Originally Posted by Davemurphy007

Rust is the killer on these car.

Shit rear arch design means they rust from the inside out with very little you can do about it. They also rust the bottom of the driver's door and see if you can have a look at the rear chassis legs behind/underneath the spare wheel as we saw a few Puma's in shit condition around this area as well.

1.7 engine is the same family as the 1.25/1.4/1.6 Zetec S/SE Yamaha engine but with Variable Cam Timing. Oil changes of the correct grade are pretty important as a result. They also use platinum tipped spark plugs which are fairly pricey so check the previous owner(s) haven't been tight and used cheaper plugs.

I'm servicing the missus' Puma Millennium tomorrow, will have a better look for you if you wish. Fucking awesome driver's car though if you can get a good one!