Dirty engine bay!

Hi, would you ever be worried about buying a TD5 with a very dirty engine i.e. does it indicate anything other than lazy owners?!!

No wouldn't bother me unless oil and coolant everywhere

Looks pretty clean to me.

Would rather one like that than a freshly cleaned one tbh, proves nothing drastic has happened recently.

blackstrat said:

Would rather one like that than a freshly cleaned one tbh, proves nothing drastic has happened recently.

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Good thinking!

Same here at least you can see they're not trying to hide anything.if it was fresh clean I'd be suspicious..

That ain't dirty lol.

D90mitch said:

That ain't dirty lol.

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That's exactly what I thought....bloody hell ...I'm sure it's only the baked on dirt and mud on the engine that's stopped mine leaking

It doesn't wreak of proud ownership either, though.

Engine bays can be cleaned up in a matter of an hour so no worries there, I would be MUCH more concerned about:

Rear chassis rust;
ACE pipes
Oil leaks
et
etc
etc

Thanks for all your replies but the damn thing has been sold now

I don't like dirt

110woman said:

That's exactly what I thought....bloody hell ...I'm sure it's only the baked on dirt and mud on the engine that's stopped mine leaking

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Lol, I went and got myself stuck at a P&P once (only ever been stuck once!) and I do some pretty wild things. Laid off the water a bit though (made up for that in my profile pic).

Anyway, after being pulled out of this almighty mud pit, I looked in the engine bay and the fan had decided to work as a muck flinger and covered the whole engine bay in a nice crust of quarry mud. Brilliant. Being a TDi though I just got a pressure washer and blasted it. Man, I love TDi's for that. If I did that to the V8 disco, it would soon get a sulk on

discool said:

I don't like dirt

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Is the last one a Granada?

MrMayze said:

Is the last one a Granada?

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Nope, a 2Ltr Pinto in a Capri that has a 3Ltr rad fitted as that has a larger header tank and more to polish

discool said:

Nope, a 2Ltr Pinto in a Capri that has a 3Ltr rad fitted as that has a larger header tank and more to polish

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New it was a pinto but the head lamps threw me.