Drago
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The DV series 1.4/+.6 HDi) and its derivitives is far and away the best selling passenger car diesel engine in history, used by Peugeot, Citroen, Toyota, Volvo, Ford, MINI - that's the only reason you see more broken ones, because there are simply vastly more out there than any other. The turbo problems, particularly on the earlier ones, we're cause by neglect - wrong oil, or oil not changed on times, sludges and cakes and restricts turbo oil supply, and the turbo go. .Back street garages change the turbo without bothering to figure out what it had failed in the first place, and within 20 or 30k they go again. Dealers changed the supply pipe as well, but people try to be clever and save a few quid by using Fred in a Shed who didn't replace the pipe, and it and ended up paying twice as a result.
You'll note that each brand used their own make and model ofr turbo on the same long engine, and still suffered - it ain't the turbo at fault, but the prats that don't maintain or use them correctly.
Serviced when the manufacturer recommends, with the exact oil the manufacturer recommends, and they're actually quite robust units. I've had my hands down a few, know them well.
You'll note that each brand used their own make and model ofr turbo on the same long engine, and still suffered - it ain't the turbo at fault, but the prats that don't maintain or use them correctly.
Serviced when the manufacturer recommends, with the exact oil the manufacturer recommends, and they're actually quite robust units. I've had my hands down a few, know them well.
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