[AuRavelling79]

Hi Simon, I'm rarely working in Stoke Bishop - I sold most of that part of my round - Bell Barn Rd etc. - to Dan the Man -  (who drives an unmarked silver grey Dispatch/Expert '15 plate - he looks like Bluto from Popeye!  )

But I live nearby and am often driving round there and Westbury on Trym - I'll look out for you. What do you usually drive?

[Spruce]

Btw,

I love the citroen relay and Peugeot boxer - both real reliable vans great turning circle and good to drive and even the L1H1 takes a tonne

Darran

As long as they are serviced regularly and correctly they should be ok.

Oil pumps and oil starvation are a problem with the Ford 2.2 engines they use in these vans. If the oil pressure warning light starts to flicker the driver must stop immediately and you must get the van recovered.

In most cases replacing the oil pump and sump will sort the problem out.

I don't do many long runs with my Boxer. They seem to have the dpf filter regen program well and truly sorted as it works and I've no idea when its working.
 

[NBwcs]

I bought a Hyundai iload comfort new in 2012. It is a soft tuned 116PS but 343nm torque rear wheel driven cam chain using 2500cc diesel with 1067kg payload.

It has done 47000 miles in 8 years. It averages 29mpg and I use it one up with a 650L filled to about 500L at the start of the day.

When my 8 stone daughter works with me I fill to 650. But that averages less than twice a month. In the first year Dan the man worked with me from it and we would add a couple of barrels and a backpack.

It is on its original battery and clutch and I use a relay to charge a leisure battery and have a home made 2 person system with immersion on board.

I plan to keep it till it falls apart but originally I thought I would plan for 12 years.

I’m so glad you brought this up - there is an I load up for sale near me  im quite interested in it, but wondered about reliability - how do you find the glass panels in the Rear doors  ? And if I read correctly it has carpet in the cab area ?

Darran

Be careful with the iload, I was looking at them and the advise I read was that you must get the 13 plate onwards. Bit frustrating
 as I can't remember what the problem was but there's a fault in the predecessors which costs an arm a leg to put right. I'll try and find the info I was reading tonight, it was a little while ago I read it.

I'm not sure what you meant to type with "predecessors".  Mine is a 12 plate and has no issues. I know that mine was one of the first of the six speeds as I was offered a 5 speed for about £800 less and I declined.

By predecessors, I purely meant any I load that came before a 13 plate, as someone else has said its the turbos that are the problem, loads of stuff on the net about it, unfortunately can't locate the article that stated the problem had been sorted by the 13 plate so if anyone's looking at one, do plenty of research.