EGR/DPF new rules in mot after May 2018...

icemanonline

New mot fails/majors coming in for all diesel cars from May 2018....

                               
Hope it's helpful to some

Ice

IronGiant

Only to anyone that followed FZR's advice

A useful reminder Ice, but I would hope no-one on here was stupid enough to have their DPF "modified" in the first place.

icemanonline

I think we may consider trading in for a modern petrol..........These new 1.0 turbo engines are pretty impressive and fuel efficient...especially the new focus.

Just a thought!!

ice

Delvey

On paper. My misses has the 1.2 turbo engine in her Juke. Claimed 52 mpg combined. Current average is 26 mpg. Took it to North Wales and back cruising at 60 mph and averaged 32 mpg.

icemanonline

Cheers... Interesting... Might hang back.

Ice

Trollslayer

I'll stick my Peugeot 308 112HP diesel (unmodified), got a long way to go.

car-man

I would research engine problems and head gasket failures before you commit to one of the new Ford engined 1.0 cars.

icemanonline

Cheers.  Not really done much of anything... Just fed up with these new rules and cost of parts for my 59 plate VX.

Thx for the heads-up

Ice

djbsom

I've had this engine in a school car and it wasn't far off my expectations.
If you treat it as a normal 1.2 petrol in a small and light bodied shopping car then it will be fairly frugal.
The problems start when you put this unit in a family sized car and use the turbo all the time just to keep up with traffic.
You're better off choosing a larger unit and stressing it less. That way lie smaller fuel bills and increased mechanical reliability.
I leant that lesson early. I had two Rover SD1's (I know, I'm suitably ashamed but I had a large drum kit) and the 3.5 litre V8 used less fuel than the straight 6 2.6 litre. Same weight car but much lower revs  in the V8.
I'm a big fan of Renault engines but I wouldn't trust any figures from them.  Or anyone else for that matter.

Delvey

As djbsom has mentioned, if it is in a small car then you will be fine. But in a larger car I would go for a bigger engine. I know someone with the Juke Nismo and they get better mpg than the 1.2.
I would definitely do an extended test drive with the mpg counter set to 0 before commiting