Farmer Giles

Hi

going to look at a couple of 05 plate Focus 1.6 TDCIs this weekend and wanted to know if there is anything I should be looking out for other than the usual things on a 7 year old car.

I had a 1.8 TDCI Focus before so kind of know the engines but is the 1.6 basically the same just smaller capacity or is a completely different engine since it's the newer shaped Focus ?

Do they have the same DMF and injector / pump issues as the 1.8 motor ?
Any other 'known issues' on the 1.6 ?

according to autotrader tech specs you can get 50+ mpg on a combined cycle, is this realistic in the real world ?


Any input greatly appreciated..

thanks

the_frozen_one

iTrader: (1)

completely different. all alloy peugeot engines. look for missed service intervals. very common to have the turbo oil feed pipe coke up on filthy oil, leading to a ruined turbo and potentially worse. injector seals have been know to chuff. very economical engine, same base unit that's now used in the 90+mpg fiesta econetic. I hand build test units everyday and wouldn't trust them as far as i can throw em. 1.8 tdci 'lynx' all the way. bulletproof. simple. cheap to fix if they ever go wrong