diesel info

[Wideboy]

well im after a Peugeot 306 turbo diesel but no absolutely nothing about diesels, only real question i have is what is considered as average millage for a diesel, if i was looking for the petrol equivalent would be looking at millage under 80k but do diesels live longer etc?

cheers

[Richie]

I commute to work 53 miles there and the same back and get about 4 days traveling to 40 litres...
thats 426 miles for 40 litres which = 48.5 miles to the gallon.
I have an old shed of a puggy 205 TDi, 1.9litre.... 94,000 miles, still going strong.
paid £250 for it last November when it had 78,000 miles on it....


Bargin.

[Biker Biggles]

Providing the oil is changed and the oil and fuel filters too a diesal will go on for a very high mileage.Peugeot make very good engines,so no worries there,but it's the rest of the car that will probably fall to bits.

[Mr Toad]

Diseasals go on for ever, as long as they are properly serviced on time.

[mattSV]

Peugeot do two types of diesel lump in the 306 IIRC - a 1.9 turbo & a 2.0 HDI.

I have had several vehicles with both types of engine (Pug 205 1.9td, Citroen Synergie 1.9TD, Citroen Synergie 2.0HDI & Pug 307 HDI). Both are generally excellent lumps, however I did have problems with both of the HDI engines when they would shut down and go into 'limp' mode for no apparant reason - both were low mileage with full main dealer histories (had the 307 from new) - I am meticulous about ensuring that all of my vehicles are well maintained and serviced in line with manufacturers specs, using decent oils/filters etc.

[Wideboy]

well jamesunhill has been helping me look for one found a decent enough one so on with the insurrance quotes.

fully comp - £2500 odd

TPFT - £1800 odd

TP - £1800 odd

qoutes done on 2 comparison sites

any ideas where i can get cheaper quotes because thats stupid price

[kwak zzr]

my passat 1.9tdi has 70,000 on the clock and its only 3 years old, its the first car ive ever owned with high milage so we will see if it poses any problems in the future, i got it from lloyds tsb cars, X lloyds owned from new, full history right down to bulbs replaced. everyone i spoke to said you can double the milage for a diesel.

[colinsv25]

ive got a pug 306 non turbo 1.9d,at the mo it aint runnin to well took it to a garage today and now its even worse :smt076

[Cloggsy]

Don't forget, with older diesel cars you can mix your diesel with rape seed oil and run it without any adjustment at a ratio of 50% Diesel/50% Rape seed - More environmentally friendly and cheap to boot :!: When you can buy rape seed oil to £10 for 20 litres at Bookers or Makro, you can 'legally' use 2500 litres a year...

[phil24_7]

My pug 306 1.9 turbo diesel was bought as a wright-off (front end smash) has average milage, is looked after terribly, has been round the country twice with excellent mpg, gets ragged and abused, has been lowered with big alloys and it's still going strong!!!!

Oh and the insurance ain't too bad, worked out the same as my old 1300 astra with no mods (honest officer, that's how it came outta the factory, they all came with custom bodykits!!!), currently at £265 TPFT.

This to look out for are the suspension link arms aren't up to much but are cheap as chips to buy and easy enough to replace, and the sunroofs tend to leak after a while (mine's recently started to leak :-().

Viva la diesel revolution!

[phil24_7]

Don't forget, with older diesel cars you can mix your diesel with rape seed oil and run it without any adjustment at a ratio of 50% Diesel/50% Rape seed - More environmentally friendly and cheap to boot :!: When you can buy rape seed oil to £10 for 20 litres at Bookers or Makro, you can 'legally' use 2500 litres a year...

Will ahve to look into this, I can also get my hands on vast quantities of used cooking oil (can't remember what type) from work. It comes in handy working in a pub!


Regards

[portreekid]

Will ahve to look into this, I can also get my hands on vast quantities of used cooking oil (can't remember what type) from work. It comes in handy working in a pub!


Regards


Colleague of mine runs his old Vauxhall Cavalier with mix of diesel and cooking oil from Lidl. Thought he was taking the p*** but says it never misses a beat.

[MiniMatt]

It's a french diesel, that means the engine will last far longer than the electrics :D

Had a xantia 1.9td that did 130K, engine was still fine when the rest of it fell apart - I'm pretty sure that french 1.9td lump was shared amongst pug & citroen cars. That one ran on a 30/70 mix of veggie oil and diesel through all weathers without problem. Warning though - don't put unfiltered oil in - bits of potato peelings will definitely harm your engine. To be honest, the work involved in filtering used oil (has to be down to micron level) is probably too much for the non enthusiast but there's lots of help out there on t'internet if you're interested.

Current audi A4 diesel, 2.5 V6 lump, 180 horsepower, 45mpg, and 155,000 miles and still going strong.

[Keith1983]

If you get one don't forget to make sure it has a recent enough cam belt change!

[Wideboy]

yeah im swatting up on diesels big time :smt024

[kwak zzr]

cam belt change is a big one at about 60k important too, lots of diesel cars use cam chain now.

[Wideboy]

well i bought a puggy 106 1.5D as i couldn't find right car and i want to get bike off the road for winter etc, it will do for time being, plus its immaculate, inside the engine as well, very very low millage 54k:-D