Newbie looking to buy his first Touran with 2.0 PD engine

[stonedofmoo]

Hi everyone. I'm new here, but not new to VW ownership as my own car is a MK4 Golf V6 4Mo which I adore, and plan to keep on the roads as long as I can :-)

Anyhow the Mrs needs a larger family motor and the Touran seems to fit the bill. Now I want to get one with the 2.0 PD engine before they went common rail, but I am desperate to avoid getting one with a DPF because she does many short journeys less than 15 mins long as well as our occasional long journeys of 220 miles plus visiting family.

It's hard to make out on the internet which Touran's if any had the DPF fitted. I see various engine codes for the 2.0PD before the DPFs came along, so if I'm looking to go view a VW Touran, how can I know if it's going to have a DPF fitted. For example is there a switch over point? I'm looking to get the youngest diesel Touran I can which doesn't have a DPF fitted to it.

Aside from that is there anything to watch out for on the PDs? They have a strong reputation in the Golf circles and I appreciate the slightly older engineering as I'm a DIYer and do my own servicing etc.
Basically all information helpful so I don't go out and buy a total sh*ter :)

Cheers
Chris

[churp]

check out the wiki page about the touran as it might help you. Volkswagen Touran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Touran)
Basically in short on the 2lt pd engines, 140 bhp DON'T have dpf fitted but 170 bhp DO have dpf. it was sometime in later 2009 or thereabouts when they changed from pd to common rail as I have a 2009 2lt 140bhp pd engine and that hasn't got a dpf, but when I was looking around when going to buy mine, all the 170's seemed to have them fitted as did all the common rail one's with either the 140 or 170 output

[Rob69]

Unless your wife is adamant she wants a 2litre, consider the 1.9 as a less troublesome engine. Look up the 2litre oil pump / balancer issues, i also have a couple of pals who have had to replace the turbos on their 2litre engines. they are Borg Warner KKK whereas the 1.9 is a Garrett turbo. Look out for corrosion under the boot floor, soggy rear suspension bushes and rattling dmf flywheel. 1.9 was straightforward for servicing, timing belt etc. A lot of that age tourans will have had a hard life as family battle buses ( ours had!) Good luck!