FIAT Punto 1.9 JTD

[bodgit]

Just wanted to know peoples opinions of the jtd engine. I've heard good things about it but is there anything to look out for. She's after one with 60000 miles on the clock.
She will clock up 650 a week to and from work so realibility is a must.

[cheapskate]

not a bad engine.
make sure the cambelt is changed and i would recommend the water pump replaced at the same time.(72k or five years)
the egr valves are quite prone for clogging up and putting the engine light on too, this is usually down to people using cheap engine oil

[dick don]

And nursing them about, give it the beans once a week it will be fine.

[ashleyb4]

Ive never owned a fiat but a good friend of mine has a fiat punto (53 plate) 1.2 from new its done 40k and he plays connect 4 on the dashboard most days with warning lights. Some days power steering will work other days it wont and some days it will just drink petrol for no reason. His dad is a mechanic with lots of years of experiance and they have just given up with fixing it. Personally ide never buy a fiat.

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[Col]

This engine is the 1.9cdti (150bhp) 16v vauxhall, 1.9cdti (120bhp) 8v vauxhall,
1.9TiD Saab, 1.9JTD alfa, blah blah the list is endless almost!
I've got the 150bhp in my 2006 astra.

Common faults: EGR valves clog (but at 650miles a week it won't)
Swirl flaps (which control the variable valve timing) are prone to coming loose (they're just like turnbuckles!) Vaux say a new head is required at £800 + fitting but I say they can usually be fixed.
Dual mass flywheel's go. Doesn't seem to matter if it's abused or not.
Gearboxes. Assuming it's the same as the M32 6 speed in he astra they are weak (also fitted to the VXR but he excess torque in the diesel kills them! Different box fitted into the vectra and are much stronger)
Late model astra, vectra and insignia's all report problems with regenerating DPF when used for low mileage runs (no surprise there!)
All the above are primarily 16v faults. 8v are less prone to them. Generally the higher state of tune the more faults.

Personally I love mine! Massive power over a good spread of RPM and can easily achieve 60+mpg in the right conditions.

[daz]

Originally Posted by Col

This engine is the 1.9cdti (150bhp) 16v vauxhall, 1.9cdti (120bhp) 8v vauxhall,
1.9TiD Saab, 1.9JTD alfa, blah blah the list is endless almost!
I've got the 150bhp in my 2006 astra.

Common faults: EGR valves clog (but at 650miles a week it won't)
Swirl flaps (which control the variable valve timing) are prone to coming loose (they're just like turnbuckles!) Vaux say a new head is required at £800 + fitting but I say they can usually be fixed.
Dual mass flywheel's go. Doesn't seem to matter if it's abused or not.
Gearboxes. Assuming it's the same as the M32 6 speed in he astra they are weak (also fitted to the VXR but he excess torque in the diesel kills them! Different box fitted into the vectra and are much stronger)
Late model astra, vectra and insignia's all report problems with regenerating DPF when used for low mileage runs (no surprise there!)
All the above are primarily 16v faults. 8v are less prone to them. Generally the higher state of tune the more faults.

Personally I love mine! Massive power over a good spread of RPM and can easily achieve 60+mpg in the right conditions.

They sound like a very reliable engine then