"Keith Willcocks" <invalidaddress.TakeThisOut@invalidaddress.invalid> wrote in
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> "Gas Man" <gas_man.TakeThisOut@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>> "Keith Willcocks" <buccaneer.TakeThisOut@invalidaddress.com> wrote in
>> news:erKdnZqG_aH9tC3ZRVnyiQ@bt.com:
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>>>
>>> "Chris" <chris.TakeThisOut@thingysrealm.myftp.org> wrote in message
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>>>> On 8 Jul 2006 04:44:52 -0700
>>>> "alecalgo@madasafish.com" <alecalgo.TakeThisOut@madasafish.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> BEST 2 LITRE(ish) PLODDER DIESEL .... ??
>>>>> Any lovers of yr basic plodder diesel around ....?
>>>>> ...... fitted across a range of cars, it's said that the peugeot
>> 1.9
>>>>> diesel is one of the most sturdy and unbreakable diesel engines
>>>>> around (in that size range) .... ?? if that is so why do we keep
>>>>> hearing of all the head gasket probs to do with it ...? is it
>>>>> because it was once a 1.5 or 1.7 litre and instead of developing
a
>>>>> new engine they just bored it out .... ? thereby reducing the
>>>>> distance between the cyls ..? I am looking for an absolutely
basic
>> 5
>>>>> to 7 year old diesel car in the 2 litre range .... definitely
not
>>>>> turbo, definitely got to
>>> <<snip>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have had my 405 deisel for many years and its got over
>> 256000miles
>>>> on the clock.and still gos very well, it might be it has oil and
>> all
>>>> filters done every 4 months.i am very happy with this 1.9 deisel
>> like
>>>> many other people that i know have the same engine.with or
without
>>>> turbo.
>>>
>>>
>>> Agree totally. Previously I had a 405 with 1.9 non turbo engine
>>> (properly called normally aspirated) gave well in excess of
100,000
>>> miles and currently a 406 2.0 HDI that goes like a rocket and has
>>> 112,000 on the clock. Neither of the engines have given any
>> problems
>>> at all. No idea what you are talking about regarding head
gaskets.
>>>
>>> Why do you not want a turbo? 1.9 TD runs far better than the non
>>> turbo and the HDI is far superior even to the TD and has been
around
>>> since 1999 which is the year of my 406.
>>
>> plus you can run on bio-diesel (as stated by email from Peugeot
>> themselves)with no probs.
>> requires some mineral diesel in cold weather(anti-waxing)but
>> otherwise nothing else (even HDi engines )
>
> Are you certain of that with regard to HDI engines. Some time ago
> there was discussion about that on this group accompanied by dire
> warnings abut using bio in HDI engines, in fact probably all common
> rail diesels. Apparently, amongst other things, it screws the anti
> pollution system. See this link
> http://forum.rac.co.uk/showthread.php?t=799
This is the reply from Peugeot
"Thank you for your recent enquiry made via the Peugeot website.
Since 1998 Peugeot has engineered all of its HDi diesel engines to run
on biofuels. This flexibility in the design of the Peugeot HDi diesel
engine means that today, all current Peugeot HDi diesel engines can
run on a blend of 30% vegetable oil methylester/diesel biofuel,
without any modification.
Therefore with the current level of available biofuel at the UK pump
being only 5%, Peugeot again demonstrates its forward thinking in
respect to environmental issues.
Fuel quality for bio-diesel and for diesel fuel must conform to
European fuel norms EN14214 and EN590.
Kind regards,
Dobir Hussain
______________________________________________
Peugeot Customer Advisor
_______________________________________________
The Peugeot Customer Contact Centre
Tel: 0845 200 1234
Web: <http://www.peugeot.co.uk>"
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