Transit jumbo

[dazzer1972]

Hi in looking to get a transit jumbo in the next few weeks, i will be doing mostly town driving with some motorway my local dealer has a couple of 100 bhp 5 speed 08's for sale (any thoughts on these) i was original looking for a 6 speed 115bhp so i'm slightly concernd the 100 might be worse on mpg and not so nice to drive at 70mph on the motorway.
Any thoughts.

[furnitureman]

Can't coment on the 5 speed but my 6 speed just purrs up the m way

[dazzer1972]

Can't coment on the 5 speed but my 6 speed just purrs up the m way

Are the 140's reliable i seem to remember reading somewhere that the 140's eat turbos and injectors. Have you had any problems with yours as thats the one i would realy like but was worried about reliability. my local dealer has a 140 coming in, it's a 06 with 81,000 on the clock and no VAT

[furnitureman]

Unfortunately mine is on it's 3rd turbo but I put that down to 30k service intervals it had just hit 87k when it's 2nd turbo gave in a couple of days after I got the van but it had only had two oil changes in that time so that's my theory I'm changing all oil filters and oil every 10k from now on I am nearl at the 10k Mark and it drives superb never had any problems with the injectors though I have a funky box that lifts the bbl to around 165 so it's very relaxing to drive either empry or fully loaded with a overall average over the last 10k of 34mpg Which in my opinion ain't to bad for such a big van

[dazzer1972]

Liking the sound 165 HP and 34 mpg

[dazzer1972]

Anyone got experience of a 100 ps 5 speed or 115ps 6 speed jumbo

[ake]

Dont buy a 5 speed 100ps, get a 6 speed 115, better on fuel and better drive especially on long motorway work

[dazzer1972]

Dont buy a 5 speed 100ps, get a 6 speed 115, better on fuel and better drive especially on long motorway work

Thanks for your reply, looks like a 115ps 6 speed it is then