Fiat ducato engine trouble

blueyedson

My friend just bought a diesel Fiat ductao , drove a few miles down the road and engine oil light came on and the engine went (not sure yet of details)

**** situation i know ,he has no come back as its a private sale,

Any knowledgeable owners out there regarding the engine on the ducato ,its roughy 10-12 years old I think.

:mad:

dudara

If your friend is located anywhere near Cork, I can pass on the number for an experienced motorhome person.

blueyedson

No ,cheers all the same, he bought it up the north.

The piston ring came through the engine,proabably due to bearing wear. Oil pouried out and engine light came on. There is 77k on it, its the type of thing that could happen ,cant really predict it i dont think , bad luck i suppose. :mad:

Aidan_M_M

The diesel Ducato , of 10 yr old vintage is either a 2.5 or 2.8 . Most likely . Normally fairly bulletproof tbh . Any competent mechanic can sort it , not just a motorhome person .

Aidan_M_M

Piston ring coming through the engine? Due to bearing wear? That is odd... the crank bearings must have been ready to fall out of it!

dudara

I'd expect an engine like that to be able for much more than 77k.

Any mechanic will be able to look at that - find one that specialises in HGVs if you can.

blueyedson

its now in a local garage up the north and the seller has agreed (by text anyways) to meet half the repairs ,at least it might soften the blow a little

mcdonaldjanette

Ducato parts are hard to come by as your friend will soon find. A similar thing happend to me 3 days after I bought it so I rebuilt the engine about 2yrs ago. It cost a fortune, my advice would be shop around for a mechanic, a lot of them have never worked on a ducato before so will take ages to fix it and therefore charge you a fortune.
I have a ducato for sale for parts or repair


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