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After reading PFCHRIS 's thread about his vectra diesel having a fit, I'm worried about somthing I may have shown too much interest in.... theres a pug 305 gld iirc sat up local to me... hasnt been moved since 99 but looks solid as a rock appart from the rear quarters being rusty as the paints fallen off lol think its an ex taxi... the guy that owns it knows nothing as it was his dads whos now moved so doesnt no if it runs but does want rid (hasnt named a price if any yet ) my question is.. how hard is it to get an old dizzle going again?I'm used to gettin petrols going again as they don't worry me, pretty simple stuff... but diesels now worry me... I'm pretty sure its not a turbo... don't even think they offered one... but is an old highmialage diesel likely to be leakin like a seive and do what that bimmer in the video did?
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Last Edit: Sept 7, 2009 6:29:13 GMT by retrowagen1234
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93fxdl
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if the engine is not totally fubarred then should be a fairly simple job to drag it back into the land of the living. First you will need a GOOD battery as it will probably need a fair bit of cranking So start by seeing that it will turn and check the expansion tank for bubbles as i believe the 1.9 pug diesels like to eat their head gaskets make sure you use plenty of heat, as in the glow plugs, if it still dosent want to live, undo one of the injector pipes slightly and spin it again to bleed the system finally if it still dosent want to start give it a sniff of easy start while spinning over if it fires a few times then stops try bleeding the injectors again if you are getting the jitters over the risk of it going runaway when you are fiddling, just disconnect the air filter and have something handy to block it with to cut off the air supply ttfn glenn
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hmmm that actually sounds quite fun..... is it strange that ive just been listening to queens of the stone age "no one knows" realy loud and now i realy wanna do it lol.... makes me find the idea of a runaway dizzle quite funny lol
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if one goes there are usually one of two ends 1 it runs out of extra fuel and returns to normal 2 it revs to destruction if you have a mad death wish plus a need for more power, rig up a screenwash pump with diesel in it and plumb it into the intake ttfn glenn
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what does that do? give it a quick boost? I'm liking this obviously idealy id prefer not to blow it up as a rattly old 80's diesel does float my boat, my mate had a mk1 golf diesel and although slugish i love the torque and the not wanting to start if the battery is even slightly under par.... lol just makes me giggle
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but here is an example of what a diesel can do with a bit of extra fuel and a few "little"modifications?
ttfn glenn
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diesels operate slightly differently to petrol motors a diesel has no throttle as such it controls power and rpm just by the amount of fuel pumped in so if you add more fuel you get more power but you also start to get unburnt fuel going straight through (black smoke) ttfn glenn
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An N/A peugeot diesel isn't worth having imo. I'd be a peugeot fan myself, and drive an N/A diesel. The turbo engines are great, but if you like getting up hills...
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that bad eh hmmm... would it be alot of hassle to turbo it? i mean does it share the same engine with any turbo ones? making a swap easy? or at least a manifold swap
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Sept 7, 2009 10:08:01 GMT
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Anyone that knows more about peugeot here might correct me on this, but to turbo it, I believe you will have to do an engine swap, and from a discussion I saw Adam and others involved in on readers rides recently, I think it's not that easy a thing to do.
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Sept 7, 2009 11:02:48 GMT
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My pal had an old 309 N/A diesel a few years back, he got it for free and it just would not die! He ran it on petrol/diesel mix (that he got for free out of the spoiled fuel tank), and anything else he could lay his hands on he'd chuck in it. He ragged the sorry nuts off it everywhere, used it to round up the cows on the farm etc, and it was not terribly slow as far as I remember. If it's free-cheap then what have you got to lose?
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Sept 7, 2009 14:06:58 GMT
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do it and enjoy! Oil diesels have always started easier for me than old petrols, They need less! A New battery, fresh diesel, some heat and a can of WD40 and you're away.
And if at first u don't succeed, spray more WD40 down the intake and try again!
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Sept 7, 2009 14:48:30 GMT
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An N/A peugeot diesel isn't worth having imo. I'd be a peugeot fan myself, and drive an N/A diesel. The turbo engines are great, but if you like getting up hills... The naturally aspirated engines are fine, they're a lot more user-friendly in day to day use, especially in towns and cities. They are pretty responsive below 50mph compared with the off/on power delivery of the TDs. If it's such a problem, I imagine a TD would bolt in no bother.
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Sept 7, 2009 18:08:38 GMT
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Do iitttttt
Love those old Pug's.
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