Don’t let the timing chain issues put you off, just budget for replacing it by 100k if it hasn’t already been done and change oil and filter every 12 months 10k miles.
Can’t think of anything in particular to check just the usual mot history,service history and condition like any other car

 

what year do the timing chain issues end?

 

They don’t end, they improve around 2011 and by improve I mean they could see 100k in the most part rather than failing as early as 50k.
B47 came in around 2015 and whilst it is a lot better they are still not immune from failing, i would still change it by 100k if it was mine.
the problem with them is they don’t always give warning of failure, yes you can have noise but I have known several just go without any warning at all.

 

Good to know. From what I’ve read The 6 pot doesn’t suffer chain issues?