The DCi engine from Renault / Nissan

[wheedler]

Adam-b said:

DPF PROBLEMS ARE RIFE WITH THE DCI RENAULT/NISSAN engine, was on watchdog. Easily removed if required.

Your Mazda DPF ecould have been easily removed, the ECU's are not encrypted, this is the line spouted by the non-professionals that don't have the correct tools and/or knowledge.

(I work as a software tech for an aftermarket ECU software company)

Listen to this guy!

Thanks for the info, helped me a lot. Merry Christmas

[Cyder]

If you want one with a Diesel engine get the 1.6 instead, a much much better engine, far quieter and lots more poke to it.

[eltax91]

Cyder said:

If you want one with a Diesel engine get the 1.6 instead, a much much better engine, far quieter and lots more poke to it.

Way out of our budget sadly

[MG CHRIS]

A diesel will not like town driving especially short ones at that you are better of with a petrol engines car, the occasional motorway blast is not enough for a lot of modern diesels i wouldn't recomend one.

[toddler]

eltax91 said:

Now, the wife does a fair bit of town work, commuting 12 miles each way plus the occasional motorway blast to visit family.

I've got the 1.9dCi in my Scenic and do very similar type of driving. I'm getting 24mpg. I'd hold out for a petrol.

[Cyder]

eltax91 said:

Cyder said:

If you want one with a Diesel engine get the 1.6 instead, a much much better engine, far quieter and lots more poke to it.

Way out of our budget sadly

Thats a shame, are you buying new or used?

[Butter Face]

toddler said:

eltax91 said:

Now, the wife does a fair bit of town work, commuting 12 miles each way plus the occasional motorway blast to visit family.

I've got the 1.9dCi in my Scenic and do very similar type of driving. I'm getting 24mpg. I'd hold out for a petrol.

Really? Are you Colin McRae reincarnated?

I've never seen less than 35mpg, you must beat the st out if it.

The 1.5dci in the 106/110bhp guise is a great engine and very reliable.

[Noesph]

Dad has had a laguna 3 with the 2 litre 150 M9R engine for ages. It's never gone wrong, But he does look after his cars.

[welaye]

I've driven pretty much every qashqai available having worked for Nissan until recently. The 2 litre diesel I also had as my lease car and was very reliable and economical returning 44mpg with mixed driving. Can't comment on the servicing etc however as I always got a new one every six months-ish. Avoid the 1.6 petrol woefully underpowered IMO

[renorti]

that is a perfect quote for the dci engine, everything bolted to it goes wrong. diesel pumps/injectors all big money to sort out as well

jagracer said:

We've got a Renault 1.5 Dci. The engine has been fine for 120K miles, it's all the bits that are bolted to it that cause problems a;though never had any problems with a dpf as I don't think it has one.

[Turtle head]

David87 said:

Mine is an 86bhp model and it propels the Clio just fine, but I imagine the Qashqai's is a little more poweeful. It'd be fine.

86bhp megane estate bit gutless around town but fine as a motorway cruiser.

[BliarOut]

Cam belts can go inside the service interval...

[daydotz]

1.5 dci Qashqai's are a 106bhp

Edited by daydotz on Tuesday 25th December 14:57

[eltax91]

Cyder said:

Thats a shame, are you buying new or used?

Used, under 8k ish

[eltax91]

BliarOut said:

Cam belts can go inside the service interval...

On the 1.5? From what I read the others are all chain, which would be a preference....

[crofty1984]

Alx323 said:

I had the 65 bhp 1.5 in a Clio, was on high miles when I sold it and still pulling well, no smoke, no rattles, and that one hadn't seen a service for years until I got hold of it. Not heard of any real issues with the higher power versions either, good solid engines. Injector failures can happen to the same extent on any diesel really.

My girlfriend has the 65hp 1.5 in a clio. It's at 135,000 miles and she treats it like absolute st. It's needed a new injector and the EGR valve sorting recently. I don't think they put up with abuse as well as some of the older style diesels, but then again, you could say that about any modern common rail diesel against its more tractor-like ancestor.

[rb51]

I'm currently running a 07 Megane van
1.5 Dci 106 bhp and have to say in the 7 months i have the van it's being great it has 236,000 km on clock and gets
ragged like crazy still returns Good mpg, power is ok nothing wild but no slouch either all in all very impressed with engine and gearbox, one more thing when buying the van I was told to make sure it had the Siemens high pressure pump as the Delphi pumps are a lot more troublesome apparently.

[toddler]

Butter Face said:

toddler said:

eltax91 said:

Now, the wife does a fair bit of town work, commuting 12 miles each way plus the occasional motorway blast to visit family.

I've got the 1.9dCi in my Scenic and do very similar type of driving. I'm getting 24mpg. I'd hold out for a petrol.

Really? Are you Colin McRae reincarnated?

I've never seen less than 35mpg, you must beat the st out if it.

The 1.5dci in the 106/110bhp guise is a great engine and very reliable.

I'm quite happy with 24 I was down at 19mpg a couple of weeks ago, but that was probably due to letting it idle on the very cold mornings we had. On a recent run from Scotland to Yorkshire I managed 42mpg, and that was sticking to a steady 70mph. I think it may be fecked

[BliarOut]

eltax91 said:

BliarOut said:

Cam belts can go inside the service interval...

On the 1.5? From what I read the others are all chain, which would be a preference....

Not sure, just know the neighbours Quashquai went inside the interval.

[Deva Link]

Mercedes are using the 1.5DCi in the new A Class.