I almost bought a nov01 2.9 Sedona SE this afters but withdrew on the last 
minute because I could not tell if the engine was a 'common rail CRDi' ( 
143bhp ) version.

The car model was a phase II version with the bigger grill. I understood 
that the earlier models called LX,SX,GSX all had the TD  (125bhp ) engine , 
but the phase II which were post Nov 01 called L,LE,SE were the 2.9 CRDI 
versions. Parsker website seems to confirm this.

The problem is, when I looked on the engine, nothing on the plastic covers 
said CDRi, in fact all I called find was "TDI double overhead cam 16V"

The seller did advertise it as a CRDI so he's now flapping because he 
doesn't know what the hell it is.
We actually rang the local dealers and their mechanics looked ar a nearly 
new Sedona and an older one. The nearly new one definately said CRDi on the 
cover and the old one said TDI.

 If I could get some pointers that could satisfy me once an for all then I 
can either go for it or just move on.

EG if it said 16V, would this indicate is was a later version ? perhaps the 
original one was just 8V

Has any got any pics of the different engine bays so I can make a judgement?

Thx

16V 2.9 engine car?
not unless it's got a porch badge on it
the differences are most likely to be in the fuelling rather than anything 
else but the thing you need to ask for first is when the crdi engines were 
first introduced
if it's after nov 01 then you would have most certainly bought the older 
version


"Tox O'Grady"  wrote in message 
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>I almost bought a nov01 2.9 Sedona SE this afters but withdrew on the last 
>minute because I could not tell if the engine was a 'common rail CRDi' ( 
>143bhp ) version.
>
> The car model was a phase II version with the bigger grill. I understood 
> that the earlier models called LX,SX,GSX all had the TD  (125bhp ) engine 
> , but the phase II which were post Nov 01 called L,LE,SE were the 2.9 CRDI 
> versions. Parsker website seems to confirm this.
>
> The problem is, when I looked on the engine, nothing on the plastic covers 
> said CDRi, in fact all I called find was "TDI double overhead cam 16V"
>
> The seller did advertise it as a CRDI so he's now flapping because he 
> doesn't know what the hell it is.
> We actually rang the local dealers and their mechanics looked ar a nearly 
> new Sedona and an older one. The nearly new one definately said CRDi on 
> the cover and the old one said TDI.
>
> If I could get some pointers that could satisfy me once an for all then I 
> can either go for it or just move on.
>
> EG if it said 16V, would this indicate is was a later version ? perhaps 
> the original one was just 8V
>
> Has any got any pics of the different engine bays so I can make a 
> judgement?
>
> Thx
>
>
>
>
> 

"Tox O'Grady"  wrote in message
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> I almost bought a nov01 2.9 Sedona SE this afters but withdrew on the last
> minute because I could not tell if the engine was a 'common rail CRDi' (
> 143bhp ) version.
>
> The car model was a phase II version with the bigger grill. I understood
> that the earlier models called LX,SX,GSX all had the TD  (125bhp ) engine
,
> but the phase II which were post Nov 01 called L,LE,SE were the 2.9 CRDI
> versions. Parsker website seems to confirm this.
>
> The problem is, when I looked on the engine, nothing on the plastic covers
> said CDRi, in fact all I called find was "TDI double overhead cam 16V"
>


You're going to have to remove the plastic top cover and look at the
fuelling- if you see an injector pump with one pipe per cylinder feeding an
injector then its the earlier model.

If you see a smaller shorter pump where the injector pump would go, with one
fatter pipe leading to either a circular or long 'rail', and from here 4
individual pipes leading to the cylinder head, then its the common railer.

Tim..

> You're going to have to remove the plastic top cover and look at the
> fuelling- if you see an injector pump with one pipe per cylinder feeding 
> an
> injector then its the earlier model.
>
> If you see a smaller shorter pump where the injector pump would go, with 
> one
> fatter pipe leading to either a circular or long 'rail', and from here 4
> individual pipes leading to the cylinder head, then its the common railer.
>
> Tim..
>




I've actually got an email today from Kia UK head office confirming the 
chassis number and the fact its a CRDi engine.

I've put a deposit on the car and made a gentlemans agreement that I go to 
see it tomorrow with a bag of tools to remove the cover. Assuming I can 
confirm its got no piping and I can see multiplugs on all the injectors then 
we'll close the deal.

My other car is a Laguna 1.9 dTI and the car this Sedona is replacing is my 
Citroen Synergie 1.9TD. Both these cars are mechanical injection so I know 
what you mean about the piping on the back of the fuel pump