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My erstwhile daily of distinction , the Rank Taxi Octavia (http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=47&t=1516193&mid=96552&nmt=King+of+the+Rank!-+51+plate+Skoda+Octavia+1.9tdi+purchased..) has gone to meet it's maker. To whit, I needed a new car pronto. Up early this morning, on the trail of my quarry! We piled into my Dad's e60 520i and set off for the southlands. The roads were clear, if wet, and we made good progress. As I sat in the passenger seat it occurred to me that the M74 can be quite picturesque.. All too soon, we reached sunny Chester, where we were greeted by this little beauty! Its a 1998 Peugeot 306 1.9 Dt, fitted with the legendary XUD lump! All mechanical and simple to fettle, the only real issue is the Lucas fuel pump. I may swap it out for a Bosch one to enable the XUD to run on 90% WVO, much like the Octavia did. Once my eyes had recovered from the interior: (thankfully they are much easier on the erse than they are on the eye!) I took it for a test drive. I'd forgotten how good these things were! Despite 155k on the clocks, the suspension as taught yet compliant, the engine willing and the road holding excellent. It does most things very well, and succeeds at being a Jack of all trades, blending the best bits of other fleet members thusly: 1/2 Clio 172 power + 2/3 CX comfort + 3/4 E30 handling = 306 We got it fuelled up and had an uneventful trip back up the road. SWMBO approves - this may last longer than the Octavia! Home. 240 odd miles in an 18yr old French car, without incident. No doubt another update will be along soon enough - wish me luck:)
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rodney
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had a few of these , i have an old 406 on the drive with the bosch pump , been run on wvo for about 50k by the last owner , runs will still
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had a few of these , i have an old 406 on the drive with the bosch pump , been run on wvo for about 50k by the last owner , runs will still How difficult would a Bosch pump swap be? If it becomes a keeper I'd consider doing it
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Had one of these a few years back. Excellent cars, mine had covered 150k and still ran sweet as a nut. 6 Months after I sold it ended up on a local forecourt with 97k miles lol
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I arose from my seat at the crack of 13.40, and set to having a swatch at this Gallus Gallic Go Getter! First up was sorting the sore paw: I took the 4th alloy to a local tyre place, who diagnosed a faulty valve centre as being the cause of the flat tyre - they replaced it free of charge! One of the staff even took time out to tell me about how you can turn up the pump to make it faster:) then it was time for a general tidy up - so out came the hoover and the interior cleaning stuff The steering wheel was surprisingly clean - certainly compared to other cars I have bought! Next up, the very important job of getting some tunes set up! then it was onto the engine bay and time for a check over of all the general engine accouterments.. Coolant first: Obviously it had previously been sick over itself to a large degree - The water in the header tank is hoachin! luckily no signs of oil/mayo in the coolant or water in the oil, so I reckon a coolant flush should sort things out Next up was the oil: Bang on the minimum with no mayo showing. A quick top up sorted that out. Lastly, I had a quick clean of the bay to make it a touch more presentable
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Gotta love a diablo 3dr The lucas pump is easier to wind up than the bosch, its just not as keen on it, nor does it like veg as much I'm sure this thing will do you proud I miss my ph1 xud
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l33dwc
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Still good value. Looks like a nice clean one. Remember my cousin buying the same as you years ago and really enjoyed it then. Had a hdi ph3 estate as a "need car quickly as my zafira killed itself on Xmas eve". One cam belt later it did 5,000 miles in 3 months. Great cars and fancy a gti 6 as a weekend toy.
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Already clocked that -thanks for linking:)
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Still good value. Looks like a nice clean one. Remember my cousin buying the same as you years ago and really enjoyed it then. Had a hdi ph3 estate as a "need car quickly as my zafira killed itself on Xmas eve". One cam belt later it did 5,000 miles in 3 months. Great cars and fancy a gti 6 as a weekend toy. Thanks- paintwork is rough close up bu t the important bits all seem to be spot on!
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Nice purchase. We had one a couple of years back and did a similar journey down the 74 to collect it. Ours was Miami blue so the interior was slightly tamer. Great cars these.
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The 306 is a very underrated car I think.
Ive had two d-turbos but have a GTI 6 now which isn't quite so good on juice...
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The 306 is a very underrated car I think. Ive had two d-turbos but have a GTI 6 now which isn't quite so good on juice... I remember jumping in a base model 1.4 years ago and hooning it to the Auctions-fantastic fun, but looked like a shopping trolly:)
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Need to sort out service items for this-anyone any idea what thermostat I need?I appear to have a plastic housing
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Took it out to visit my brother. Turned out he learned to drive in one:) He thought it most competent, and worthy of a good go at the shedding! have a gratuitous pic of it sidelights on waiting for its prey (mainly lardy repmobiles)
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Struck whilst the iron was hot and ordered up service parts.. Hedged my bets re the thermostat and ordered both versions-hardly breaking the bank and no doubt someone with an XUD will be able to use whatever one is left over. got to love a service for sub £30 inc delivery! I've left glow plugs off the list at the moment, as I'll need to see what the job looks like. Moreover, not orderimg any brake parts til I get a look at the car this weekend. [a href=" |http://thumbsnap.com/CHxEpo4P"] |http://thumbsnap.com/CHxEpo4P[/a]
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OOh lovely, I have one of these as my daily, '98 R, Lucas pump, bone stock, It's chuffing brilliant. Getting harder to find in XUD flavour apart from intergalactic milers or ragged to death, looks like you have a good 'un.
It's possible to do the glow plugs without faffing about removing the intercooler (which the Haynes manual insists on), it's just a bit fiddly. I think I used a load of wobbly socket extensions and a lot of sticking my tongue out of the corner of my mouth....
Thermostat is dead simple, it lives in a plastic housing near the fuel filter (I think), I have changed mine but can't remember much about it, so it must have been easy! I thought it was stuck open but actually it had a rubber seal on it which had come off and got stuck in it.
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OOh lovely, I have one of these as my daily, '98 R, Lucas pump, bone stock, It's chuffing brilliant. Getting harder to find in XUD flavour apart from intergalactic milers or ragged to death, looks like you have a good 'un. It's possible to do the glow plugs without faffing about removing the intercooler (which the Haynes manual insists on), it's just a bit fiddly. I think I used a load of wobbly socket extensions and a lot of sticking my tongue out of the corner of my mouth.... Thermostat is dead simple, it lives in a plastic housing near the fuel filter (I think), I have changed mine but can't remember much about it, so it must have been easy! I thought it was stuck open but actually it had a rubber seal on it which had come off and got stuck in it. Brilliant- cheers for the info:) there also appear to be two possible airfilters so I'll have a look and see which one I need. Thermostat already identified! Currently having to rag it on occasion to get some heat in the cabin..
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there also appear to be two possible airfilters so I'll have a look and see which one I need.[/quote] Yup. And 3 possible front disc/pad set ups...
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Yup,
Airfilter/glowplugs and brakes (if needed) can all be in a later parts purchase once I've worked out what types of each I have
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