BEST 2 LITRE(ish) PLODDER DIESEL .... ??

alecalgo · 2006-07-08T11:44:52+00:00

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 1.9diesel is one of the most sturdy and unbreakable diesel engines around(in that size range) .... ?? if that is so why do we keep hearing ofall the head gasket probs to do with it ...? is it because it was oncea 1.5 or 1.7 litre and instead of developing a new engine they justbored it out .... ? thereby reducing the distance between the cyls ..?I am looking for an absolutely basic 5 to 7 year old diesel car in the2 litre range .... definitely not turbo, definitely got to be a boringand as simple as possible A to B'er.... Citroen Xara 1.9D perhaps ...?... So ? ... any ideas on your best-last-forever boring 2 litreISHdiesel engine ... (gasket problems are the absolute pits, mostlyinsoluble once started on the peugeot - cyl deformation as well as thehead) so perhaps not the peugeot .......? .... (you always get the sameexcuse ...."well that's strange for a Peugeot 1.9 .... all I can thinkis he's been thrashing it .... it you do that you wreck any engine !")---------o0o-------------PS .... been looking on the Automart site and I can't get it to workfor me ..? Unlike autotrader site (useless .... dealer cars and Iwant private .... the sort that USED to advertise in the local papers)it has a range facility. You put your post code in that field ...tho' it only takes the first bit (i.e. BB12 ...I am prepared to go upto 20 mile) .... so that facility is OK (if it works ?). But the twodrop down boxes to the left (make and model) don't drop down .... andthe page keeps coming back telling me to fill the fields in .... well Ican't if it won't let me !! Maybe it is because I am still on WIN 98... and the page is too big .... still it does Ryanair and that's big ! Any ideas please ..?cheers ......alec

Jul 08, 2006 22 Replies

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Chris 18 years ago

Have not seen any round Weybridge Addlestone area selling bio diesel.dont think i would like to try it in my pug 405.police would love that as they are very tight at the mo with cars smoking round town.

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puffernutter 18 years ago

I have just bought a 405 1.9TD (1993) with a Bosch fuel pump. One of the reasons for choosing this car was that the engine should take SVO without any problems.

I'll let you know how I get on.

My Defender 110 (200TDi) runs on 100% SVO in the summer with no problems. I am in the middle of fitting a dual tank system for the winter.

Cheers

Peter

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