sobaka Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 2.2 litre diesel is the most powerful and "pleasant" diving wise engine in the smax diesel range. To the contrary of it's peugeot/citroen twins (engine is developed by the french in PSA) it doesn't have a twin turbo but a single turbo of variable geometry added by for research group. Common to earlier builds is a problem which can be described as hestating and stummbling at revvs around 2000 rpms. The problem is rectified by ford by means of a ECU s/w upgrade. If you own a 2.2 diesel smax with this problem contact your ford dealer and INSIST (not all dealers are friendly enough) that it is a common problem and the fix exist. Apart from that I am aware of no other common problem with 2.2 diesel motor, owners of this engine are welcome to make comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxiboy Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 2.2 Is a great engine with loads of power and especially torque. Very smooth and quiet for a 4 cylinder.Does around 42mpg. Had the stumbling issue as Sobaka explained but after a re-map at a Ford dealer all has been resolved. It is a no brainer over the 2.0ltr being only about £700 more.....plus you get the better 6 speed box, larger front discs and those lovely twin pipes out the back. Maxiboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobaka Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 2.2 Is a great engine with loads of power and especially torque. Very smooth and quiet for a 4 cylinder.Does around 42mpg.Had the stumbling issue as Sobaka explained but after a re-map at a Ford dealer all has been resolved. It is a no brainer over the 2.0ltr being only about £700 more.....plus you get the better 6 speed box, larger front discs and those lovely twin pipes out the back. Maxiboy Yeah I do admire this one as well Maxiboy, as you might have seen in the starting post. Thanks for the input, great to have you here. Andrei P.S. for others - why not have more than one site to frequent to get the overall picture, just a thought aloud. A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamman Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 hi i have just bought a 2.2 tdci s max always wanted one since 2006 launch the only prob with the car is the radio/cd/satnav buttons the paint has come off and they look shoddy anyone know were i can get some...any help appreciated cheers yamman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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