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Drop in a di, bit of a fiddle and bodge, jobs a goodun!
I had a 56 reg 2.2 bought it with 50,000 miles and sold it at 180,000 replaced the egr valve, brake discs and pads, and rear shocks. It never broke down but it was getting fairly rusty when I sold it. At around 120,000 it developed a thirst for oil about 1/2 litre every 2000 miles so I changed from 5w30 synthetic to a 15w40 mineral oil and it hardly needed any between services til I sold it.
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there awful
@eLuSiVeMiTe has one the same as my old company one and it’s plagued with electrical gremlins
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Drop in a di, bit of a fiddle and bodge, jobs a goodun!
That link comes up with an austin
as I said any mk7 hints or tips?
I replaced the transit with a new Citroen relay 3.5ton my first brand new van. Citroen were doing a great deal £13500 + vat for an enterprise spec 130hp . Air con ,cruise, electric windows, parking sensors, camera. It's now on 96,000 and been faultless. 30,000 mile service intervals. And it's got the transit 2.2 engine.
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I was going to buy a MK7 as a sort of day/weekend van then found a clean un-worked Renault trafic 1.9 with the sport options..got slated for buying it but hand on heart it has gave me zero trouble and since i put a new map on it it drives very nice. I dont mind people hating on these vans as its good for my needs and most importantly wont be a pile of red dust in 3 years time. Oil change every 3K, keep on top of consumables like brakes and belts including gear linkage cables and it pays dividends imho. If things get better late this year i might start hunting for a clean waxoiled from new MK7 sport as there prices are climbing instead of going down but it must have had extensive rust protection from the crate or ime out
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Our camper was an iveco. Went all over Europe and Scandinavia in it. Couldn’t fault it. Nicest driving position of any 3.5t I’ve had. Wrap round dash like a HGV. I really liked it.
EGR valve went in the alps so I made a blanking plate out of a handy road sign
Rust got it in the end.
Guy I know has a 19 plate transit custom. I use it from time to time when I work for him. It’s the boy racer one. Goes like buggery. Very nice and all but I prefer the older ones.
EGR valve went in the alps so I made a blanking plate out of a handy road sign
Rust got it in the end.
Guy I know has a 19 plate transit custom. I use it from time to time when I work for him. It’s the boy racer one. Goes like buggery. Very nice and all but I prefer the older ones.
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honestly there poor at best and juicy
my best mate has a 2018 with 96k on the clock he’s a plant fitter and it flashes up fault codes all the time
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Earth leak from the dash is the only issue with mine now tbh.
It would have been fine from the beginning if some egit didnt fit injectors from an earlier model to save a few quid. Cost a lot to find that out.
My only real gripe with iveco is getting work done on them.
Stuck with commercial garages and your not as important as they company with 20 trucks
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Ive had every transit and every variant of the same since 1978 and i still say the last of the Smiley,s where the best
I still regret selling my mk5 swb semi high top she had 53k when I sold her
her it is at the 50th anniversary of the transit at Ford with supervan 3
