I am looking at an 04 Fiesta 1.4TDCI. It has done 85,000 and is described this way "THIS LITTLE CAR IS IN VERY GOOD ORDER,IT STARTS AND DRIVES AS NEW.NEW TIMING BELT FITTED AND RECENT SERVICE. WE WILL GIVE YOU A COPY OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE CAR"

The owner says that £550 has just been spent on replacing the timing belt, the crankshaft pulley and the injector seals. He has also just serviced it.

Are the repairs he has just done a concern to me? I have very little knowledge of this car or mechanics.

The car might be in the £2600 region.

Do you have any comments that may help me. Thanks in advance

Timing belt is pretty much due (most people do half what Haynes say, so 85k is bang on the money)

Injectors seals are 4 copper washers, common failure on these engines (chuff chuff noise otherwise)

Crankshaft pulley seems a bit weird/excessive. May have just been blagged one by the garage though. This is a solid bit of steal so I can't see this needing to be replaced for any reason what so ever. They may have been mistaken with a cam belt idler pulley or tensioner pulley.

£2600 sounds fair, be ware though the clutches/flywheels in these are naff and will die around 110k if you are driving like a saint, and cost just under £500 all in to get repaired/replaced as they are dual mass.