[danam1]

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?!!

 

[Monkey13]

No wouldn't bother me unless oil and coolant everywhere

 

[Carrington224]

Looks pretty clean to me.

 

[blackstrat]

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

 

[danam1]

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

Good thinking!

 

[barnes2010]

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

 

[D90mitch]

That ain't dirty lol.

 

[110woman]

That ain't dirty lol.

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

 

[thebiglad]

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

 

[danam1]

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

 

[discool]

I don't like dirt

 

[D90mitch]

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

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

 

[MrMayze]

I don't like dirt

Is the last one a Granada?

 

[discool]

Is the last one a Granada?

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

 

[MrMayze]

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

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