diesels are discussed a fair bit on here. the bulk of my experience with the dark side has been with VAG PD diesels. on the whole theyre bullet proof. yes theyre a bit rough around the edges, not the most refined going, but theyre so simple that a five year old could maintain them
the only downside i can see with this engine is that in the longitudinal layout a clutch change would be dear.
they dont have silly injectors that fail. the turbos dont fail. even the DMFs seem to last.
get one in a golf and you wont even have to worry about clutch costs.
so from going from near the bottom of the barrel... i think these are a bargain bucket blinder
the only downside i can see with this engine is that in the longitudinal layout a clutch change would be dear.
they dont have silly injectors that fail. the turbos dont fail. even the DMFs seem to last.
get one in a golf and you wont even have to worry about clutch costs.
so from going from near the bottom of the barrel... i think these are a bargain bucket blinder