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it will soon be time to replace my trusty old passat, and although i do like vw's, they're not without their problems. A new cab in my area has to be less than 3.5 years old when newly plated, and new shape diesel mondeos just over 3 years old, seem to be very good value compared to passats. Has anyone run a newer shape mondeo as a taxi ? Any thoughts appreciated.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Save your money and buy a skoda Octavia or superb, the new superb has mega room
Do the mondys still have rear brake caliper problems allegedly they keep on seizing up

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skippy41 wrote:

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Running them all day on LPG is no good for an engine, they like the lubrication properties of petrol.

Nidge2 wrote:

skippy41 wrote:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201124390725118/sort/priceasc/usedcars/fuel-type/lpg/maximum-age/up_to_4_years_old/page/1/postcode/td12ly/radius/1500?logcode=p

Running them all day on LPG is no good for an engine, they like the lubrication properties of petrol.

One of mine has been running on LPG for the last 4 years. You can also fit the flash lube system if you are worried. This lubricates the valves. I thought that engine oil was used to lubricate the engine.

After getting a gas conversion on a toyota some years ago I was told to run on petrol for the first and last five minutes daily. The reason is gas is too dry to maintain the valve seating area ,thus a short while on petrol solves the problem . Grandads point about engine oil lubricating the system , I f engine oil was getting into the combustion chamber it would certainly oil the valves. It would also mean you had a sick motor ,you would have a smokey exhaust also poor performance and using a lot of engine oil. Hope this helps . Cheers Kevin.

Author:	Jem [ Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:29 pm ]
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it will soon be time to replace my trusty old passat, and although i do like vw's, they're not without their problems. A new cab in my area has to be less than 3.5 years old when newly plated, and new shape diesel mondeos just over 3 years old, seem to be very good value compared to passats. Has anyone run a newer shape mondeo as a taxi ? Any thoughts appreciated.

Author:	grandad [ Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:13 pm ]
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One of my friends was running one and he had a few problems with the particulate filter. He had it removed and the engine remapped and it was ok then.

Author:	Nidge2 [ Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:19 pm ]
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Jem wrote: it will soon be time to replace my trusty old passat, and although i do like vw's, they're not without their problems. A new cab in my area has to be less than 3.5 years old when newly plated, and new shape diesel mondeos just over 3 years old, seem to be very good value compared to passats. Has anyone run a newer shape mondeo as a taxi ? Any thoughts appreciated. You won't go far wrong with them IMO.

Author:	Sussex [ Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:32 pm ]
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Jem wrote: Any thoughts appreciated. Love it, absolutely love it.

Author:	skippy41 [ Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:14 am ]
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Save your money and buy a skoda Octavia or superb, the new superb has mega room Do the mondys still have rear brake caliper problems allegedly they keep on seizing up

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Author:	Nidge2 [ Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:56 am ]
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skippy41 wrote: Save your money and buy a skoda Octavia or superb, the new superb has mega room Do the mondys still have rear brake caliper problems allegedly they keep on seizing up Never heard that Skip.

Author:	Jem [ Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:01 pm ]
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thanks for your replys. Have only heard good things about the mondeo, and look like decent cars with bags of room. Had a 1.8 td sierra years ago that managed 440 k miles with only one gearbox change. So hard to know what to buy these days. Passat would have been a natural choice for me, but i fear the quality has gone a bit with them.

Author:	wannabeeahack [ Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:18 pm ]
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new shape (MK4) Tdci mondeo is a PSA (French) cambelt duratorq not a camchain...

Author:	skippy41 [ Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:21 pm ]
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http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p

Author:	wannabeeahack [ Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:47 pm ]
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find me a Focus on LPG please

Author:	Nidge2 [ Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:57 pm ]
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skippy41 wrote: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201124390725118/sort/priceasc/usedcars/fuel-type/lpg/maximum-age/up_to_4_years_old/page/1/postcode/td12ly/radius/1500?logcode=p Running them all day on LPG is no good for an engine, they like the lubrication properties of petrol.

Author:	grandad [ Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:15 pm ]
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Nidge2 wrote: skippy41 wrote: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201124390725118/sort/priceasc/usedcars/fuel-type/lpg/maximum-age/up_to_4_years_old/page/1/postcode/td12ly/radius/1500?logcode=p Running them all day on LPG is no good for an engine, they like the lubrication properties of petrol. One of mine has been running on LPG for the last 4 years. You can also fit the flash lube system if you are worried. This lubricates the valves. I thought that engine oil was used to lubricate the engine.

Author:	Kevinbarry [ Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:42 pm ]
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After getting a gas conversion on a toyota some years ago I was told to run on petrol for the first and last five minutes daily. The reason is gas is too dry to maintain the valve seating area ,thus a short while on petrol solves the problem . Grandads point about engine oil lubricating the system , I f engine oil was getting into the combustion chamber it would certainly oil the valves. It would also mean you had a sick motor ,you would have a smokey exhaust also poor performance and using a lot of engine oil. Hope this helps . Cheers Kevin.

Author:	Nidge2 [ Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:55 pm ]
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grandad wrote: Nidge2 wrote: skippy41 wrote: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201124390725118/sort/priceasc/usedcars/fuel-type/lpg/maximum-age/up_to_4_years_old/page/1/postcode/td12ly/radius/1500?logcode=p Running them all day on LPG is no good for an engine, they like the lubrication properties of petrol. One of mine has been running on LPG for the last 4 years. You can also fit the flash lube system if you are worried. This lubricates the valves. I thought that engine oil was used to lubricate the engine. The same with Diesel, I put 2 stroke semi synthetic in my Diesel to lubricate the pump and valves, it runs better.

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Author:	Nidge2 [ Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:56 pm ]
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Kevinbarry wrote: After getting a gas conversion on a toyota some years ago I was told to run on petrol for the first and last five minutes daily. The reason is gas is too dry to maintain the valve seating area ,thus a short while on petrol solves the problem . Grandads point about engine oil lubricating the system , I f engine oil was getting into the combustion chamber it would certainly oil the valves. It would also mean you had a sick motor ,you would have a smokey exhaust also poor performance and using a lot of engine oil. Hope this helps . Cheers Kevin. Good point Kev.