Advice please!!

[ryan_25]

Hi I'm new to this forum, I was just wondering if anyone could give me some advise on this motor http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/vie...d=271111476682 is high mileage a problem with these motors? Also besides the usual is there anything else to look out 4? Thanks in advance

[1gp]

What you need to do is, make a brew , sit down and have a dam good read over this forum , you will find loads of info , everything you need to know. info on here is A1...

[MrDoodles]

Originally Posted by ryan_25

Hi I'm new to this forum, I was just wondering if anyone could give me some advise on this motor http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/vie...d=271111476682 is high mileage a problem with these motors? Also besides the usual is there anything else to look out 4? Thanks in advance

Well apart from that particular one is sold, always get a V6 with as much service history as possible (full with the receipts is preferably) apart from that, make sure that the Cam belts have been changed (90,000 mile/6 year interval and a £500 job to do properly including the tensioner and water pump) make sure that the cooling fan is working on all speeds, the thermostat housing isn't leaking and that the VIS motors are working (affects performance and economy).

If you get a good one, the 190 is a cracking motor! :xmas-smiley-029:

[1gp]

Originally Posted by MrDoodles

Well apart from that particular one is sold, always get a V6 with as much service history as possible (full with the receipts is preferably) apart from that, make sure that the Cam belts have been changed (90,000 mile/6 year interval and a £500 job to do properly including the tensioner and water pump) make sure that the cooling fan is working on all speeds, the thermostat housing isn't leaking and that the VIS motors are working (affects performance and economy).

If you get a good one, the 190 is a cracking motor! :xmas-smiley-029:

or.... just buy a cdti ....

[MrDoodles]

Originally Posted by 1gp

or.... just buy a cdti ....

Yeah and then just have a car with no performance, takes an age to warm up in the winter and has no heater (because the thermostat has stuck open AGAIN) won't start because either the in tank fuel pump has packed in, or the under bonnet fuel pump has packed in, or the injectors are leaking!

Then you're not sure the FBH is working, as it's either burnt it's electrics out, or solid with soot, the cars EGR valve is solid with carbon, the alternators gone because oil's been dropped on it at an oil change, the clutch has gone (again), the intercooler has blown it's O rings etc etc..........

[jonathan63]

Originally Posted by MrDoodles

Yeah and then just have a car with no performance, takes an age to warm up in the winter and has no heater (because the thermostat has stuck open AGAIN) won't start because either the in tank fuel pump has packed in, or the under bonnet fuel pump has packed in, or the injectors are leaking!

Then you're not sure the FBH is working, as it's either burnt it's electrics out, or solid with soot, the cars EGR valve is solid with carbon, the alternators gone because oil's been dropped on it at an oil change, the clutch has gone (again), the intercooler has blown it's O rings etc etc..........

Mr Doodles, take a break, ill take over with the MAF that will be out of spec, the PCV filter wont have been changed since it left Longridge, the knackered 3 speed fan, the whooping AC system, the vibrating roof on the Tourer and the split lower engine mounting.

"Okay, apart from all that What have the Romans ever done for us?"

Seriously though. I love my CDTi. Im on my third. Half of the above has happen to my cars but I still wouldnt be without a Rover 75 CDTi Tourer.

[pab]

Originally Posted by MrDoodles

Yeah and then just have a car with no performance, takes an age to warm up in the winter and has no heater (because the thermostat has stuck open AGAIN) won't start because either the in tank fuel pump has packed in, or the under bonnet fuel pump has packed in, or the injectors are leaking!

Then you're not sure the FBH is working, as it's either burnt it's electrics out, or solid with soot, the cars EGR valve is solid with carbon, the alternators gone because oil's been dropped on it at an oil change, the clutch has gone (again), the intercooler has blown it's O rings etc etc..........

Are you sure you haven't missed anything there?

[MrDoodles]

Originally Posted by pab

Are you sure you haven't missed anything there?

Yeah, I forgot about the MAF, the PCV Filter and the lower engine mount, but Jonathan got them for me! :xmas-smiley-029:

[Canonite]

Originally Posted by MrDoodles

Yeah and then just have a car with no performance, takes an age to warm up in the winter and has no heater (because the thermostat has stuck open AGAIN) won't start because either the in tank fuel pump has packed in, or the under bonnet fuel pump has packed in, or the injectors are leaking!

Then you're not sure the FBH is working, as it's either burnt it's electrics out, or solid with soot, the cars EGR valve is solid with carbon, the alternators gone because oil's been dropped on it at an oil change, the clutch has gone (again), the intercooler has blown it's O rings etc etc..........

But apart from that the CDTi is a cracking car...and sounds like a tractor. Yay

[pab]

Originally Posted by MrDoodles

Yeah, I forgot about the MAF, the PCV Filter and the lower engine mount, but Jonathan got them for me! :xmas-smiley-029:

Well that just about covers it then. :xmas-smiley-020: