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Miggy24 Senior Member Offline Posts: 971 Exeter,Devon Gender: Drives: vauxhall omega 2.0l	Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig 01. Apr 2010 at 18:50 Hi guys well iv seem a nice r reg 2.5td auto estate for £495 with 12 months mot.What i want to know is is there anything i should look out for or things to test out before buying.
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig Reply #1 - 01. Apr 2010 at 18:52 hot and cold starting. does temp approach 100C after 2 or 3 mins of booting? If so, might be underlying issues.
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Miggy24 Senior Member Offline Posts: 971 Exeter,Devon Gender: Drives: vauxhall omega 2.0l	Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig Reply #2 - 01. Apr 2010 at 19:15 thanks tb sorry if im going to sound abit dumb but what do you mean by underlying issues
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig Reply #3 - 01. Apr 2010 at 19:18 Miggy24 wrote on 01. Apr 2010 at 19:15: thanks tb sorry if im going to sound abit dumb but what do you mean by underlying issues Meaning it might have been abused, oil changes are critical on 2.5TD, and if allowed to over-heat they can crack the heads
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Miggy24 Senior Member Offline Posts: 971 Exeter,Devon Gender: Drives: vauxhall omega 2.0l	Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig Reply #4 - 01. Apr 2010 at 19:47 Thanks Tunnie.So how often will the oil have to be changed
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig Reply #5 - 01. Apr 2010 at 19:51 every 3k max, but doubt very few people stick to those schedules
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Miggy24 Senior Member Offline Posts: 971 Exeter,Devon Gender: Drives: vauxhall omega 2.0l	Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig Reply #6 - 01. Apr 2010 at 19:59 That wont really be a prob as i used to do my old mig every 5k without fail
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Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig
Reply #7 - 01. Apr 2010 at 21:06

tunnie wrote on 01. Apr 2010 at 19:51:

every 3k max, but doubt very few people stick to those schedules

Noting TheBoy's and Tunnie's comments also:

Mine gets an engine oil/filter-change every 2500 miles religiously, and only Vx 10/40 semi-synthetic is used.
I also look after several TDs with discerning owners, and the same regime is applied to each of them.

The autos are not really economical in the fuel-consumption dept - in fact they're little better than a 3.2 V6.
Performance-wise they're, well, pretty disappointing too.
A manual-boxed (and chipped) 2.5TD is the way to go. Two of the aforementioned return a proven 33mpg around here, (note the location), and are not exactly driven like Miss Daisy either!

That said, you shouldn't go wrong at under 500 quid! Thumbs Up!

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MickAP Omega Knight Offline Facelift 2.5TD Estate "Chipped" not anymore Posts: 1592 South Derbyshire Gender: Drives: Facelift TD estate but soon to be a 1.9 ???	Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig Reply #8 - 01. Apr 2010 at 21:25 32mpg here just local running around, short journeys. 44mpg on a long distance m/way cruise. Echo opinion of others here, plenty of oil changes for the diesel engine and it should be good for high mileage. Mick
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Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig
Reply #9 - 01. Apr 2010 at 21:30

MickAP wrote on 01. Apr 2010 at 21:25:

32mpg here just local running around, short journeys.
44mpg on a long distance m/way cruise.

Echo opinion of others here, plenty of oil changes for the diesel engine and it should be good for high mileage. Thumbs Up!

Mick

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Miggy24 Senior Member Offline Posts: 971 Exeter,Devon Gender: Drives: vauxhall omega 2.0l	Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig Reply #10 - 01. Apr 2010 at 22:09 are the auto`s that bad on fuel then
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Seth Omega Baron Offline If there's a 'system' - play it ... ! Posts: 4236 South Wales Valleys Gender: Drives: 1999 2.5TD GLS Estate - Manual jobbie Woohoo !!!!!	Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig Reply #11 - 01. Apr 2010 at 22:23 Miggy24 wrote on 01. Apr 2010 at 22:09: are the auto`s that bad on fuel then Nothing like as good as the manual-boxed jobbies!
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig Reply #12 - 02. Apr 2010 at 09:42 Miggy24 wrote on 01. Apr 2010 at 19:59: That wont really be a prob as i used to do my old mig every 5k without fail the previous history of oil changes is equally important as futre service schedule, remember bmw state 4.5k max, few obeyed, most have worn chains or cooling issues now
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig Reply #13 - 02. Apr 2010 at 09:43 oh, and change the waterpump when you get it.
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Re: Thinking of buying a 2.5td mig
Reply #14 - 02. Apr 2010 at 10:07

TheBoy wrote on 02. Apr 2010 at 09:42:

Miggy24 wrote on 01. Apr 2010 at 19:59:

That wont really be a prob as i used to do my old mig every 5k without fail

the previous history of oil changes is equally important as futre service schedule, remember bmw state 4.5k max, few obeyed, most have worn chains or cooling issues now

Absolutely Thumbs Up!

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