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Post by mayfly on Jan 25, 2015 18:51:31 GMT 1
Been offered one of these at what seems a reasonable price, what are these engines like, any common problems, it's got 90000 miles on the clock.
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Post by Karl on Jan 25, 2015 19:16:24 GMT 1
oil flow issues and broken turbos
Who's it for ? To retail ? Service history needs to be spot on or walk away
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Post by Monkey on Jan 25, 2015 19:17:54 GMT 1
They are crap in all honesty. Need some serious TLC throughout their life for a strong one.
Cars with DPF can be a problem too
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Post by Karl on Jan 25, 2015 19:21:45 GMT 1
DPF near end of its life
Split DPF pressure pipes
Additive tank empty
Instrument clusters go AWOL
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Post by remmington on Jan 25, 2015 19:22:21 GMT 1
oil flow issues and broken turbos Who's it for ? To retail ? Service history needs to be spot on or walk away We have scrapped newer ones of these with less miles for this problem! |
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Post by Karl on Jan 25, 2015 19:25:31 GMT 1
Had a taxi in for warranty turbo from another garage this week
Emmmm no it isn't !
Got towed away again
Bye bye
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Post by mayfly on Jan 25, 2015 19:25:41 GMT 1
Ya for retail, I will have a look but I will probably leave it as I don't need to buy trouble,there's enough of that in this game without paying for it. Cheers
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Post by remmington on Jan 25, 2015 19:32:42 GMT 1
Had a taxi in for warranty turbo from another garage this week Emmmm no it isn't ! Got towed away again Bye bye What age and mileage was the Taxi to be rejected for a warranty claim? Or was being a taxi the reason! |
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Post by Karl on Jan 25, 2015 20:08:30 GMT 1
07 I think , and had done 30,000 since turbo replacement together with swarf in sump
Was enough to say no
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Post by remmington on Jan 25, 2015 20:17:24 GMT 1
07 I think , and had done 30,000 since turbo replacement together with swarf in sump Was enough to say no Being a Taxi would be enough for me to say no normally! I put a battery on a 61plate Citroën Despatch Taxi this week, owner wanted the old battery to take back to the dealership. Vehicle had covered 235.000 miles. |
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Post by wheelnut on Jan 25, 2015 21:04:22 GMT 1
My experience of that engine is that it will have a long life if the lube system is looked after. This can mean fitting a new oil-feed pipe to the turbo and dropping the sump to clean the oil pick-up gauze at about 100k miles. Also, the oil change interval is too long, it needs to be done every 10k miles max.
(Maybe this is what Monkey means when he says: "Need some serious TLC throughout their life for a strong one")
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Post by Stilo on Jan 25, 2015 22:08:03 GMT 1
We've got a Cmax with one of those engines. Serviced twice yearly with genuine oil and filters with 135k on the clock. Cam chain wore and was replaced last year and has now gotten noisy again, this time on startup and on the overrun. I'm gonna drop the sump and do the necessary with the oil pickup. If it's still the same thereafter then we'll have to pension it off  |
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Post by Stilo on Jan 25, 2015 22:10:02 GMT 1
07 I think , and had done 30,000 since turbo replacement together with swarf in sump Was enough to say no Being a Taxi would be enough for me to say no normally! I put a battery on a 61plate Citroën Despatch Taxi this week, owner wanted the old battery to take back to the dealership. Vehicle had covered 235.000 miles. Some people are hungrier than a famine. |
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Post by Monkey on Jan 25, 2015 23:22:10 GMT 1
My experience of that engine is that it will have a long life if the lube system is looked after. This can mean fitting a new oil-feed pipe to the turbo and dropping the sump to clean the oil pick-up gauze at about 100k miles. Also, the oil change interval is too long, it needs to be done every 10k miles max. (Maybe this is what Monkey means when he says: "Need some serious TLC throughout their life for a strong one") Exactly the above, I would drop the sump every 40k miles and clean or replace the pick up pipe and change oil every 10k minimum. It may have half a chance then, however I've never seen one that well looked after so who knows! |
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