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Dan1971 · 02-01-13, 08:27 AM

My 3.0l diesel BMW sounded good to be honest .... No diesel rattle at all. Passengers actually had to be told it was a diesel which was met with a "No way .... !"

Enright · 02-01-13, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ZRed

Boys it's a diesel. Built for economy from a tractor.

I just don't get the tampering??!!

Shimples:
SDi injectors - £50; Air filter - £20; Gutted cat - £0 (plus maybe a tenner to replace rusty nuts & bolts).
Performance hike: from 115bhp to between 150 and 160.

Economy drop: 3mpg.
Who wouldn't?!?

MG 53 ZED · 02-01-13, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ZRed

Boys it's a diesel. Built for economy from a tractor.

I just don't get the tampering??!!

It's the best tractor i have ever driven Lol. I think with the diesel you get a good combination of both worlds. Good running costs and good power gains with a few simple mods.

peterzs · 02-01-13, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ZRed

Boys it's a diesel. Built for economy from a tractor.

I just don't get the tampering??!!

Its because we have to spend all the cash we have saved, cheap Road Tax, cheaper insurance, more mpg.

Plus we dont have to call into a garage, or get our hands dirty, most weekend doing the fixes, that some other models need to keep them going!!! So even more savings.

Must admit its not the newest state of the art, diesel engine, but that has its advantages.

And 236 ft/lbs torque is fun. So I'm told!!!

Maxxed_Ross · 02-01-13, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by peterzs

Plus we dont have to call into a garage, or get our hands dirty, most weekend doing the fixes, that some other models need to keep them going!!! So even more savings.

lucky you, both my diesel cars require far more regular maintainance than the petrol members of the fleet. i have to take the EGR valve out of the Astra at least once every 6 months or it stops working, and the whole inlet system (including the manifold - not a small job!) needs to come off once a year to clean all the diesel gunk out of it.

The Impreza just needs fuel chucked in it and the tyre pressures checked

peterzs · 02-01-13, 02:23 PM

Thats the beauty of the modern common rail diesels, and the "green", diesel particle filter.

http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice...e-filters.html

Lucky our tractors dont have this!!!!

Pinto · 02-01-13, 08:24 PM

There are some manafacturers who have deleted the DPF from their newer models !!

I dont mind em tho - make me money

peterzs · 03-01-13, 10:29 AM

£1000 a throw, can see why.

Think the new car designs are crazy, in my day an alternator went, you could by a diode pack for pennies and that sorted it. Now its a replacement alternator, I know its all down to labour costs and I suppose a new unit will last longer. But it all pushes up the costs.

Same as some of the new cars when you have to replace a headlight bulb. On some models half the engine has to come off. Makes a mockery of having to carry new bulbs, as you have to on the Continent. Still need a workshop to fit them!!!

Least on our tractors, we can do most maintenance jobs fairly easily.

Nobrainer · 03-01-13, 10:41 AM

Its all deliberate. The more expensive it is to work on an older car, the more likely you are to just buy a new one

peterzs · 03-01-13, 10:45 AM

Can see us getting like Japan, where the 7 year (I think) MOT is so expensive that its not worth doing.

So they send them all over here, where we seem to be able to keep them going. (All those grey imports)

Bit like our scrappage deal they had, the other day.