My dad took his 240 in for soem routine maintenance today.

The mechanic said it sounded a bit "off" and decided to take off the valve cover and inspect.

Unbeknownst to me or my dad(we never drove a 240 before) the valves were real tight.

The mechanic wondered"how the hell we drove around with a car that slow". I told him we had nothing to compare it to, just assumed it was a slug. He adjusted the vavles and I tell you it made a huge difference. The engine is smoother, and the it got to 60-65 a lot faster than before, with lots to spare, or so it seemed.

Anyway, oil and filter change, both fuel filters replaced, valve adjustment, tires rotated, valve cover gasket, and some other minor thing, 184.00 parts and labor.

I think my indy is pretty fair.

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That is a fantastic price. Looks like you have a good situation there.

Don

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DAILY DRIVERS:
'84 300DT 298k (Aubrey's)
'99.5 Jetta TDI IV 251k (Julie's)
'97 Jetta TDI 127k (Amber's)
'97 Jetta TDI 186k (Matt's)
'96 Passat TDI 237k (Don's
'84 300D 211k Mint (Arne- Undergoing Greasecar Conversion)

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'82 240D 229k (Matt's - Converted-300DT w/ 4 speed

One of the best ways to test the health of a 240D engine is to determine top speed.

A good healthy 240D will go to 85. Not that I know this personally............


Ken300D

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1982 300D at 351K miles
1984 300SD at 217K miles
1987 300D at 370K miles

Great info about the speed. I took it on a 350 mile round trip this past Monday and it hit 80, although it seemd to be stuggling.

I have no doubt that it will hit 85 or better after the recent valve adjustment.

Like I said, it hit 65 yesterday like nothing and still had throttle to spare.

Have a great weekend.

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OK, Plantman was able to get his to 80 in only 175 miles on really level road ( Florida ) .....
Anyone able to get it to that in , say, 100 miles ?
LOL

I took mine to 90 on the S. F. bay bridge under 10 miles.

Speaking of slow diesels... I once drove a Rabbit Diesel 5-speed (52 HP) with 3 people in it, and we managed to peg the 85 MPH speedo in approximately 10 miles. We later determined that the speedo was 15 MPH low at 85 MPH, meaning we were really going 100 MPH! Really scary now that I look back on it.