I thought Renaults were bad!!!

[plfrench]

Having had the turbo die only last month i was not expecting there to be any more trouble for a while. .. However last sunday i had the same metallic boink followed by no power. To cut a long story short as i'm writing on a ps3, the engine needs replacing Is this a common problem with the 1.6TDCi? Less than 2 years old and only just over 60k miles .

[Dimski]

By No means common, but as far as I can tell, all modern high pressure diesels just, occasionally do this. If you have had it serviced on the nose at ford dealerships since new, you possibly be able to speak to the Ford dealer about the cost of the repair.

10,000 engines fine to well over 100k,, then one 20,000 mile failure. It seems to happen. All marques. Its terrible luck mate. I hope its sorted out for you...

Keep us informed! I love my TDCI, but if it does that at 60k I will cry!

[plfrench]

I'll let you know! Hasn't put me off Fords, although their decision to use PSA Diesels might not have been the best

[Podie]

Not one I've heard of, but wait for Jon GT2 to pop up, he's the guy who'll know

[Jon GT2]

Hi Paul and Pod,i havent seen any faliures through my dealership yet so fairly uncommon i would say.Ive seen a couple of turbo faliures that caused engine faliures,overboosting etc.I'm not a fan of the PSA units.

[plfrench]

Thanks for that Jon.

They are replacing under warranty which is handy as it was a couple of hundred miles over 60k... I was suprised when they said the engine needed replacing, as it still worked, just without any get up and go of the turbo.

Out of interest Jon, is the 2.0 in the new Mondeo a PSA lump?

Thanks,

Paul.

[Dimski]

I was about to ask that!

Which engines are the PSA ones?

And the Jag V6 TDVI, is that the same as the C6 diesel?

[Curator]

That's one that goes PSA's way. Built in the Kingdom of Dagenham alongside the LR's TD V8.

[plfrench]

Nearly got an engine back in my car now. This is a good thing, as I'm off to North Wales end of next week, and don't fancy doing too many miles in the Fiesta I've got as a courtesey car... It's a tad noisy at motorway speeds

Hopefully they'll accidentally have put the 2.0 Diesel in rather than the 1.6 had before!!

[Jon GT2]

Lol Paul that would be nice but still a PSA unit.

[plfrench]

I know but at least it would have a bit more get up and go between turbo failures (A colleagues Volvo V50 with the 2.0 had it's turbo give up too)

Jon, is the Mondeo/S-Max/Galaxy 2.0 TDCi still a PSA or is it a different animal??

[Jon GT2]

I think its a PSA unit but havent gone and looked yet to confirm that.

[DennisTheMenace]

It is the PSA unit , oddly enough the engine in a mates citroen relay van has ford stamped everywhere but its the 2.0 hdi engine

[plfrench]

Just to update, it's back now and working just fine.

Apparantly some filter or something was blocked up and this allowed sludge or something to get into the cylinders and score the liners.

Didn't have too much time to chat to the guy, but hopefully that'll be the end of it now

[Jon GT2]

That sounds interesting but glad its sorted for you Paul.