Any common issues on 850R estate

[El Padrino]

Originally Posted by Clark

Thanks for the video buddy.
Yeah a good exhaust does make a world of difference - I'm only realising this now with the new estate as my existing saloon was kept stock. I've attached a few more pics of the estate exhaust - it's mental - I am sure my whole leg can fit inside! It sounds so amazing. No idea what type of exhaust it is though.

Hi Clark, that is a mighty exhaust I bet it enhances the sound of the inline 5 just great. On mine, I would want a nice rumble at idle (but not too loud) and a nice roar (again not too loud) on acceleration and gear change.

[CNGBiFuel]

Originally Posted by Turbodave

Given how common the 850 was and how old they are now, rest assured every foible has been identified, fixed and we'll documented. A couple of hours on Google will see you very well versed. Or just read the 56 million posts in the technical section here and you'll get a feel for what goes wrong and how to fix it. The R is no different to any other 2.3 T-5, nothing unique about it really...

Agreed. I'll never understand why with so much info on these cars out there -all simply for the asking - why would anyone compound this and answer someone when they've already plain told you: they're too idle to read it anyway? Astounds me. And that... before you see they've put the post in what any fool can see is the 'selling' section.

I think it must be me?

[Rich850R]

Get it in the air and check those sills, also inside the rear wheel arches where the seat belt mounting points are located, prone to rust, seeing a fair few with holes in the arch that require welding