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[Shackeng]

No.1 son has just bought one at auction, ‘09, FSH, 68k to replace his dead Focus. Other than replacing belt/water pump/tensioner, what else should we expect needs attention?

[biggriffin]

It's French I would await a reply from our French expert, I know doubt he'll amble thro, soon on his bike adorned with onions, smoking a gaulious, wearing a beret and sripey shirt. 

[Viral_Jim]

No.1 son has just bought one at auction, ‘09, FSH, 68k to replace his dead Focus. Other than replacing belt/water pump/tensioner, what else should we expect needs attention?

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68k in 11yrs is roughly 6k/yr, not a lot for a modern diesel with all the emissions gubbins. Personally I'd recommend a couple of good long runs at a reasonable lick (given its a 1.4 diesel, motorway speeds should suffice) to give it a good blow through.

EGR may also need cleaning out if it's starts to give trouble.

My sh!troen has the 1.6 version of the same engine and a similar usage profile (45k in 9yrs). Mine definitely ran better after a 200 mile round trip towing a nice heavy trailer. 

[Shackeng]

Cheers Jimmy, it does seem from the detritus in the car, that it has been used as a mum bus, so probably unused to long runs.

[Shackeng]

Any pitfalls to beware of when doing the belt and pump?
Haven't got Haynes yet.

[deviator]

Is this one of the Pugs that requires regular top ups of refined pig urine?

[Viral_Jim]

Not on the one I have. So I'm guessing no.   

[Shackeng]

Is this one of the Pugs that requires regular top ups of refined pig urine?

 No

[henryd]

Any pitfalls to beware of when doing the belt and pump?
Haven't got Haynes yet.

Quite a straight forward timing belt replacement on that engine,full kit and pump needed

[deviator]

I see these French cars as 'appliance cars'. If your fridge breaks, you don't repair it, you buy a new one.

I drove one of my works Pugs the other week. It was awful. The steering wheel is so small you can't actually see through the top part of it. Which isn't normally an issue, except that is where the speedo and tach is. So you either don't know what speed/revs you are doing, or the steering wheel is set so that the bottom half of it is lost to leg room. It really is like they the person who designed these cars either has never driven anything or just doesn't care enough about the end user experience. I still don't know now what model of Pug it was, but there again it really doesn't matter, I don't know the model of my fridge and that still works.

[Shackeng]

Any pitfalls to beware of when doing the belt and pump?
Haven't got Haynes yet.

Quite a straight forward timing belt replacement on that engine,full kit and pump needed

Thks Henry good to know. 

[Shackeng]

I see these French cars as 'appliance cars'. If your fridge breaks, you don't repair it, you buy a new one.

I drove one of my works Pugs the other week. It was awful. The steering wheel is so small you can't actually see through the top part of it. Which isn't normally an issue, except that is where the speedo and tach is. So you either don't know what speed/revs you are doing, or the steering wheel is set so that the bottom half of it is lost to leg room. It really is like they the person who designed these cars either has never driven anything or just doesn't care enough about the end user experience. I still don't know now what model of Pug it was, but there again it really doesn't matter, I don't know the model of my fridge and that still works.

He bought it to teach his wife to drive. 

[ronnyd]

I see these French cars as 'appliance cars'. If your fridge breaks, you don't repair it, you buy a new one.

I drove one of my works Pugs the other week. It was awful. The steering wheel is so small you can't actually see through the top part of it. Which isn't normally an issue, except that is where the speedo and tach is. So you either don't know what speed/revs you are doing, or the steering wheel is set so that the bottom half of it is lost to leg room. It really is like they the person who designed these cars either has never driven anything or just doesn't care enough about the end user experience. I still don't know now what model of Pug it was, but there again it really doesn't matter, I don't know the model of my fridge and that still works.

He bought it to teach his wife to drive. 

Poor girl, grounds for divorce then.

[Shackeng]

I see these French cars as 'appliance cars'. If your fridge breaks, you don't repair it, you buy a new one.

I drove one of my works Pugs the other week. It was awful. The steering wheel is so small you can't actually see through the top part of it. Which isn't normally an issue, except that is where the speedo and tach is. So you either don't know what speed/revs you are doing, or the steering wheel is set so that the bottom half of it is lost to leg room. It really is like they the person who designed these cars either has never driven anything or just doesn't care enough about the end user experience. I still don't know now what model of Pug it was, but there again it really doesn't matter, I don't know the model of my fridge and that still works.

He bought it to teach his wife to drive. 

Poor girl, grounds for divorce then.

Possibly, but it was her choice, she liked the colour.