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Jan 16th, 2016, 15:55 | #1 |
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Some questions on V50 2009 1.6
Hello all,
I have just bought a used V50 2009 model, 1.6Diesel and have few questions. Car details: 100,000 miles has had dpf changed recently has NOT had cambelt changed has NOT had new clutch made a bit of an impulse buy and should have done more research first. Seller indicated car had a chain instead of belt and I took his word for it. I can see there is a bit of a dispute on when I should get cambelt changed. so my q's: 1) When should I be considering getting this belt changed? 2) What is the best chinese diagnostic computer to buy (with ebay links if possible) 3) Car has a full service history and oil change interval has been around every 14-15,000 miles. I intend to do routine servicing myself. What's the consensus for oil change interval? 4) Does anyone know of any good shops in Belgium area that do good DPF deletes? 5) the indicated fuel economy this car is getting is 5.5l/100km (51.3mpg). Is this within normal range for the car or should it be getting more 6)How long can the clutches last in this model? 7) The car's cluster and radio language is not in english. How much is a fair price for a dealer to change it to english with a new flash? 8) any other things I should be doing as an amateur mechanic to de-risk any potential issues (turbo oil filter clean? egr clean? additional additives in fuel tank? Cheers in advance for any advice you can give me Last edited by Vaevictus; Jan 16th, 2016 at 15:57. Reason: typos |
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Jan 16th, 2016, 19:57 | #3 |
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that does indeed help, thanks a lot. Looks like I should be putting some money aside for the clutch job soon enough then. Not sure if it's got an eolys tank or not yet havent gotten under the car yet (weather is ****)
I probably wont be getting a dpf delete I just want to have a plan b if I start getting problems with it. so only real questions outstanding is if there is any potential easy-to-do DIY maintenance on the car that might be worth doing as preventative maintenance and what is the best cheap diagnostic scanner to get to run VIDA etc. Cheers all, |
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