Thread: What sort of kms can one expect from the Puma 2.4/2.2 engines?

Originally Posted by rar110

3 motors and 5 turbos. 1st motor replaced at 40,000km.

And I've got serious problems with that.How can one vehicle have so many failures?,it's no different to the owners that had 3-5 P38 diffs replaced for excessive backlash yet none after the axle flanges were replaced. Pat

I agree with Pat. One engine at 40000k's is unacceptable. After that I'm thinking bad installation practice. Makes you wonder what short cuts were taken in the process.And five turbos.Do we just keep replacing turbos or do we eventually look for the cause.

I had a mobile plant fitter who replaced fuel filter after fuel filter on a CAT grader because the operator complained of it stalling under power,I took one look and realised the pump was shagged.How so called professionals can replace the same part over and over without thinking the problem lies elsewhere is beyond me.5 bloody turbo's Pat

Personally from my experience....
I too expected 500,000km from my 2.2 MY13 Puma engine.....all I got was 155,000km....faulty injector blew a hole in No4 piston.
Why did the injector fail??? No idea....and not due to water in the fuel, the STD fuel filter fitted on the 2.2 is 5 micron which is more than enough to filter out water.
Fantastic motor when it is going but there CRD engines are a bomb to fix when they go wrong...all for the sake of meeting emissions standards.
I am not a happy camper...
Personally I would prefer old style diesel engines with mechanical pumps, less issue to go wrong and they are more reliable. If I could a Isuzu diesel would be a better replacement than going back to the unknown failure.

Standard fuel filter may not be completely up to scratch:

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