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Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI
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harveybobbles wrote: »I'd always chose petrol over diesel. Even a modern 2.0 petrol engine can do 40mpg these days.
The same deisel might do 50 on a run, but for the rest of its life it will trundle around town blocking up its DPF and smashing its DMF pieces.
I doubt a 2004 Focus has a DPF.0 -
harveybobbles wrote: »I'd always chose petrol over diesel. Even a modern 2.0 petrol engine can do 40mpg these days.
The same deisel might do 50 on a run, but for the rest of its life it will trundle around town blocking up its DPF and smashing its DMF pieces.
some petrols are fitted with dualmass aswell.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Corsa-VXR-1-6-2007-12-Sachs-Dual-Mass-Flywheel-With-Clutch-kit-Csc-/370772707634?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Car+Make%3AVauxhall&hash=item5653c68932
so while someone is pottering around town in a 1.6 sri/vxr 2007 on corsa or vxr astra, or vxr vectra their blitzing their DMF too?0 -
atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »some petrols are fitted with dualmass aswell.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Corsa-VXR-1-6-2007-12-Sachs-Dual-Mass-Flywheel-With-Clutch-kit-Csc-/370772707634?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Car+Make%3AVauxhall&hash=item5653c68932
so while someone is pottering around town in a 1.6 sri/vxr 2007 on corsa or vxr astra, or vxr vectra their blitzing their DMF too?
Petrol cars dont consume DMF's at the same rate as diesels.0 -
harveybobbles wrote: »Petrol cars dont consume DMF's at the same rate as diesels.
i give you that one, but its not as expensive to revert your DMF to a single flywheel.0 -
atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »i give you that one, but its not as expensive to revert your DMF to a single flywheel.
It still works out cheaper to buy petrol in the first place lol.
Focus 1.8 petrol is the best combination.
1.4 too slow and painful
1.6 too thirsty0 -
Possibly, as I had a 2004 307 that had a DPF and Ford share the same engine. Might be a 54 reg mkII knocking about with one.Ultrasonic wrote: »I doubt a 2004 Focus has a DPF.0
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