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An old boss had a Bateman sprayer with I think a Perkins lump in it, that never coloured the oil. Never drank any either.
And it was an old machine. Had sprayed 6 thousand acres a year for the first few years of its life. Before he gave up all the contract farming and stuck to 1000 acres. But was still a 20 year old machine.
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changed mine on my pug and was as black as the ace of spades in a week. wifeys car peugeot 108 changed oil at 8 thousand miles from new clean as a whistle 
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The only diesel I've ever seen that on was the wife's 2001 1.9jtd Punto.
The oil was always clean, like a petrol engine even when it was due a change.
It did a 1/4 of a million miles in her ownership and never gave a bit of bother.
The oil was always clean, like a petrol engine even when it was due a change.
It did a 1/4 of a million miles in her ownership and never gave a bit of bother.
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My Transporter has the same....oil looks dirty after just a few miles from an oil change....
But it has done 440,000
But it has done 440,000
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I once serviced a petrol engined Golf, the customer checked the oil later that night and topped it up with 3 litres of oil, the next day he and his father came into the garage complaining that the oil light was on and it was my fault. On checking the oil level while they watched I found it was way over the max mark so the crank was probably aerating the oil causing low pressure . I drained the sump , again they watched, then measured the oil quantity,, 3 litres more than it should be! Refilled to correct level which sorted the oil light then told the car owner he had better go to Specsavers . Even then it was my fault for putting clean oil in
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They have to be one of the best workhorses ever made and comfy to boot. I had one I paid £80 for, a weekend of welding the front inner wings and I ran it for 5 years/ 50k miles on recycled chip fat. Huge load space, really comfy, no silly dual mass flywheel issues, 50+mpg without issue, plenty of poke for motorway/ load lugging and zero cosmetic rust issues (really heavy almost galv like zinc rich etch coat on all panels). The alternator died once and I just drove it home with no electrics. I'd happily have another but hard to find now and they do rust structurally in a relatively minor way. Sometimes the boot floor and rear chassis can get quite crispy but with some rust proofing they could last most of a lifetime.
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@charlysays can't disagree with any of that. Worst job was the cambelt, you needed gynaecological training.
I actually had two in succession, both killed by head castings going porous.
I actually had two in succession, both killed by head castings going porous.
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Yeah I hate timing belts. I remember having to make an ultra long reach spanner for the tensioner. Is the casting going porous a thing? I never heard of that back then (2000s) but it was known that you had to religiously change the coolant to keep corrosion protection tip top and that it was common for them to need a head gasket at 150-200k miles. So many went south from people "topping up the water" due to leaking radiators. Scrappage scheme killed loads of good ones too, i remember them in the breakers yards.
Mate had a Peugeot 309 diesel - did 400,000 miles before the body snapped in half
I agree, fabulous car. Only issue on them was that you had to regularly refurbish the rear axle. If you caught it in time it was new bearings and seals, if you leave it too late it was new expensive shafts too.
It was a pig of a job to do so many left it too late.
I had its offspring, a 406 estate and easily the best car I ever owned. Very reliable and a great boot space.
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Mine started to ooze oil
never seen it before or since.Miles or km ?
