General Which Ducato??

[merlecollins]

Hi all,

I am a Scudo 1.9EL owner and because it's a bit flat am considering getting shot to buy either a TD Scudo or up-sizing to a Ducato?

Anybody got any thoughts on this?

Just a SWB would be fine - enough to get a full 8'x4' sheet of plywood in

Thanks,

MC

 

[John C S]

What's your budget approximately?

If your looking at the 244 series (2002-2006), A Ducato 10 SWB should do you fine. The 2.0 JTD is similar to the engine in the Scudo if you are looking at the same years.

A MWB will just give you that little bit more, although most of these will have a higher roof.

 

[merlecollins]

What's your budget approximately?

Was hoping to stay under 2 grand....

 

[lebesset]

for that sort of money would have thought you would be looking at a 230 series if you want a lowish mileage 2000/2002, 2.8idTD 8140.43 engines are bomb proof and amazingly economical for their size , only weakness is the external 5th gear so check that carefully before you buy and stick a magnet on the outside of the 5th gear cover if you do ...that way if you get a failure it is a cheap fix as the bits don't go into the main gearbox

 

[merlecollins]

Cheers Lebesset....

What sort of PMG return would you expect from the 2.8dTD?

Is the Renault Master the same van with a diffo badge?

 

[lebesset]

the master is not the same vehicle , although you will find mechanical components in common as with all this kit eg a recent 2.2 fiat has a ford engine ; renault vans are built by general motors mostly
fiat build the fiat, citroen and peugeot in italy and , although there are some small differences , they are the same vehicle

on my 2.8 cross country when I cruise at 55/60 I get 30mpg! recently spent 2 weeks in the london traffic and got 23mpg to my surprise , not bad as it was rare to get into 4th gear even , and constantly fully loaded

the other thing is , not being a common rail engine and therefore having less to go wrong , it runs just fine on a 50% reclaimed chip oil mixture ...maybe 100% but I haven't tried that