Rank Taxi Replacement- 306 follows on from Octavia

[320touring]

Fuel light came on last night on the way home- did another 34 miles before filling up at Morrisons next to work.

99.7p/litre.

it did 612.2 miles on 56.17L of derv, total cost £56.00.

thats 49.55mpg

not too bad considering 1/2 of the tank was done at 70-75mph on the way home from collecting it.

Additionally it was running very cold for about 2/3 of a tank.

scope for improvement I'm sure!

[bmthnick1981]

Top shedding!

Not seen the dishwasher tablet trick before

[320touring]

bmthnick1981 said:

Top shedding!

Not seen the dishwasher tablet trick before

Cheers!

Dishwasher tablet trick was new to me too. As the car cost so little I thought it was worth a shot

[colinevan]

Usget said:

colinevan said:

All was fine until I slowed down to join another motorway, once the slip road opened up to join I floored it in 5th from about 60mph to pass a truck. I passed it in about an eighth of a second and the car had more pull than my M3 lol. It had that much pull I took my foot of the accelerator and it jumped upto 3 figures instantly. As I'd obliterated everything on the road it was safe to pull over on the hard shoulder whereby I had to force the car to a standstill with it trying to bounce off the limiter. I realiased what had happened , let the car cool down and re started her. Same thing!! rev counter bouncing off the limiter and even pulling the key out the ignition left her running. Popped her in first and purposely stalled her and rang for breakdown .

Ironically , when they turned up I had burned all the surplus oil and was fine to carry on my journey lol.

Oil had settled at its max and was happy lol.

Ace car.

Edited by colinevan on Tuesday 5th January 01:40

I don't know why but that made me guffaw!

I love the D-Turbos - my mate used to have one and we took it round the Evo Triangle back in 2007 or so. Brilliant car, seats were insanely comfy (and when you're sat in them you don't have to look at them)

I aim to please, sometimes PH can make peeps have a laugh sometimes lol.

[320touring]

A fairly frosty start this morning was followed by a fair smattering of snow.

2 heats of the Glowplugs saw her up and running no bother!


Could do with a bit more underbonnet insulation I think - managed to melt the snow on the 1.5 miles to the supermarket.

[ChrisR99]

Really enjoying this thread!

[320touring]

Glad you are enjoying it- Here's what she sounds like when she's started from cold in -5..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FdF59Ywyrw&fe...

[John Boy 616]

A car dear to my heart, mine was the very same spec. Good look with it!

[Fattyfat]

320touring said:

Glad you are enjoying it- Here's what she sounds like when she's started from cold in -5..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FdF59Ywyrw&fe...

I had an old 406 with the same engine, kinda miss the old XUD clatter

[320touring]

John Boy 616 said:

A car dear to my heart, mine was the very same spec. Good look with it!

Thanks - so far so good!

Fattyfat said:

I had an old 406 with the same engine, kinda miss the old XUD clatter

I think a set of glowplugs are in order, but otherwise the clatter can remain

[320touring]

This wee 306 continues to impress!

used it on Sunday to facilitate collection of my brother's new E38 730i and attempt to collect a Lada Niva- although that didn't go quite according to plan..

[moustache]

Without doubt my favourite threads on readers rides are yours mr 320touring.

[320touring]

moustache said:

Without doubt my favourite threads on readers rides are yours mr 320touring.

most kind of you to say so!

I have ordered new glowplugs for the 306, whilst they are winging their way yo me, I'll set about the old ones with wd40 and a spanner or two to see how many can be successfully removed..

[cirian75]

my old lucas pumped D-Turbo loved the 2 stroke oil in the fuel trick

Has to be low ash (FB spec) and mineral, synthetic does not work well.

on refill, 250ml of 2T oil, then fill the tank so it mixes.

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/engine-oils-fluid...

I swear it held boost longer too.

[320touring]

Despite only ordering the Glowplugs yesterday, they arrived this morning!

No time like the present, so I set about installing the hugely valuable (£11.99) new ones..

First up was a liberal skooshing of proprietary lubrication fluid.


Then out for a drive to my Unit - with another squirt when I arrived.

A bit of faffing later and it was back to my Gaff, and time to tackle them (after lunch and another skoosh, of course!)



The super jointy faffery sockets as supplied by my neighbour made short work of 3 out of the 4 plugs - number 2 is directly behind the fuel pump and looked a sod to get at, so discretion was applied

Number 1 is a straight shot, no problemo


Number 3 needs the small breather pipe moving to get in - you can see the nipple it connects to directly above the ratchet


Number 4 lives next to the fuel filter - pulling the top off made it easier to reinstall - removing the oil cap/dipstick creates space to turn the ratchet/bar


Suffice to say, the new ones looked significantly shinier than the old, and I think the 3 new have reduced the cold start drama!

[cirian75]

one of the multi plugs behind the battery disables the EGR, gets rid of the small flat spot in the low revs.

http://s28.photobucket.com/user/cirian75/media/24-...

http://s28.photobucket.com/user/cirian75/media/24-...

http://s28.photobucket.com/user/cirian75/media/24-...

Its a squeeze connector if I remember rightly.

unplug and tape the connectors to protect them.

Make sure the car is off 1st though.

[320touring]

cirian75 said:

one of the multi plugs behind the battery disables the EGR, gets rid of the small flat spot in the low revs.

http://s28.photobucket.com/user/cirian75/media/24-...

http://s28.photobucket.com/user/cirian75/media/24-...

http://s28.photobucket.com/user/cirian75/media/24-...

Its a squeeze connector if I remember rightly.

unplug and tape the connectors to protect them.

Make sure the car is off 1st though.

handy to know- thanks!

[cirian75]

I still miss my D-Turbo

[320touring]

cirian75 said:

I still miss my D-Turbo

that looks great in doom blue! and no lacquer peel either!

[cirian75]

320touring said:

cirian75 said:

I still miss my D-Turbo

that looks great in doom blue! and no lacquer peel either!

2 owner car, my mate for 6 years, me for 4.5, never broke down, no rattles, a solid 306.

After I px'd it made it to its last MOT where it failed and was never tested again.

it only showed 4k miles done and the front tyres wear reported as worn out, they were almost new when I px'd