Peugeot 306 2.0 LX HDI
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Nothing compared to the usual niceness you see around here but this is what i've got, first car with a small budget so a very small choice of cars to choose from. Saw this for £450, went and had a look and it was in good nick, although I did forget to check the oil, more on that later. Made an offer of £400, she accepted, bargain in my mind.
So pics.
Now back to how I didn't check the oil, you may notice that there is some oil on the engine, and that is after half an hour of cleaning it up, basically the women I bought it from had filled the oil up to the bead on the dipstick rather than the correct notch, this is obviously a massive overfill. I am not sure of the cause of the oil on the engine however, I suspect it might be a blown gasket although I am hoping that it is just oil that spilt whilst being filled.
Other than the oil issue, the car runs well, it does have a brake fluid leak apparently however I have not seen any on the ground since it's been here, so it is either a very very slow leak or the previous owner was mistaken.
Despite the niggles, for £400 it's a bargain I say.
Thoughts on it?
So pics.
Now back to how I didn't check the oil, you may notice that there is some oil on the engine, and that is after half an hour of cleaning it up, basically the women I bought it from had filled the oil up to the bead on the dipstick rather than the correct notch, this is obviously a massive overfill. I am not sure of the cause of the oil on the engine however, I suspect it might be a blown gasket although I am hoping that it is just oil that spilt whilst being filled.
Other than the oil issue, the car runs well, it does have a brake fluid leak apparently however I have not seen any on the ground since it's been here, so it is either a very very slow leak or the previous owner was mistaken.
Despite the niggles, for £400 it's a bargain I say.
Thoughts on it?
P I Staker said:
Good looking cars these but do seem to be poorly looked after by most owners and are getting old now.
Hows the rear axle?
Not had a proper look under the car yet, although it doesn't look to bad, bought a set of ramps, so gonna get the car up on them, drain the oil, refill it but also have a good look over the bottom.Hows the rear axle?
seumasbeathan said:
P I Staker said:
Good looking cars these but do seem to be poorly looked after by most owners and are getting old now.
Hows the rear axle?
Not had a proper look under the car yet, although it doesn't look to bad, bought a set of ramps, so gonna get the car up on them, drain the oil, refill it but also have a good look over the bottom.Hows the rear axle?
I am somewhat paranoid of PSA torsion beam axles after replacing the one on my 106 three times in a year.
Give that car a bit of love and I bet it'll come up nicely though.
If that runs the Bosch fuel system, check out www.hdituning.co.uk.
My Picasso has the same 90bhp lump, and the remap has taken it to 119bhp/208lb ft and managed to improve the economy and reduce diesel clatter in the process.
Whiffs a bit with the decat, but drives much better! They also wrote the EGR out of the system too so I managed to blank that off without issue.
My Picasso has the same 90bhp lump, and the remap has taken it to 119bhp/208lb ft and managed to improve the economy and reduce diesel clatter in the process.
Whiffs a bit with the decat, but drives much better! They also wrote the EGR out of the system too so I managed to blank that off without issue.
Kitchski said:
If that runs the Bosch fuel system, check out www.hdituning.co.uk.
My Picasso has the same 90bhp lump, and the remap has taken it to 119bhp/208lb ft and managed to improve the economy and reduce diesel clatter in the process.
Whiffs a bit with the decat, but drives much better! They also wrote the EGR out of the system too so I managed to blank that off without issue.
That sites not working for me mate,My Picasso has the same 90bhp lump, and the remap has taken it to 119bhp/208lb ft and managed to improve the economy and reduce diesel clatter in the process.
Whiffs a bit with the decat, but drives much better! They also wrote the EGR out of the system too so I managed to blank that off without issue.
seumasbeathan said:
Kitchski said:
If that runs the Bosch fuel system, check out www.hdituning.co.uk.
My Picasso has the same 90bhp lump, and the remap has taken it to 119bhp/208lb ft and managed to improve the economy and reduce diesel clatter in the process.
Whiffs a bit with the decat, but drives much better! They also wrote the EGR out of the system too so I managed to blank that off without issue.
That sites not working for me mate,My Picasso has the same 90bhp lump, and the remap has taken it to 119bhp/208lb ft and managed to improve the economy and reduce diesel clatter in the process.
Whiffs a bit with the decat, but drives much better! They also wrote the EGR out of the system too so I managed to blank that off without issue.
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