BX 17TD for sale £200

hilarystone · Post by **hilarystone** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:16 pm

Bumped into a guy in the Risca Morrisons car park who is selling his dad's BX Turbo diesel which is taxed and tested until the end of the month - two days. He only wants £200 for it – I've not seen it but it is a runner... The car is in Cardiff and his number is 07790 578148.

Djr88 · Post by **Djr88** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 11:29 pm

I'll phone about that in the morning!

Djr88 · Post by **Djr88** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:17 am

I'm going to see it later!

Dollywobbler · Post by **Dollywobbler** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:25 am

Let me know if you don't fancy it.

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:44 am

Thought you weren't a fan of the turbo diesels?

Post by **Defender110** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:59 am

mat_fenwick wrote:Thought you weren't a fan of the turbo diesels?

Thet all say that when they haven't got one

Dollywobbler · Post by **Dollywobbler** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:52 am

mat_fenwick wrote:Thought you weren't a fan of the turbo diesels?

I'm not. I was going to take the turbo off.

Post by **Defender110** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:16 pm

Dollywobbler wrote:
mat_fenwick wrote:Thought you weren't a fan of the turbo diesels?
I'm not. I was going to take the turbo off.

Funnily enough I have my turbo/fuel boost pipe blanked off on the TZD so it drives more like my N/A TGD which I prefer

Caffiend · Post by **Caffiend** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:22 pm

Djr88 wrote:I'm going to see it later!

Thought you might, and good luck.

There was no way I was going to get 200+ miles over to see it on such short notice, hope it works out for you (less competition for me when another comes up ~grin).

Djr88 · Post by **Djr88** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:05 pm

Well i bought it!! Its a K reg TZD turbo hatchback in faded red, 101,000 miles with 4 previous mot's, tax til the end of the month and mot til september.

absolutely stinking i got 2 big bags of rubbish out of it!! filthy mongerals!

It drives well but plenty to do heres a list -
power steering goes hard sometimes,
drivers electric window does'nt work,
no backing illumination on dash,
heater speed control not working,
cooling fan runs quite a lot,
front splitter damaged on the corner,
no wheel trims,
green moss on the window surrounds and mouldings
spoiler needs repainting (flaked on the edges),
broken glovebox door hinges,

Good bits -
It drives well, no rattles or knocks,
straight bodywork (just faded)
no rust,
interior in good condition (just dirty)
good clutch, brakes, engine,suspension
new glow plugs,

Lots to do to make it sweet again!!

Dollywobbler · Post by **Dollywobbler** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:28 pm

The cooling fan running all the time would cause me concern. Hope it's not popping the head gasket. With luck though, the PAS issue can be cured by fresh LHM and a filter clean.

Djr88 · Post by **Djr88** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:01 pm

It runs well and the oil was nice and black!! lol
plenty of go in the old beast!
any help with the other problems would be great.
The heaters are warm, just the fan switch isnt doing anything?

i'll take a few pics in the morning and post them so u can see it.

Dollywobbler · Post by **Dollywobbler** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:19 pm

Have a search through the tech section for heater fix. It's pretty common.

Mike E (uk) · Post by **Mike E (uk)** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:25 pm

you say the oil was black, so sounds like you have already changed it, very good idea.

Does the temp gauge read normal? if so, the fan fix should be easy.

Hopefully the power stewering problem is not the pump.
As Dollywobbler says, clean filters & new LHM 1st.
Perhaps a hydraflush for a month would be wise too.

Sounds like a good buy as you are willing to give it a good clean.

Well done in saving it.

Mike

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:04 pm

Mike E (uk) wrote:Does the temp gauge read normal?

No gauge on a (standard) TZD Turbo, just two lights. None of your fancy valver gauges here!