illinifrever
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- Mar 3, 2009
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Bloomington,
Illinois
Hi everyone, still trying to work through everything on this site, so if this is the wrong section, I apologize.
I've got a 96 Talon Tsi with a little over 190k on it. It was a California car for the first 176k of it's life. This year was it's first winter. The last few weeks i've dealt with really low RPM's (100-200) about every other start up. Recently, it's gotten close to dying. Once I start driving though, everything runs fine and the RPM's even out around 700-800 after the engines warmed up. I assume this is a product of having a high mileage car that isn't used to cold weather, but I thought i'd get some opinions.
My other question corresponds to the 190k on my engine. The car runs great, aside from when it's really cold out. I love it. the clutch was replaced about 15k ago. I tend to baby it and not let the RPM's get much above 3k. At the same time, that's a ton of mileage. I've been reading up on how much a new engine/turbo would cost and the cost of getting my current engine rebuilt.
Would anybody recommend/advise me to stay away from any of those options? I love my DSM and would prefer to keep it over buying something new at this point. At the same time, it's a 13 year old car. Should I make a preemptive move on the engine? Or should I just keep running it and hope/assume it keeps running ok? Basically, my question is weather or not it's worth it? Thanks in advance for any feedback to either question!
I've got a 96 Talon Tsi with a little over 190k on it. It was a California car for the first 176k of it's life. This year was it's first winter. The last few weeks i've dealt with really low RPM's (100-200) about every other start up. Recently, it's gotten close to dying. Once I start driving though, everything runs fine and the RPM's even out around 700-800 after the engines warmed up. I assume this is a product of having a high mileage car that isn't used to cold weather, but I thought i'd get some opinions.
My other question corresponds to the 190k on my engine. The car runs great, aside from when it's really cold out. I love it. the clutch was replaced about 15k ago. I tend to baby it and not let the RPM's get much above 3k. At the same time, that's a ton of mileage. I've been reading up on how much a new engine/turbo would cost and the cost of getting my current engine rebuilt.
Would anybody recommend/advise me to stay away from any of those options? I love my DSM and would prefer to keep it over buying something new at this point. At the same time, it's a 13 year old car. Should I make a preemptive move on the engine? Or should I just keep running it and hope/assume it keeps running ok? Basically, my question is weather or not it's worth it? Thanks in advance for any feedback to either question!