merc sprinter,engine life,what milage are they good for

[Johny Walker]

as it says the euro 5 tire engines ,what milage are they good for ,

[wisecobandit]

Reliable but strangely thirstier qnd slower than earlier models so beware. Prob due to being slightly wider and higher than earlier models which also meant slightly less carry weight.

My old one I had from new for 3 years/0-120k on the clock and never had any engine faults.

[elfinwood saws]

400,000 miles from our old sprinter, before it did it,s head gasget.

[difflock]

I ud have suggested 500,000 easy, assuming routine maintenance and servicing carried out.

Hard to beat lifting the bonnet on at least a weekly basis, if not daily.

[gensetsteve]

Its rare to hear of piston or crank problems these days. Your more likely to kill an engine from ignoring a rising temp gauge or running low on oil. At 250k things like water pump and timing chains start to fail but not on merc in particular they have a good reputation and probably one of the best out there.

[Billy]

Pick a 6 figure number and double it and then some. They're bulletproof I had two high milers and both never missed a beat.

[wisecobandit]

Early sprinters did have a rep for blowing injectors thru the bonnet remember.

Also the glowplugs can give up the ghost earlier than most, the glowplug light will remain on on the dash constantly to show this and they aren't the easiest to change. This is throughout all the vito/sprinter models.

To be fair I ran sprinters for the last 12 or so years but just gone and got a new transit simply down to the MPG. I found my last sprinter which was a 10 plate averaged out at 20mpg whereas the earlier old shape models where 30+ mpg, partly my fault as I wouldn't use the 6th gear as it was to overgeared and the slightest incline it lost its guts and you where down thru the gearbox in no time. Earlier models had more go in them.

[woody3]

my 312 has done over 1m had it since new, when i took the truck in for service last week they had some 3 year supermarket fridge vans with 400k on the clock

[waz77]

They had one at a place I worked at yrs ago with nearly 600000 on clock, was never looked after, never serviced or oil topped up, always overloaded but always kept going

[Peasgood]

Bought one 2nd hand, no massive miles and not very old.

I think it was a month later when one of the rods exited the side of the block.

Plenty of oil, water, service history etc...