought to myself, "I've no luck—has the mot killed the car again?" lol!
£5 worth of vacuum pipes later, and we were back in business!
Three weeks later, I'm at work. I walk out to go to the local coffee shop and see my rear wheel is badly tilted in at the top.
I thought it might be the springs, but that wouldn't cause that tilt, would it? Shock? Same conclusion. BEARING!? It has to be the bearing, surely.
I nursed it home the same fateful 1.2 miles from work (I know, I know—short drives kill diesels), jacked it up, and checked for play in the wheel.
Nothing! I was like, "WTF?" Wheel-off time.
See the photos for the current doom scenario.
(For those who can't figure it out, that's a massive hole in my twisted rear axle and a crack spreading 1-2 inches on either side of the hole.)
going to rebuild the rear axle, new axle subframe , new stub axles, new brake dust covers, new wheel bearings
calipers and lines done in recent history
only thing holding me back at the moment if trying to find new bolts for the stub axles
wish me luck haha
She needed a sill weld and brake lines to pass the MOT in 2023. Five days later, the turbo blew, but I chanced driving her the 1.2 miles home and made it in a cloud of glory!
The engine ran away three times during that risky drive home. All hail the anti-shudder valve for actually cutting off the airflow.
(should it happen to you...)
Every time I felt the revs spike out of my control, I instantly clutch in / key off. waited for the engine to die while rolling as far as could then ignition on and started bumpstart style before i lost too much speed.
Once I got home, I stripped the car and found the turbo shaft had a clean shear—perfect. I installed a second-hand turbo and cleaned out the intercooler. Job done. I also cleaned the buildup out of the intake and ASV housing. Christ, that was very nearly blocked solid. roughly about a pound coin sized hole was left.
Boom, done! The car's running done 7k miles and sails through the next MOT with nothing but new brakes needed.
Then I lost all boost power, except for the second I planted my foot. I thought to myself, "I've no luck—has the mot killed the car again?" lol!
£5 worth of vacuum pipes later, and we were back in business!
Three weeks later, I'm at work. I walk out to go to the local coffee shop and see my rear wheel is badly tilted in at the top.
I thought it might be the springs, but that wouldn't cause that tilt, would it? Shock? Same conclusion. BEARING!? It has to be the bearing, surely.
I nursed it home the same fateful 1.2 miles from work (I know, I know—short drives kill diesels), jacked it up, and checked for play in the wheel.
Nothing! I was like, "WTF?" Wheel-off time.
See the photos for the current doom scenario.
(For those who can't figure it out, that's a massive hole in my twisted rear axle and a crack spreading 1-2 inches on either side of the hole.)
going to rebuild the rear axle, new axle subframe , new stub axles, new brake dust covers, new wheel bearings
calipers and lines done in recent history
only thing holding me back at the moment if trying to find new bolts for the stub axles
wish me luck haha
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Apologies, long day at work, & am self medicating with beer.
Feeling smug with 270 thousand and something.
X2 on the navy blue being a great colour option, except it seems to be prone to chips.
"Kill it with fire" is the most fun way for the soot build up,
I usually use 505.01 oils, though mines not a PD, but that cam, oh dear.
But that rotted torsion beam definitely gives me the heebe jeebes!
Hell, the poor thing is now 22 years old.
Remembering being a kid in the 1970's,
If a Datsun didn't have a rot hole that you
could stick your hand in by five years, you were doing well.
Feeling smug with 270 thousand and something.
X2 on the navy blue being a great colour option, except it seems to be prone to chips.
"Kill it with fire" is the most fun way for the soot build up,
I usually use 505.01 oils, though mines not a PD, but that cam, oh dear.
But that rotted torsion beam definitely gives me the heebe jeebes!
Hell, the poor thing is now 22 years old.
Remembering being a kid in the 1970's,
If a Datsun didn't have a rot hole that you
could stick your hand in by five years, you were doing well.
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