Just to ask a question, well, a few: if you bought it second hand, what was the mileage when you bought it (how old was it at the time), and what is the mileage now, and what annual mileage do you do, and what type of driving: mainly urban short trips from cold, a mix with longer trips on faster flowing roads, or mainly motorway driving?

I ask, as problems with Mazda disels, and especially that engine (see HJ's review of the Mazda6 and the Good an Bad section, re: active DPF regens being interrupted and fuel being dumped into the sump until it goes pop) can easily result from running them on predominantly short urban journeys from cold - ie. if that's you, then you might want to consider getting rid of the car even if you fix it and get a petrol engined car, especially if you don't do more than 20k miles pa. The petrol engined cars are signifcantly more reliable, though it won't be as quick (2.0) as the 2.2TD for the most part.

Hey. To give you guys an update.

I have got the engine fixed/rebuit. Timing chain and gone and bearings. Engine fixed and running ok however the dpf has gone.. mechanic says he tried cleaning but did not work, checked the fuel injectors all ok so it needs a new one, they said they put a hole through the original one in order for car to run! Car runs fine now apparently except when it's still/idle there is white smoke coming out.

Wanted to get a second hand one but they do not want to get one as saying majority are busted. Saying they even tried one from another mazda (there at a breakers) and also didn't work as was faulty.

Going to get it today. I either get it repaired with new one for 2kish, take a risk on a used one or just sell as is to webuyanycar. I wouldn't mind taking a risk on the used dpf but Frankly not confident that that is the only problem. Probably just going to cut my losses and sell.

Edited by HB1man on 30/10/2018 at 13:44