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ross
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« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2014, 09:35:11 pm » |
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Hi, Like most of us Espace owners we have a love-hate relationship with them, in much the same way as marmite. I have owned all the "marks" of the Espace and it would seem that the newer they get the more unreliable they get. I currently have a 2.1td and a 2.2dci and I need to run the 2.1td to use when the gearbox or turbo or big ends or injectors etc., etc., give up on the dci engine. In the 3 years I have owned my 05 plate dci I have had the engine out 5 times for one problem or another. My 2.1td is 20 years old with close to 200,000 on the clock, and apart from the cambelt and a very recent new clutch, the first one I believe, it has never given me any trouble. Yes the laquer is peeling, and the roof colour is nearly gone, but it would take me anywhere I need to go in complete confidence. I have always used mineral oil in it, and a can of additive, with every annual oil change, and I had a local diesel mechanic test it recently and he gave it a clean bill of health. My advice would be to get another engine for your 2.1td and carry on for another trouble free 200,000 miles. When my 05 plate dci is running it is a joy to drive and so versatile, but something has gone wrong with the robust building of the Renault diesel engines, and gearboxes, and to find one with more than 100,000 on a single engine is rare. If you need a 2.2 tubo diesel engine, from a year 2000 model let me know, as it is sat in my garage gathering dust. It came from a donor car that the electronics has failed, and was scrapped because it was uneconomic to fix. Best of luck. Regards Ross
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2005 Grande Espace 2.2DCi 1994 2.1Td Espace 2005 Kangoo 1.2 1977 Renault 16TL 1974 Renault 16TX
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ross
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« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2014, 08:31:43 pm » |
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Hi Brianm,
The engine has done just over 90,000, and it has had a new cambelt fitted so it would be ready to fit to my espace, but I traded my espace for my current dci, so it never got fitted. It ran perfectly but has been sat in my garage for 2 years now. It is a complete engine, turbo, alternator, etc., All it needs is a dual mass flywheel and clutch, as I used them in the espace I sold.
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2005 Grande Espace 2.2DCi 1994 2.1Td Espace 2005 Kangoo 1.2 1977 Renault 16TL 1974 Renault 16TX
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