C4 Cactus part 2

[oldagepensioner]

General consensus of opinion is that the diesel ones of these would not suit the short journeys i tend to do and i agree but what about the 1.2 petrol version.
I have seen a few of these advertised but couple of things concern me.I have seen 2 horsepower figures for these 81 and 108 which if any is correct.
Also from the engine shots i have seen they seem to be a 3 cylinder engine plus can anyone tell me if this is a wet or dry belt engine.

[mikeyr]

Plenty of info here, I had the 80hp engine. Others are turbo charged I think. Wet belts but don't know reliability of them.

https://www.whatcar.com/citroen/c4-cactus/hatchbac...

Non turbo is super economical but slow, imagine if you had a turbo version would still get good economy and be much more usable.

[ThingsBehindTheSun]

1.2 Cylinder Puretech engine with a wet belt. Personally I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole, plenty of information about this engine on the internet, none of it good.

[Crudeoink]

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

1.2 Cylinder Puretech engine with a wet belt. Personally I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole, plenty of information about this engine on the internet, none of it good.

Otherwise known as the Pureste engine

[braddo]

Does the engine from a Clio 197/200 fit?

[budgie smuggler]

As above, it's a crap engine. Good MPG though.

[oldagepensioner]

budgie smuggler said:

As above, it's a crap engine. Good MPG though.

Wet belt as suspected as i Know PSA group among others use them and that was enough to put me off but thanks for your advice which will be heeded.

[MattyD803]

budgie smuggler said:

As above, it's a crap engine. Good MPG though.

Very good MPG on the 1.2 N/A lump. We had brand new Cactus 1.2 on a lease for 18 months and it gave us 45mpg round town, no matter how we treated it. (Mostly hard start / stop) urban use. On a motorway run it was nudging 60mpg. Spritely too.

[budgie smuggler]

MattyD803 said:

Very good MPG on the 1.2 N/A lump. We had brand new Cactus 1.2 on a lease for 18 months and it gave us 45mpg round town, no matter how we treated it. (Mostly hard start / stop) urban use. On a motorway run it was nudging 60mpg. Spritely too.

I checked the wife's long term average MPG on the computer and it was showing 50 something MPG. Pretty good considering it does a lot of short journeys. However it does use about as much oil as it does petrol.

[ThingsBehindTheSun]

budgie smuggler said:

I checked the wife's long term average MPG on the computer and it was showing 50 something MPG. Pretty good considering it does a lot of short journeys. However it does use about as much oil as it does petrol.

How old is it, what mileage and how much is it using? Isn't this a warning sign that things are not all well in Puretech land and it could die at any point?

[budgie smuggler]

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

How old is it, what mileage and how much is it using? Isn't this a warning sign that things are not all well in Puretech land and it could die at any point?

I think it's an 17 plate, 50K miles.

I don't have my notebook to hand but I think it's using about a litre every 800 miles or something.

Yes it's dying, I've been trying to get her to get rid for probably 3 years now! When it does go bang and leave her stranded in god-knows-where, it will of course be my problem to sort