Mo
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Registered: 29th Jan 03
Location: Bolton, Drives Q3 S-line +
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what should i be looking out for when buying a XE engine. Any hints or tips?
thanks
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Service History? Taps/Rattles, Smoke. Mileage. When was Cambelt changed (Not essential - I always check though!)
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Mo
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cheers checked most of that apart from history
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VegasPhil
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Mine is quite a high miler, but has 14 vaux service history stamps, didn't smoke on startup and was full of clean oil and blue coolant 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Mo
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nice
i'm going checking one hopefully on sat.... we'll see how it goes
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