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[STEMO]

The 6 speed manual is what finishes off most.  If you catch the bearing wear early enough, it's a £400 repair.  If you don't, it's a replacement box, which most places won't do, as all the 2nd hand boxes are semi shagged.

Plenty of info out there how to prove if wear is back on the gearbox - just search for 'M32 gearbox bearing' or similar

Insignia did not use the M32 (which was fully fixed as of around 2012), it had the F40 as the 2.0 CDTi had more then 320Nm of torque.

Well, if that transportr was anything to go by, the F40 aint much coop either

The M32 fix with larger (IIRC) bearings isn't a permanent fix, it just prolongs the inevitable.  I looked at loads of ZAF-Bs with the newer designed gearbox ends, and all had shagged boxes.  That said, our resident used car seller did tell me I was being ambitious with a £4k budget for a 100k, 10yr old car , so was probably looking at the tripe end of stuff.

Hence increasing our budget a bit, and actually getting something decent and more what she wanted....   ...but not stretch to her dream car of an Evoque

There were no UK bound Zaf Bs ever built with the updated M32.

The fix (and it certainly does work) was a larger set of bearings, a new end plate to take them, improved bearing oiling and cooling.

I will send the apprentice around and she can try his Evoque, he has just had to order a new one and is a bit put out that he had to settle for the HSE as there were now Autobiographies available. 

Poor lad. Surely that will affect his mental health? 

[YZ250]

One of my colleagues has an Insignia the same age and mileage as my jag.  I reckon he has a major "standing by the roadside"  breakdown about every 6 weeks. Vauxhakls clearly aren't what they were.

My brother-in-law bought a brand new Jag XF around 2014/2015’ish and within three years of minimal mileage he’d got shot of it due to reliability issues. That stupid pop up automatic gear selector that they used in that era kept failing to pop up, so no gear could be selected. Also, the auto closing dash vents, that close automatically when you turn the ignition off, failed to close on some vents because of a cheap plastic cog that operates it split. He vowed he’d never own a Jag ever again.
At the same time that he purchased the new Jag he also bought a brand new Ford Transit Kombi Custom Sport. He still has the Transit so that tells you something. 

Oh, and a quick Google tells me that a million other XF’s suffered the same fate. 

[Viral_Jim]

So far (with many appendages clamped to the nearest wooden object), 'er Evoque hasn't been bad for an 8yr old/80k car. It had its original batteries replaced courtesy of the supplying dealer (possibly due to being stood for a while awaiting sale) and I've just changed the gearbox oil alongside the oil and filter service it was due- fixing the jerky gear change.

Beyond the above service items, the only thing that's actually gone wrong with it was a dpf error and some limp mode nonsense caused by a split hose. Annoying, but a simple inexpensive DIY fix.   

[TheBoy]

There were no UK bound Zaf Bs ever built with the updated M32.

The fix (and it certainly does work) was a larger set of bearings, a new end plate to take them, improved bearing oiling and cooling.

If that is the fix that has the obvious castings for the oil feed to the bearings, visible looking in by the NSF wheel, it was on all Zaf-Bs from about 2011, and some from 2010 registered ones.

I will send the apprentice around and she can try his Evoque, he has just had to order a new one and is a bit put out that he had to settle for the HSE as there were now Autobiographies available. 

Yeah, that could be expensive if he did pop round .  Poor DTM Junior, "only" an HSE

[Keith ABS]

 I have heard of many cases of the 2.0 diesesal Insignias being scrapped because of oil pump failure

[STEMO]

I have heard of many cases of the 2.0 diesesal Insignias being scrapped because of oil pump failure

That's because stupid people take no notice of the flickering oil light at around 100,000 miles. The oil pump and pickup used to be one unit, but newer ones are separate, for some reason. The seal between the pump and pickup perishes and lets in air. I had mine done by a chap in Keighley before it had a chance to kill the engine.
Every car/engine/gearbox has horror stories on the interweb, but these are usually the exception rather than the rule. Anyone looking at this forum over the last ten years or so would never consider owning an omega, but lots of people get them over 200,000 with the correct maintenance.