Albie Stafford

I am on the verge of buying a 2006 1.6 TDCI ZETEC (110)
it has done 97k and has a full history (cam belt @ 80k)
I'm currently in negotiations with the seller on the price and spoke to a mechanic friend of mine who said "beware of ford diesels around 100k as the diesel pump tends to die around that mileage"

My question is this a fairly common problem with the ford TDCI engine?
and is there also anything else i should look out for/check before committing to buy?

Thanks.

RichieST

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Although I have no first hand experience, the 1.6 engines are supposed to be more problematic than the other diesels.

How many miles do you do a year? Unless you are doing more than 20k a year I would go for a petrol as when a modern diesel engine goes wrong, it is usually very costly!

vaughant

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It`s a renault engine as well,great when working, horrific when not!!!
Go for the 2.0 tdci as its a bit better but if you can get a vw pd (1.9) engine as their ace.
Or go 1.8 zetec, another great motor.

Albie Stafford

thanks guys,
I was starting to think that diesel may not be the way to go, it will probably only do 10-12k a year with a lot of that being around town.
think im gonna leave this one and have a search for a petrol car?

any recommendations? I have about 3k and would like something that reliable is cheap to run. (doesn't everyone at the minute)

RichieST

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I would definately go petrol, diesel wouldn't be worth the hassle with that sort of mileage IMO.

B19 JUB

1600 tdci focus engines are the peugeot citroen dv6 engines.not too bad in my experience
1900 vag engine wasnt available in the focus but agreed they are pretty good in the galaxy