Thinking about buying Leon, which diesel engine to choose?

[istannbullu34]

Hello everyone,

I currently own a 2011 Octavia with 1.2 TSI 105 HP, and also have got a Civic 1.4 83 hp which we are not so happy with, with tough acceleration and poor engine performance.

Trying to get rid of Civic and planning to buy a Leon for the wife, however, I have concerns mostly with DPF.

My brother in law owns a Leon 1.9 TDI 2010 with 60.000 miles on the clock, also chasing some 1.6 TDI ones with low mileage. I was reading about a lot of failure stories with DPF (and I own 1.2 TSI which is famous for chain issues) I would like to get some idea, what are the advantages and disadvantages of 1.6 and 1.9 turbodiesels? What should i look out for? Any comments would be appreciated!

The wife will be using Leon mostly with short journeys, like 5-10 miles and once-twice a month she may drive out of town like 100 miles.

I try to avoid TSI s because of the chain problem that I am scared of but I also do not want to add another with TDI, want to be sure that I am choosing a good engine.

 

[Number12]

for only 10 miles per day go to petrol

 

[who.am.i]

10miles?go with petrol. Mine mk3 is diesel-100km per day.

VAG Familia

 

[istannbullu34]

Thanks guys for the comments, I do not trust TSI engines much - I cannot afford MK3, it will be mk2 if i will look for any, 1.2, 1.4 1.6, 1.8 all have bad history.

So that you do not recommend both 1.6, 1.9 TDI for short run.

Don`t know, maybe I will look for different brands for petrol engine, but hard to find something good.