19-08-2021, 10:52 PM
(19-08-2021, 05:45 PM)Reckless Rat Wrote: My 1995 Citroen C15 van is a keeper. It has the original Peugeot-Citroen 1.8 litre XUD diesel engine. No turbo, no HDi, and its mechanically fuelled diesel only develops 60bhp. However, it is absolutely bombproof and returns 45-50 mpg laden or not. Citroen made millions of them, but they are now starting to disappear. Mine won't. I have a garage attic full of spares!
I had the later XUD based DW8, which was a mechanical normally aspirated 'HDI' block. 68 horse In my first 306 estate. That went to eastern europe after I killed it (bent the rear axle beam). With some washers between the wheel and hub the tyre didnt rub the wheel arch so the latvian bloke who bought it drove off into the sunset.
The two HDIs I had were totally reliable. No issues ever. 110horse too as I recall. Certainly better than the XUD 110horse 'DT' for go.
To be fair the 'Duratorque' in the Mondeo pIssed all over them. Pulling fairly hard still at 150. But EGR issues made it smoke like a Gardner in a 50s lorry, two garages it went to wanted to replace the injectors (at circa 800quid).Then it started to hunt. So blocked the EGR off with a home made stainless plate, clearing the engine management light the day before each MOT. Then lost boost, a bursted hose from the intercooler. Then the vanes in the turbo stopped working (stuck), so limp mode due to overboost, so a strategic hole drilled and tapped in the turbo, followed by a dose of Mr Muscle oven cleaner solved that, or did once the hole was plugged with a bolt. Lastly the vane actuator gave up, probably because of mauling the stiff vanes, after about 5 soldering jobs on the PCB I concluded it was fubar, so on ebay it went, running, but in limp mode. Bye bye. That went to donate its central locking to a ST24 estate.
The 1600 petrol Focus is all very weedy and totally gutlesa, unless you rev the wotsits off it. And when you do, the fuel consumption goes from bloody awfull (35mpg) to diabolical (20odd).