EGR valve issue 2007 2.2 100 Multijet Ducato

[gasgas]

You are lucky, Pudsey, to have found an honest and competent garage. I had the same problem on a car. £500 to change the EGR valve which wasn't faulty, then another £450 to change the Computer That Controls The EGR Valve. It didn't have a solenoid but a computer that drove a set of gear cogs and levers. I don't go to that garage any more. And I don't have that car any more.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

We're lucky to live in a relatively small town with better than average facilities, and being a small town with around 100k peeps, word gets around about bad service, we see shops closing all the time, and Google reviews make them behave too.

We have loads of choice in supermarkets
Morrisons
Aldi
Farmfoods
Asda
Sainsburys
Lidl 3 miles away
Plus all the smaller ones, must be 20 of those, mostly Polish.

9 Petrol stations
2 with LPG

 

[wildebus]

We're lucky to live in a relatively small town with better than average facilities, and being a small town with around 100k peeps, word gets around about bad service, we see shops closing all the time, and Google reviews make them behave too.

We have loads of choice in supermarkets
Morrisons
Aldi
Farmfoods
Asda
Sainsburys
Lidl 3 miles away
Plus all the smaller ones, must be 20 of those, mostly Polish.

9 Petrol stations
2 with LPG
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Kev, "small town" with 100k people? So what is a large town in your books?
The population of the entire council area of nearly 2,000 square miles where I live is not much more at 113k people.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

The point was how well it is served, by comparison, but It's all comparative, David, we don't live out in the sticks, although we can see it from here. I don't know where you live.

Bradford has 500k +
Leeds has 800k +
We lived in both before moving here.

Actually I was wrong about Keighley its only around 50k,

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I took the van to Keighley Diesels, I thought a specialist was the best option, and seeing as the firm had been there as long as I could remember, he (one man band) might have a clue, rather than a good garage that might keep fitting parts until one worked.

 

[wildebus]

The point was how well it is served, by comparison, but It's all comparative, David, we don't live out in the sticks, although we can see it from here. I don't know where you live.

Bradford has 500k +
Leeds has 800k +
We lived in both before moving here.

Actually I was wrong about Keighley its only around 50k,

I spent a few days in Keighley around 13 years ago, at I think a Premier Inn. Sitting in the bar the first night two young guys sitting at the next table discussing their problems doing dodgy jobs while stuck wearing ankle tags. Thought to myself "nice place"

but 100k is sure not a small town and neither really is 50k. I used to live in in the city of St. Albans - 83k population now.
Population of the village I live at I don't know as the total is bundled in with other local villages, but I would estimate maybe 250 possibly? (I leaflet dropped every house in the village once and there were 99 of them at the time).
In terms of services, we have zero shops, zero cafes, zero pubs, a defib machine in a old phone box and a village hall.

 

[YeoBlade]

AdBlue

The low AdBlue light comes on on my new van, just 2,300 miles on it, surprised realty as I thought it would be full to dtsrt with and also it shows 100% on the gauge !
Rather than risk it of it stopping, we called in to LeClercs at Nonancourt, just off the N154. The truck side had a AdBlue pump, but no card reader on it, however asking another local guy they helped us pointing out the Diesel pump card reader did the AdBlue too. Three (Different) card attempts all failed. Then tried the same pump, but other side, selected AdBlue and put in 15 litres to fill it. Warning light out on dash, still shows 100% .
Next my phone is full of messages from my banks, one card blocked as it noticed fraudulent attempt to draw 2,000 euros!
I've had 500 euros blocked before using the Truck pump, but 2k for AdBlue

 

[colinm]

Egr,Dpf,Adblue,Eloy,I've had my fill of them.This year l will be buying a pre 93 Merc motorhome (26) something l know l can fix.People are spending thousands on Euro 6 nonsense now and still have more problems.But alot are quite happy as they are saving the planet.mmmm.

That age of Sprinter will cause global warming due to the amount of welding needed.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Predates the sprinter by two years.

 

[mark61]

Predates the sprinter by two years.

I wondered if anyone would point that out.

 

[Martin P]

I had an old 307d , must be 30 years ago , a great old bus and easy to repair. Current wagon on an 07 Master and will repair as long as possible. No desire to trade in for something more modern. Still only done 50 000 miles anyway and Ive got her just as I want her.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

The old but late model 2.8Jtd takes a lot of beating, and the 2.3Jtd was good as well. Some had gearbox 5th gear trouble, but that was usually down to puddings driving plus bad servicing.

 

[Wooie1958]

The old but late model 2.8Jtd takes a lot of beating, and the 2.3Jtd was good as well. Some had gearbox 5th gear trouble, but that was usually down to puddings driving plus bad servicing.

Same here with the 2.8HDi in our Peugeot which is the identical engine to the 2.8JTD even down to all the stickers / labels etc. etc..

103,000 faultless miles by us from new and serviced religiously every 12 months ( despite the Peugeot 24 month / 20,000 miles recommendation ), 10W40 A3,B4 semi-synthetic oil.

Gearbox oil 75W80 GL4 changed every 2 years ( despite being filled for life, allegedly ) and again was faultless. 2.7 litres ( measured quantity ) of oil poured in through the breather on top and not the side fill plug like some say.

Both jobs were very easy DIY jobs with all the access and the hardest part was removing the air filter box to gain access to the breather fill cap.

The above regime did not cost a fortune, oils and filters bought when on offer and not just at service time were very reasonably priced.

I know all the you know whos will come on claiming all sorts of shyte but this worked for me and 103,000 fautless miles says it all

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Well done Graham.

 

[YeoBlade]

Had the 2.8 in my 2004 Peugeot Auto trail, 70k with only one issue, the exhaust manifold pipe cracked a little which needed a dab of weld. Unlike the 2.3 multi jet, with various problems, a lot due to water flowing into the engine compartment from the windscreen scuttle.

 

[mark61]

I guess that really highlights the difference, no one with an old Merc T1 or a later Sprinter really mentions miles until there like 600,000 mile +

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I ran sprinters, I had two with over 750k on them, I bought them with silly miles on them, the only issue I ever had apart from having to make sure any stone chips got nail varnish on them, was 1st to 2nd was awful, and MOT stations tried to fail them on ball joints.

 

[Robmac]

I ran sprinters, I had two with over 750k on them, I bought them with silly miles on them, the only issue I ever had apart from having to make sure any stone chips got nail varnish on them, was 1st to 2nd was awful, and MOT stations tried to fail them on ball joints.

I had a Sprinter in which I did 325k miles Kev over 4 years. I sold it to a mate about 7 years ago and it's still going now.

The only problem I had with it was the wretched Dual Mass Flywheel which generally needed replacing every 100k.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Had that issue on the self build.

 

[mark61]

Had more old T1's than I can remember, nearly all bought with well over 150k on the clock, and one, a tipper had around 700k on it, that was an early 79 model proper tank, and got well abused. Would have been early 90's before could afford one with less than 50k on the clock. Anyway, never buy a van that's been used by a landscape/gardening firm. They don't do many miles but they'll be full of spiders