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January 22nd 12, 05:51 PM
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Does anyone know if the 2.5 diesel fitted to an 05 plate Vauxhall Movano
(rebadged Renault?) is common with other vehicles? Our crewbus has thrown a rod through the block and secondhand engines seem difficult to find. It was ex AMECH Rail and had a sticker saying "do not exceed 159,000miles", guess what the mileage was when it blew... AJH 
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January 22nd 12, 06:40 PM
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On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:51:07 -0000, andrew
wrote: Does anyone know if the 2.5 diesel fitted to an 05 plate Vauxhall Movano (rebadged Renault?) is common with other vehicles? Our crewbus has thrown a rod through the block and secondhand engines seem difficult to find. It was ex AMECH Rail and had a sticker saying "do not exceed 159,000miles", guess what the mileage was when it blew... AJH IIRC it's common to the Renault Master & traffic,
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January 22nd 12, 10:00 PM
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On 22/01/2012 17:51, andrew wrote:
Does anyone know if the 2.5 diesel fitted to an 05 plate Vauxhall Movano (rebadged Renault?) is common with other vehicles? Our crewbus has thrown a rod through the block and secondhand engines seem difficult to find. It was ex AMECH Rail and had a sticker saying "do not exceed 159,000miles", guess what the mileage was when it blew... AJH Up to the usual French standards then...
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January 22nd 12, 11:23 PM
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On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:00:04 -0000, Alan Deane
wrote: On 22/01/2012 17:51, andrew wrote: Does anyone know if the 2.5 diesel fitted to an 05 plate Vauxhall Movano (rebadged Renault?) is common with other vehicles? Our crewbus has thrown a rod through the block and secondhand engines seem difficult to find. It was ex AMECH Rail and had a sticker saying "do not exceed 159,000miles", guess what the mileage was when it blew... AJH Up to the usual French standards then... The engine's made by Fiat...
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January 23rd 12, 07:07 AM
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Alan Deane wrote: On 22/01/2012 17:51, andrew wrote: Does anyone know if the 2.5 diesel fitted to an 05 plate Vauxhall Movano (rebadged Renault?) is common with other vehicles? Our crewbus has thrown a rod through the block and secondhand engines seem difficult to find. It was ex AMECH Rail and had a sticker saying "do not exceed 159,000miles", guess what the mileage was when it blew... AJH Up to the usual French standards then... Nah, its because white van man always drives them flat out...
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January 23rd 12, 04:55 PM
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"Duncan Wood" wrote in message news  On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:00:04 -0000, Alan Deane wrote: On 22/01/2012 17:51, andrew wrote: Does anyone know if the 2.5 diesel fitted to an 05 plate Vauxhall Movano (rebadged Renault?) is common with other vehicles? Our crewbus has thrown a rod through the block and secondhand engines seem difficult to find. It was ex AMECH Rail and had a sticker saying "do not exceed 159,000miles", guess what the mileage was when it blew... AJH Up to the usual French standards then... The engine's made by Fiat... Err no it's not. Purely Renault and a member of the G9 family (in this case it'll be a G9U) followed by 3 numbers which depicts fuel system and output. It's a wonder it got to 150k to be honest. They usually blow up before this, or die due to electrical problems. Tim..
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January 23rd 12, 09:36 PM
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On 23/01/2012 16:55, Tim.. wrote:
"Duncan Wood" wrote in message news On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:00:04 -0000, Alan Deane wrote: On 22/01/2012 17:51, andrew wrote: Does anyone know if the 2.5 diesel fitted to an 05 plate Vauxhall Movano (rebadged Renault?) is common with other vehicles? Our crewbus has thrown a rod through the block and secondhand engines seem difficult to find. It was ex AMECH Rail and had a sticker saying "do not exceed 159,000miles", guess what the mileage was when it blew... AJH Up to the usual French standards then... The engine's made by Fiat... Err no it's not. Purely Renault and a member of the G9 family (in this case it'll be a G9U) followed by 3 numbers which depicts fuel system and output. It's a wonder it got to 150k to be honest. They usually blow up before this, or die due to electrical problems. Tim.. Regardless, hardly a good track record. All French and Italian stuff seems crap to me.
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January 24th 12, 05:32 PM
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When it comes to bulletproof diesel engines, the French and Italians are
right up there - so much so that Ford and GM buy in French and Italian diesels rather than build / design their own. Clearly they're not bulletproof - hence this thread in the first place...! 159K is hardly high mileage for any engine to fail at. While the French (Peugeot mainly?) did a lot of development on the Diesel engine, they have typically wrapped a pretty poor quality car around it. And Italian car build quality and reliability is well known. Alfa Romeo anyone...?
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