151 Ford C Max

lazyman · 02-04-2019 01:44PM #1

Hi
I am looking at a 2015 Ford C Max for the family,
Has anyone any advice as to the concerns to look out for?
It's a 1.6 diesel titanium model,
Thanks

NIMAN · 02-04-2019 06:37PM

I would assume thats the 1.6 PSA diesel unit that Ford have used for many years in all their cars.

I used to own 2 x Focus with it in.

Apparently if can be a troublesome engine if its not regularly serviced and the correct oil used. One of my Focus had an EGR issue after 3 years use, caused by DPF.

So I'd check its service history and make sure all done on time. What sort of mileage is on it, if it has been doing a lot of short city centre driving and little mileage over its lifetime, it might be more susceptible to having these sorts of issues.

lazyman · 02-04-2019 09:02PM

NIMAN wrote: »

I would assume thats the 1.6 PSA diesel unit that Ford have used for many years in all their cars.

I used to own 2 x Focus with it in.

Apparently if can be a troublesome engine if its not regularly serviced and the correct oil used. One of my Focus had an EGR issue after 3 years use, caused by DPF.

So I'd check its service history and make sure all done on time. What sort of mileage is on it, if it has been doing a lot of short city centre driving and little mileage over its lifetime, it might be more susceptible to having these sorts of issues.

I believe the psa system needs to be serviced and oil changed every 15k, Has 80k on it now so it has been driven a good bit, more than a trip to the local school or shop I'd say.
Thanks for the info and reply

bazz26 · 02-04-2019 10:46PM

Try and get the newer 1.5 TDCi engine especially in 120bhp form. It came out in 2015 in the C-Max and is a better unit than the PSA derived 1.6 litre.

For example:
https://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=2211912&r=s.php%3Fm%3D26%26o%3D1218%26r%3D2015%26pp%3D50%26g%3D0

151 Ford C Max

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