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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: The Red Baron on 08 December 2015, 20:17:18
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What sort of miles do these engines go to before becoming a problem.
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What sort of miles do these engines go to before becoming a problem.
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Depends how keen you are to change the oil regularly.
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The engine itself isn't too problematic, but pump failure is common, and will write off the car.
Needs intake cleaning out regularly.
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Ive seen a few make 300,000 + miles :) There does seem to be an alarming number of older Vauxhall dti in general that have failed fuel pumps :(
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There does seem to be an alarming number of older Vauxhall dti in general that have failed fuel pumps
Yea, got one of those, 120k. :(
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There does seem to be an alarming number of older Vauxhall dti in general that have failed fuel pumps
Yea, got one of those, 120k. :(
You know my thoughts on that :-X
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I think he meant the engine itself.
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cheers chaps. ;)
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The trick with pump life is fitting the priming bulbs with built in 1 way valves as all to often, the pump fails after filter change or due to leaking bleed off pipes or injector seals.
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The trick with pump life is fitting the priming bulbs with built in 1 way valves as all to often, the pump fails after filter change or due to leaking bleed off pipes or injector seals.
That reminds me... ...its been sat in my garage for over a year :-[
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The trick with pump life is fitting the priming bulbs with built in 1 way valves as all to often, the pump fails after filter change or due to leaking bleed off pipes or injector seals.
That reminds me... ...its been sat in my garage for over a year :-[
Just after 'the event' then? ;D
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The trick with pump life is fitting the priming bulbs with built in 1 way valves as all to often, the pump fails after filter change or due to leaking bleed off pipes or injector seals.
That reminds me... ...its been sat in my garage for over a year :-[
Just after 'the event' then? ;D
That was 2.5yrs ago :o
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The trick with pump life is fitting the priming bulbs with built in 1 way valves as all to often, the pump fails after filter change or due to leaking bleed off pipes or injector seals.
That reminds me... ...its been sat in my garage for over a year :-[
Just after 'the event' then? ;D
That was 2.5yrs ago :o
Jeez........I feel genuinely shocked at that. Where does it go? :(
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The trick with pump life is fitting the priming bulbs with built in 1 way valves as all to often, the pump fails after filter change or due to leaking bleed off pipes or injector seals.
That reminds me... ...its been sat in my garage for over a year :-[
Just after 'the event' then? ;D
That was 2.5yrs ago :o
Jeez........I feel genuinely shocked at that. Where does it go? :(
Are you talking about time, or my ex-garage contents ;D
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The trick with pump life is fitting the priming bulbs with built in 1 way valves as all to often, the pump fails after filter change or due to leaking bleed off pipes or injector seals.
That reminds me... ...its been sat in my garage for over a year :-[
Just after 'the event' then? ;D
That was 2.5yrs ago :o
Jeez........I feel genuinely shocked at that. Where does it go? :(
Are you talking about time, or my ex-garage contents ;D
Oh we know where your contents went..........Mars. ;D
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The trick with pump life is fitting the priming bulbs with built in 1 way valves as all to often, the pump fails after filter change or due to leaking bleed off pipes or injector seals.
That reminds me... ...its been sat in my garage for over a year :-[
Just after 'the event' then? ;D
That was 2.5yrs ago :o
Christ,I can't believe it's that long ago!!!
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my 2.2 gave up at 130k