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Buying a Ford Focus ST - petrol or diesel?
Now diesel is the same price as petrol at the pumps and the Ford Focus ST petrol and diesel have the same retail price is there any disadvantage to buying the diesel version other than one second slower 0-62?
Asked on 5 January 2016 by Roger128
Answered by
Honest John
The diesel is nastier to drive, potential for EGR, timing belt and DPF problems. The Petrol ST is chain cam and I've never heard of a chain breaking on this engine even though the base engine goes back to 2001.
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