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Altransit wrote:I've owned, or had the use of every model from Mk1 to Mk7, and I can vouch for the fact that not one of them has suffered with transmission problems, they've all parted from me, bearing the original engines, clutches and gearboxes, after at least a hundred thousand miles of use, each.
As vans (and cars!) get more technological you'll undoubtedly get more problems with electronics, fuel systems, engine management, etc, but purely mechanical problems are, if anything, fewer than they were many years ago.
bambi mk 1 wrote:Were they looked after as well as the exported XR
Punto443 wrote:Never heard of them having weak gearboxes?
Rust and neglect kill transits
saddahati wrote:I havent seen any consistent make problems to identify a faulty make. There was a recall of 400000 transits in canada in the 2015 t0 2017 model for a coupling problem "flexible coupling connecting the transmission to the driveshaft may prematurely fail" but thats not in australia. Saw this site for specific australian issues.
Cider Andy wrote:They all have (or can have) problems, just like any other vehicle of any make: I saw a quote earlier today that Rolls Royce used to call oil leaks "controlled seepage"!
Whilst I have no experience of it myself, I see advice on here to avoid the 135ps Mk6 TDCi because the fuel system is fragile. Beyond that, keep it maintained and try to deal with any rust as it starts and it should be good and reliable for many years.
dumper wrote:Cider Andy wrote:They all have (or can have) problems, just like any other vehicle of any make: I saw a quote earlier today that Rolls Royce used to call oil leaks "controlled seepage"!
Whilst I have no experience of it myself, I see advice on here to avoid the 135ps Mk6 TDCi because the fuel system is fragile. Beyond that, keep it maintained and try to deal with any rust as it starts and it should be good and reliable for many years.
My 135 was ok must have been lucky I got mine before all the bad posts on here turn up but after reading them I would not have got one but it was a good driving engine.
davyjcb wrote:flogged my 135 on with over 230 K on it, yes it did go for a set of injectors at 104 K but it did pull like a train and other than that only put 1 clutch in it.
Obviously it had pads an discs/shoes oil an filters but any vehicle requires the run of the mill servicing to perform it's duties
Cider Andy wrote:dumper wrote:Cider Andy wrote:They all have (or can have) problems, just like any other vehicle of any make: I saw a quote earlier today that Rolls Royce used to call oil leaks "controlled seepage"!
Whilst I have no experience of it myself, I see advice on here to avoid the 135ps Mk6 TDCi because the fuel system is fragile. Beyond that, keep it maintained and try to deal with any rust as it starts and it should be good and reliable for many years.
My 135 was ok must have been lucky I got mine before all the bad posts on here turn up but after reading them I would not have got one but it was a good driving engine.davyjcb wrote:flogged my 135 on with over 230 K on it, yes it did go for a set of injectors at 104 K but it did pull like a train and other than that only put 1 clutch in it.
Obviously it had pads an discs/shoes oil an filters but any vehicle requires the run of the mill servicing to perform it's duties
It just goes to show, doesn't it, how things can get a bad reputation? Any machine, if looked after, should perform.
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