Question about Chain Drives on the Diesel

Reebs · 18th January 2020, 19:08

I'm a V6 man as many will know, so have little experience of the diesel chain driven M47R engines.

My question is do the chain driven units need no maintenance or changing whatsoever in the life of the car?

I ask because the wife has just bought a 2012 Audi A1 1.4 Petrol TFSI which has a chain driven cam rather than the later model belt driven one. Looking on the Audi forums and honest John, it suggests that the chain drive can be troublesome and become loose or snap if not regularly checked and that the engine needs fresh oil every 12 months if its chain driven.

Are the Rover 75 CDTi's the same here then or are they much lower maintenance?

I guess from reading the web, you only hear of the bad cases, and that the vast majority of chain driven cars have no issues?

Do our diesel 75s and ZTs ever need their chains replacing / checking / adjusting? Any experience on this would be great

18th January 2020, 19:08	#1
Reebs Owners Club Director Rover 75 Conn SE V6 / MG ZT 260 SE V8 / MG ZT 180 SE V6 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 20,941 Thanks: 645 Thanked 6,851 Times in 2,537 Posts	Question about Chain Drives on the Diesel I'm a V6 man as many will know, so have little experience of the diesel chain driven M47R engines. My question is do the chain driven units need no maintenance or changing whatsoever in the life of the car? I ask because the wife has just bought a 2012 Audi A1 1.4 Petrol TFSI which has a chain driven cam rather than the later model belt driven one. Looking on the Audi forums and honest John, it suggests that the chain drive can be troublesome and become loose or snap if not regularly checked and that the engine needs fresh oil every 12 months if its chain driven. Are the Rover 75 CDTi's the same here then or are they much lower maintenance? I guess from reading the web, you only hear of the bad cases, and that the vast majority of chain driven cars have no issues? Do our diesel 75s and ZTs ever need their chains replacing / checking / adjusting? Any experience on this would be great __________________ Check your trim here . Check your spec here Check your colour here . Check Project Drive here Check your original price here