Small day van engine choices

[jurph]

Hi All,

Looking for some advice on small day van options such as Berlingo, Rifter and Combo Life.

The ones I’m looking at all have either 1.2 petrol or 1.5 diesel engines, and obviously all these vans are a slight variation of the same thing. Looking at cars from 2018 up to 2021 (ish).

The 1.2 petrol suffers the wet belt issue. The 1.5 diesels seem to suffer from a cam chain issue.

The internet is full of horror stories, but are both these issues as bad as they sound.

Should these engines be avoided completely, or is it a case of looking for a solid service history and then hoping for the best!?

Any guidance much appreciated.

Cheers

[stevemcs]

I wouldn’t buy the 1.2, it’s as bad as the internet makes out.

[ZX10R NIN]

1.5d out of those two.