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    Hi Erick,

    This is not a year of car I'd be looking at in petrol format as it's plagued with faults from carbon build up on the valves/ cylinder head to timing chain guides breaking (death rattle). A good search on the forum will tell you all you need to know about these motors. There will no doubt be more issues with them but I simply don't entertain them so tend not to take an interest in them. My preference is R50/53 or for the second generation it has to be diesel as these use the Peugeot Hdi unit which is a strong reliable engine. Around 2010 the diesel engines were switched for BMW units which again are good units and you very seldom get any problems from them.
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