vaughant

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Been looking at some dirt cheap mondeo estates on the 'bay but I won't go near a tdci model as I know too many people who've had major issues with them so spotted a 2.0l duratec LPG for pennies which had 350000 miles on it!!!!
I quite like the cars interior and design plus they don't seem to rust too badly but I know absolutely nothing about these engines.
Usually a ford petrol is a pretty tough motor but I seem to recall someone on here saying they burn out pistons etc?
Id say with the miles above they can't be too bad but you never know.
Any thoughts welcome.

Cosnada

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go for the one you describe - don't bid more than 3p for it tho. TDCI are ok if you know what ya at with them - my last one I sold on with 230k on it

No way I'd go more than 150k on a petrol even the modern ones.

vaughant

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Just nosing a bit now tbh,got a bit to shift first but I do a long journey once a month or so and these are pretty comfy cars.
I'm a big fan of the passat tdi but anything under 1,000,000 miles seems to be silly £££.
Why below 150000 then?although I suppose your into timing chains etc then.

Cossie Sean

mazda engines are normally fine, its the bits that Ford bolted to it that are crap, inlet manifolds, engine sensors and ECU`s that fail

they suffer with rings when people run them low on oil