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That should be an excellent match. I have a 55 reg 115hp which I boought at just under 100K. 

I had a rear wheel bearing go which cost £300. My A/C compressor was replaced then the radiator cooling fan at £1200. Had a turbo hose go which caused lots of smoke etc under load but fairly cheap to replace. It's on 127K now and going very well so hopefully it will go on without major problems.

As with all diesels they have a dual mass flywheel which can go and cost several hundred but mine is thr 5 speed tiptronic auto so shouldn't happen to mine.

Quote: Originally posted by navver on 02/11/2013

That should be an excellent match. I have a 55 reg 115hp which I boought at just under 100K. 

I had a rear wheel bearing go which cost £300. My A/C compressor was replaced then the radiator cooling fan at £1200. Had a turbo hose go which caused lots of smoke etc under load but fairly cheap to replace. It's on 127K now and going very well so hopefully it will go on without major problems.

As with all diesels they have a dual mass flywheel which can go and cost several hundred but mine is thr 5 speed tiptronic auto so shouldn't happen to mine.

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I had the 6 speed 130BHP estate, a noisy belt tensioner was the only problem which was solved by turning the radio up, pulling a caravan I stuggled to use 6th gear but it did pull well, even up the steep hill on the bottom of the M5

They are great cars I only swapped mine for an S-max which is just a mondeo on steroids

As for the clutch, if they do go you will be looking at about £800.00 they they tend to drop off about 90,000-95,000 so always check if the clutch as been changed, also running them in too high a gear will not do the fly wheel any good and cost you a new clutch

If the reg is AK56HXH it will need a new clutch as that was my old car

The S Max is a great car and i'd have another tomorrow, but it aint worth 2 Mondeo's

Bessie