Peugeot Boxer/Citroen Relay. Any good?

[DeanR32]

Morning all

I’m looking at a change of van, and these look better value that the German equivalents.

Looking at around 2018 vehicle. How do they stand up to higher miles? I’d be looking to find something below 100k miles, but am I asking for trouble with these particular vans?

Or should I just forget it and look straight to the Germans? They’re far more expensive for the same year and miles.

What do you guys recommend?

Cheers

[Vincecj]

What will you be using it for? Weight? Volume?

[DeanR32]

It’ll be used as a utility van. Weighing 3ton all the time, and do around 150 miles per day roughly

[reddiesel]

Utter junk in my opinion , the Mercedes Sprinter is still the benchmark when it comes to vans of this size , no cam belt to change at 50,000 miles for a start which means less downtime . Its not unusual to find Sprinters for sale with 400,000 on the same engine , you only get what you pay for .

Edited by reddiesel on Friday 19th March 22:06

[Venisonpie]

reddiesel said:

Utter junk in my opinion , the Mercedes Sprinter is still the benchmark when it comes to vans of this size , no cam belt to change at 50,000 miles for a start which means less downtime . Its not unusual to find Sprinters for sale with 400,000 on the same engine , you only get what you pay for .

Edited by reddiesel on Friday 19th March 22:06

Only van that takes abuse is a Merc. The rest are variations of inferiority.

[Vincecj]

I'm happy with my Iveco.

[Ussrcossack]

Handbrake on the right of drivers seat

[scorcher]

Bought a brand new Relay L3H2 for less than 16k+ vat last year. Nothing has gone wrong with it. Got the newer 2.2 engine in it rather than the tranny engine. Better spec than the equivalent sprinter and same sort of price of something German with 100k of hard miles on it. Most camper van conversions seem to be based on these or fiat equivalent. DPD have a few of these now aswell as a log of utility companies. Obviously don’t know how they are fairing under normal use but there’s plenty about.

[Robmainstgarage]

reddiesel said:

Utter junk in my opinion , the Mercedes Sprinter is still the benchmark when it comes to vans of this size , no cam belt to change at 50,000 miles for a start which means less downtime . Its not unusual to find Sprinters for sale with 400,000 on the same engine , you only get what you pay for .

Edited by reddiesel on Friday 19th March 22:06

Citroen and Peugeot use the 2.2 transit engine in the boxer/relay which is chain driven.

We work on all sorts of van, transits get my vote, rebiable value for money well Speced, we maintain a fleet of minibuses all well passed 200k and if maintained give very little bother.

Citroen/Peugeot/fiat boxer etc body work is abit soft (door hinges breaking/body cracking is common) wiring can be an issue, but drive well and probably the best on fuel and best pay load and seem to be the cheaper end of the market.

Iveco, heavy, rough, but mega reliable

Renault/Vauxhall/Nissan, my least favourite not bad but never seem to drive that well and seem heavy on suspension joints/bushes etc also gearboxes soft on the fwd ones

Vw/merc, heavy so less payload, parts are dear, dear to buy and having worked in and driven a lot I can really see the benefit of spending the extra money.

Myself I have a Ducato recovery truck mainly because it has the best payload and it's nice to drive, the old man has a transit which despite been abused and dragging a loaded trailer a lot just keeps going but been a 2007 is starting to want the body work tidying up

[reddiesel]

Robmainstgarage said:

Citroen and Peugeot use the 2.2 transit engine in the boxer/relay which is chain driven.

We work on all sorts of van, transits get my vote, rebiable value for money well Speced, we maintain a fleet of minibuses all well passed 200k and if maintained give very little bother.

Citroen/Peugeot/fiat boxer etc body work is abit soft (door hinges breaking/body cracking is common) wiring can be an issue, but drive well and probably the best on fuel and best pay load and seem to be the cheaper end of the market.

Iveco, heavy, rough, but mega reliable

Renault/Vauxhall/Nissan, my least favourite not bad but never seem to drive that well and seem heavy on suspension joints/bushes etc also gearboxes soft on the fwd ones

Vw/merc, heavy so less payload, parts are dear, dear to buy and having worked in and driven a lot I can really see the benefit of spending the extra money.

Myself I have a Ducato recovery truck mainly because it has the best payload and it's nice to drive, the old man has a transit which despite been abused and dragging a loaded trailer a lot just keeps going but been a 2007 is starting to want the body work tidying up

I think you will find the latest Transits which are made in Turkey pretty dire . the only reason there are so many on the road is because of the attractive leasing rates . Only an idiot would buy a new one using their own money

[Mariosbt]

Just bought a L3H2 Peugeot Boxer on a ‘68 plate. The van has covered 102K & I don’t have any documentation as to whether any belts or chain have been changed. It has been regularly serviced however, also the brake fluid has been changed regularly. No owners handbook/ manual came with the van, are there any things in particular to watch for on these models? Cheers.

[Jerrycans]

Oil pump

[Mariosbt]

Jerrycans said:

Oil pump

[ACCYSTAN]

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