24-10-2012, 02:04 PM
Also worth checking rad for silting, if it runs hotter than normal but is cold at the bottom it might be silted up a bit. Main concern there is that heat exchanger might be too and that's a bugger of a job to sort.
They all rattle when accelerating right up until 2800rpm or so, they did when new, they do now.
Rattly pulley, they all rattle, did when new, do now, do 6 months after a brand new one has been fitted (updated version too), so not to worry.
Most of the important stuff is hard to see, bar fault code checking/clearing... but usually it's the stuff that makes it NOT start that are the problem, fault codes that clear are not really faults hehe.
As per the boost kicking in, if anything the HDi doesn't really have a noticeable boost threshold where you come on boost like the Td's did. A HDi should be clean and smooth basically.
At this age I'd be going over past MOT advisories as far back as possible more than anything else really. Whatever you buy it WILL have a list of jobs needing doing if you want to make it nice imo!
Dave
They all rattle when accelerating right up until 2800rpm or so, they did when new, they do now.
Rattly pulley, they all rattle, did when new, do now, do 6 months after a brand new one has been fitted (updated version too), so not to worry.
Most of the important stuff is hard to see, bar fault code checking/clearing... but usually it's the stuff that makes it NOT start that are the problem, fault codes that clear are not really faults hehe.
As per the boost kicking in, if anything the HDi doesn't really have a noticeable boost threshold where you come on boost like the Td's did. A HDi should be clean and smooth basically.
At this age I'd be going over past MOT advisories as far back as possible more than anything else really. Whatever you buy it WILL have a list of jobs needing doing if you want to make it nice imo!
Dave