Peugeot 306 D turbo a few questions.
Discussion
Were looking for a little 306 diesel as a run around at the moment, my Audi guzzles fuel and Emmas MG is far from ideal for collecting parts (come to that neither is the Audi). My Dad had plenty of 306 diesels in the day and I recall they were smashing little cars, I've always fancied one and the urge was reawoken the other day when we looked around a lovely little 2.0 8V XSi, only negative was it won't be that economical and had a creased boot floor.
From memory the D turbo had the nice seats and front bumper of the XSi, with the excellent 1.9 diesel. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Really I'm after finding out what to look out for/avoid, from memory rear suspensions are a weak spot on all Peugeots of this era, has this been resolved? Also are the cambelts hard to change? Is there a water pump to change at the same time? What is access like and what is the change schedule?
Otherwise the car will just stay standard, chavved models will be avoided, I'd prefer the 1.9 as opposed to the HDI but condition will be key at the end of the day.
Thoughts?
From memory the D turbo had the nice seats and front bumper of the XSi, with the excellent 1.9 diesel. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Really I'm after finding out what to look out for/avoid, from memory rear suspensions are a weak spot on all Peugeots of this era, has this been resolved? Also are the cambelts hard to change? Is there a water pump to change at the same time? What is access like and what is the change schedule?
Otherwise the car will just stay standard, chavved models will be avoided, I'd prefer the 1.9 as opposed to the HDI but condition will be key at the end of the day.
Thoughts?
wildoliver said:
Were looking for a little 306 diesel as a run around at the moment, my Audi guzzles fuel and Emmas MG is far from ideal for collecting parts (come to that neither is the Audi). My Dad had plenty of 306 diesels in the day and I recall they were smashing little cars, I've always fancied one and the urge was reawoken the other day when we looked around a lovely little 2.0 8V XSi, only negative was it won't be that economical and had a creased boot floor.
From memory the D turbo had the nice seats and front bumper of the XSi, with the excellent 1.9 diesel. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Really I'm after finding out what to look out for/avoid, from memory rear suspensions are a weak spot on all Peugeots of this era, has this been resolved? Also are the cambelts hard to change? Is there a water pump to change at the same time? What is access like and what is the change schedule?
Otherwise the car will just stay standard, chavved models will be avoided, I'd prefer the 1.9 as opposed to the HDI but condition will be key at the end of the day.
Thoughts?
My dad also had a few when new and my friends just sold his N-reg Dturbo. Great cars and love the engines for a diesel. The D-turbos were available with all the same alloys and bumpers as the xsi so looks wise they are usually the same apart from the badges. Later models (HDI)looked almost identical to the GTI-6 which is a plus.From memory the D turbo had the nice seats and front bumper of the XSi, with the excellent 1.9 diesel. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Really I'm after finding out what to look out for/avoid, from memory rear suspensions are a weak spot on all Peugeots of this era, has this been resolved? Also are the cambelts hard to change? Is there a water pump to change at the same time? What is access like and what is the change schedule?
Otherwise the car will just stay standard, chavved models will be avoided, I'd prefer the 1.9 as opposed to the HDI but condition will be key at the end of the day.
Thoughts?
Don't know too much mechanically but I have heard one common major problem is the heater marix which is a dash board out job if it goes and takes a lot of labour so your talking a good few hundred if you get a garage to do it, or a long days work if you DIY from what i have heard.
Get one thats had full service history and the usuall major stuff done and it should be good to go, hopefully someone else can answer your questions about suspension and cambelts.
wildoliver said:
from memory rear suspensions are a weak spot on all Peugeots of this era, has this been resolved? Also are the cambelts hard to change? Is there a water pump to change at the same time? What is access like and what is the change schedule?
Otherwise the car will just stay standard, chavved models will be avoided, I'd prefer the 1.9 as opposed to the HDI but condition will be key at the end of the day.
Thoughts?
I think the only real problem with the rear suspension is that the rubber mounts tend to get worn out so if there is a knocking from the rear then they probably need changing.Otherwise the car will just stay standard, chavved models will be avoided, I'd prefer the 1.9 as opposed to the HDI but condition will be key at the end of the day.
Thoughts?
Rear radius arm bearings go as well as the rubber mountings causing knocking noises.You can tell by looking at how much the wheels lean towards the centre of the car ,the tyres end up rubbing on the inner arches when they are fubar.
If you are going to the expense of having the belt done it's probably only another hours work(ish) and the cost of the parts to have the pump changed,so cheaper than doing it at another time.
If you are going to the expense of having the belt done it's probably only another hours work(ish) and the cost of the parts to have the pump changed,so cheaper than doing it at another time.
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