Here is she:
Let me tell you a bit. The 1.6 has a bad reutation, but this has been gained from poorly understood cars.. I actually beleve in the 1.6 HDi. Yes it has some poor design ideas, the injector clamp bolts are the biggest fault and are the main cause for resulting turbo failiures. There is a LOT of go in these 1.6 engines when they do go, and are rather eifficent.
This car, well, it was on ebay and was listed with an increadably informative description as follows: Spares or repair ... that was it. I sent them a message and the response was the car over heats quickly. We have bought another and it needs to go. The car was a 99p no reserve auction, so after a chat with my mate we agreeed a highest bid to go for. Eventual purchase.. £350 quid! WITH MOT to April 2016.
So off we trotted to Oldham and I then decided well, lets drive and see what happens. This was a month and half ago, and so far the car hasnt over heated!
There is Bills galore in the wallet, the best one being at 100k the car had a new turbo, DMF and clutch all fitted!!! The car is now on 153k.
So, what do we have, well, we do have an issue. The issue being irregular power, and anti pollution fault.
Anti pollution fault is reported to be a stuck or sticking EGR Valve, which is electric on the 1.6 HDi 16v engines, and prone to sticking. The Eolys tank is full and the Eolys pump works too. So first job is to remove and free it up and see what happens then.
Driving the car, the power issue is when cold its fine its all there, once warm though, she looses power at around 3k. Ill put my foot down and she will think about it and then decide, Oh OK ill speed up, I can have my foot down FULLY and she wont accellerate then she might a bit. The other issue is im pooting along say in second and hold my foot in one place, she will surge a TINY bit then slow, also I hear the injectors rattle, same type of noise if you say take the clutch out too quickly or in the wrong gear. They rattle then power comes back. So not sure whats going on there.
Weither there is still oil in the intercooler after a turbo failiure 50k ago I dont know till I have a look. The one fitted works but is not perfect. There is actually exhaust gas leakage from the turbo, you can hear it, and also its covered in soot on the exhaust side too. So that will also need to come off to sort that out. Injectors currently have NO compression leaks.
But all in all for what was paid, there is an increadably straight and clean car.
Here are all the outisde faults I can find on the car:
Couple of increadbly light marks on the back here:
and a smashed nearside fog light, but I have a pair of those!
Let the investigations beging...
