Are Ford Diesels Rubbish?
29-10-2005, 11:24 AM
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Woah there man!!! The 1.8 D Fords of that age are MINT!!
Ive got an escort that has had years of hard abuse, no servicing, its been crashed into every stationary object known to man ( not to mention a few moving ones ) its done over 200k miles and its still going strong!!
Never had to replace any of the parts ( only filters........once lol!! ) and i would trust it to get me to bloody china if i had to!!
Just ask Warleydaddy how much stick it gets and its never let me down!!
In 10 years of driving, i have broken every single car ive ever owned.....except the derv. Bullett proof.
Ive got an escort that has had years of hard abuse, no servicing, its been crashed into every stationary object known to man ( not to mention a few moving ones ) its done over 200k miles and its still going strong!!
Never had to replace any of the parts ( only filters........once lol!! ) and i would trust it to get me to bloody china if i had to!!
Just ask Warleydaddy how much stick it gets and its never let me down!!
In 10 years of driving, i have broken every single car ive ever owned.....except the derv. Bullett proof.
29-10-2005, 11:51 AM
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Bro has one and it's a nail. Never missed a beat
Mate has one though and it's been a problamitic sod. Day after picking it up the cambelt broke. Now the starter has gone and it's leaking oil from somewhere
Mate has one though and it's been a problamitic sod. Day after picking it up the cambelt broke. Now the starter has gone and it's leaking oil from somewhere
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29-10-2005, 01:32 PM
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Ive got a P plate mondy TD and its been great, 8k in the last few months and I cane the shit out of it every day with no problems
As said above though change the belts and tensioners just to be on the safe side
There also ok for towing with as mine get used for that a lot
As said above though change the belts and tensioners just to be on the safe side
There also ok for towing with as mine get used for that a lot
29-10-2005, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by b19bal
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brand new transits have the starter issues
brand new transits have the starter issues
29-10-2005, 02:14 PM
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the only rwd ones are the long wheel base jobbys
making most trasits fwd
bit like saying in my experience all fords are reliable and you saying " what about the cosworth"
and my experience is the 19 exchange starters ( yes ford dont reconise it a waranty issue even though there one of our best sellers ) i counted,,,,,,,,,,, all but 3 was fwd transit
thats not even checking the waranty room
making most trasits fwd
bit like saying in my experience all fords are reliable and you saying " what about the cosworth"
and my experience is the 19 exchange starters ( yes ford dont reconise it a waranty issue even though there one of our best sellers
) i counted,,,,,,,,,,, all but 3 was fwd transit thats not even checking the waranty room
29-10-2005, 02:32 PM
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the only rwd ones are the long wheel base jobbys
making most trasits fwd
bit like saying in my experience all fords are reliable and you saying " what about the cosworth"
making most trasits fwd
bit like saying in my experience all fords are reliable and you saying " what about the cosworth"
You lost me. What are you trying to say?
Are you trying to say that because the vast percentage of Transits sold are the FWD version and suffer starter problems, so all Transits must hae starter problems? What I was trying to say is this. In my experience of maintaining several large fleet of Transits, both front and rear wheel drive versions, has revealed that only the FWD vans suffer with the starters (due to their location) and the rear wheel drive vans don't.
That doesn't mean ALL Transits suffer with starter problems just because the vast percentage are FWD which do suffer starter problems does it?
29-10-2005, 02:41 PM
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daz ya fooker i was taking the piss
when you said you found it to be the fwd ones that are the issue i was joking as said most are fwd
i was unaware of the issue as even though i have sold a few transit starters i didnt realise that it was a problem with em, only when i done the surcharges i discovered the problem
sorry if you never understood, btw im not trying to in anyway claim i know anything about transits, especially compared to you, all i do is sell parts that the computer tells me, any gimp can do that
working on em takes skill though as im still trying to learn about diesels
and thats only cause all ford diesels are pretty much the same
when you said you found it to be the fwd ones that are the issue i was joking as said most are fwd
i was unaware of the issue as even though i have sold a few transit starters i didnt realise that it was a problem with em, only when i done the surcharges i discovered the problem
sorry if you never understood, btw im not trying to in anyway claim i know anything about transits, especially compared to you, all i do is sell parts that the computer tells me, any gimp can do that
working on em takes skill though as im still trying to learn about diesels
and thats only cause all ford diesels are pretty much the same
29-10-2005, 02:55 PM
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I did wonder what you was getting at....
Any van which is Transit size and FWD is shit anyway, hence why I got a RWD one.
When you are near a FWD Transit Ginge, look through the grille at the bottom of the front bumper and look at what all the weather is hitting! Nothing a simple shit shield wouldn't cure!
Oh and the link in yout sig doesn't work!
Any van which is Transit size and FWD is shit anyway, hence why I got a RWD one.
When you are near a FWD Transit Ginge, look through the grille at the bottom of the front bumper and look at what all the weather is hitting!
Nothing a simple shit shield wouldn't cure!Oh and the link in yout sig doesn't work!
29-10-2005, 02:58 PM
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link got deleated for some reason
i like the ford idea of the new diesel engine though
where the petrol engines went pinto/kent then cvh then zetec
the diesel got a new manifold
i like the ford idea of the new diesel engine though
where the petrol engines went pinto/kent then cvh then zetec
the diesel got a new manifold
29-10-2005, 05:42 PM
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what car do you drive james, i really gotta see piccys for that comment
i used to hate diesels until my cousin bought a new golf GTTDI, that TOTALLY changed my views
dont get me started on the BMW 5 series diesels and the ford made jag diesels that are also in the discoverys too
i used to hate diesels until my cousin bought a new golf GTTDI, that TOTALLY changed my views
dont get me started on the BMW 5 series diesels and the ford made
jag diesels that are also in the discoverys too
30-10-2005, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by b19bal
what car do you drive james, i really gotta see piccys for that comment
I'm confused!
Just in case it was me, I drive an RS1800.
30-10-2005, 07:34 PM
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Oh yeah I didn't see the post by James, stupid me!
M7 COS is fine although James is cool too!
He really doesn't like his car much does he?
CheeRS
M7 COS is fine although James is cool too!
He really doesn't like his car much does he?
CheeRS
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