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tomruls1001

Original Poster:

28 posts

181 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Is the peugeot 306 1.9 xudt a good reliable engine, im about to purchace a 306 1.9 DTurbo with 166,000 miles on it will it be reliable or on its way out?

swifthobo

869 posts

193 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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they are normally very good

TrafficRat

165 posts

170 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Generally they are good, however you dont know who its been owned by? Previously a boy racer?

If its a first car then yes its cheap and who cares if you crang it, but no because its a very powerful engine for someone who is not an experienced driver biggrin a


FunBusMk2

17,911 posts

241 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Checks it had a cambelt done recently, if not get it done - in fact just do it anyway. These are good for 200k miles +. Ensure well looked after and good service history and it could be a very good car.

winshent

1,174 posts

218 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Good engine, shame about the rest of the car..

Seats are rubbish, and I think the grommets chewed thru the wiring to the drivers door on mine, so I lost central locking and obviously could no longer lock the boot.

Have a read of this