Towing with a 3.0 L Touareg TDI diesel
What are your thoughts on pulling 7000 pounds plus of travel trailer with 2014 VW Touareg TDI from Ohio to FLorida and back and getting 9.5 MPG's to 12 MPGs the whole trip, and what does that kind or...
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NinerBikes wrote:
The chassis may handle 7700 pounds for towing, day in and day out, but the motor and drive train is light duty diesel. VW Audi runs these motors in a lot of sedans in their line up, VW is not really in the heavy duty SUV or truck business. It's my belief they engineer their motors accordingly.
That is likely very true. Isuzu builds a 3 liter diesel that they deem to be heavy duty in their Ecomax commercial trucks. Granted it's only rated at 150 hp/282 torque but at 18000 GCWR it's going to be at full power a lot of the time. Isuzu gives it a 310,000 mile B10 rating. It would seem that this is a 3 liter diesel that can handle heavy use over a long period of time.
