Seat Exeo St 2.0tdi 170
Discussion
Hi, I'm thinking of buying a seat exeo st with the 2.0tdi '170' bhp engine. Does anyone know how reliable these units are? Are they a new engine or an older lump? I'm coming from an audi 3.0tdi cab so the interior will be familiar but I'm worried going from the reliable audi 3.0tdi engine to a 2.0tdi. I know a few years back the 2.0tdis were best avoided. I'm not bothered about the loss of power (not much 
lol), but don't want to buy into a horror story. I know they reckon these cars are depreciating fast but they are a much improved audi b7 estate, albeit a 10 year old design...it's strictly the engine I'm worried about, cheers...
lol), but don't want to buy into a horror story. I know they reckon these cars are depreciating fast but they are a much improved audi b7 estate, albeit a 10 year old design...it's strictly the engine I'm worried about, cheers...I've got one.
The engine is pretty much fault free - it's got a DPF of course and all the pitfalls that comes with, but if it starts to fill it switches to a warm run map to clear it, but I guess you could kill it if you never took it more than 5 miles at a go.
The Exeo has been around for nearly 6 years now and I scoured google before I got mine, but there doesn't seem to be any real common faults with them, I guess with attempts at it over a decade VAG had all the kinks worked out for the facelift Exeo, it rides and handles slightly better than the equivalent B7 based A4, but it's still to hard IMO, it's great on smooth roads, I actually enjoyed throwing it about in the Alps and A roads of France last week, but in Britain it just crashes about unless it's a good road.
Mine does 55mpg at a constant 70, but it's easy to see that fall - at 80 it's more like mid-40's, driving down to France I had two bikes on the roof and it was fully loaded but 90mph meant 26mpg.
Mine's top spec, which means BOSE and Satnav which is nice, but the sat/radio interface is retarded and whilst the speakers might be lovely - you can't have a CD player or DAB which means they're only ever going to play compressed MP3s or analogue FM, seems a waste really.
The engine is pretty much fault free - it's got a DPF of course and all the pitfalls that comes with, but if it starts to fill it switches to a warm run map to clear it, but I guess you could kill it if you never took it more than 5 miles at a go.
The Exeo has been around for nearly 6 years now and I scoured google before I got mine, but there doesn't seem to be any real common faults with them, I guess with attempts at it over a decade VAG had all the kinks worked out for the facelift Exeo, it rides and handles slightly better than the equivalent B7 based A4, but it's still to hard IMO, it's great on smooth roads, I actually enjoyed throwing it about in the Alps and A roads of France last week, but in Britain it just crashes about unless it's a good road.
Mine does 55mpg at a constant 70, but it's easy to see that fall - at 80 it's more like mid-40's, driving down to France I had two bikes on the roof and it was fully loaded but 90mph meant 26mpg.
Mine's top spec, which means BOSE and Satnav which is nice, but the sat/radio interface is retarded and whilst the speakers might be lovely - you can't have a CD player or DAB which means they're only ever going to play compressed MP3s or analogue FM, seems a waste really.
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