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No sooner had one gone out the yard, another came in very late last night/early this morning
Picked up that Xantia as linked by RJ, following my request for 'something cheap and nasty' -
Well, cheap it is, nasty it's not :cool:
Spiel:
96 Xantia
XUD turbo diesel
97k miles -genuine :eek::eek:
FSH & NCT reports
2 prev owners, 1 for over 16 years, other for a month or two
Very very Clean in & out, no test bla bla,
It will keep me happy for a few k miles anyway, its like driving a cloud
got it for the price of a tyre for my Hilux :pac:0 -
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Morning lads,
Didnt wanna start a thread, and I reckon this doesn't really fall into bangernomics..
I'm on the lookout for something very cheap & very nasty,
The nastier the better,(sub 4/500) test not important, once it looked like it could pass one it will do, tax would get you a blue peter badge
Fuel type: unimportant - but diesel a bonus (diesel card)
Any of ye spotted/have anything some way presentable lying around / filling a hole in a ditch that runs & will do a few thousand miles?
I'm thinking xantia/205/306/golf/carina/cit zx/audi 80/... anything that's not huge engine wise.
Id rather avoid anything sub 1.4 also..
Edit: Im in the kildare/dublin area btw...
I have a 93 1.6 Civic Automatic, clean and tidy little car with low miles. It's the SOHC VTEC and is a miser on fuel. Test just out but I'd wager it'll pass0 -
No sooner had one gone out the yard, another came in very late last night/early this morning
Picked up that Xantia as linked by RJ, following my request for 'something cheap and nasty' -
Well, cheap it is, nasty it's not :cool:
Spiel:
96 Xantia
XUD turbo diesel
97k miles -genuine :eek::eek:
FSH & NCT reports
2 prev owners, 1 for over 16 years, other for a month or two
Very very Clean in & out, no test bla bla,
It will keep me happy for a few k miles anyway, its like driving a cloud
got it for the price of a tyre for my Hilux :pac:
I love hearing stories like this
Keep the older stuff on the roads!
As it's a 96 model you should hopefully have the earlier type turbos and non ecu type pump too
I miss our one....0 -
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Ah man, thats crap
Is it the high pressure oil feed? Poss a seal gone
It's the steel pipe that comes from the turbo to the bottom of the engine it is a common enough fault on them there is a metal clip welded on to it to hold it to the engine it can break. Mine hasn't completly broken as there is only a small bit of oil going down the pipe it's leaking abit anyway. I'm after starting the engine again and it doesn't seem to make the noise from the belt anymore unless it just does it when the engines warm. I've heard that the steel pipes are serious expensive.0 -
I love hearing stories like this
Keep the older stuff on the roads!
As it's a 96 model you should hopefully have the earlier type turbos and non ecu type pump too
I miss our one....
I Just love old cars
96 would be the upper end of the year scale for me though, i usually end up in <95 :pac:
To be honest I wouldnt know, I must verse myself in them a little, im hearing a little squeak from the belts though, do the crank pulleys give the same trouble as they do in the hdi's?
I take it its 'screwable' too? :cool:Traffic Corps Avensii:
The ones in Navan and Dunshaughlin also only have dipped beams with no tail lights
Add Portlaoise to that list, they drive em on the drl's all the time without realising as theyre so fecking bright.. Seeing it a lot on our wonderful motorways too.0 -
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There's not a lot that goes wrong with those mk2 focus's. They have their known faults and sometimes they don't show up at all. It just seems like they are on yours, but once they've been sorted you can garantee trouble free motoring with them. Keep the faith man, sure there better than say a golf. 0
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Ardennes1944 wrote: »Finally got some more DA work in today. Did the front quarter panel. The only thing I have to say is...whatever Menzerna put in their FG400 polish, its bloody fantastic. Took away scratches in hardly no time, will be using this from now and produces a great shine on its own without a finishing pad.
And collinite 476s, although one of the harder waxes to apply/buff off regardless of how much applied, is magnificent!
I may have to try some of that myself looks like impressive stuff.
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It's the steel pipe that comes from the turbo to the bottom of the engine it is a common enough fault on them there is a metal clip welded on to it to hold it to the engine it can break. Mine hasn't completly broken as there is only a small bit of oil going down the pipe it's leaking abit anyway. I'm after starting the engine again and it doesn't seem to make the noise from the belt anymore unless it just does it when the engines warm. I've heard that the steel pipes are serious expensive.
I'm guessing the oil return pipe so....? I'll have to get an image of 1 up later to see!
Maybe invest in an aftermarket 1? The high pressure pipe on my XUD can be replaced with braided pipe with banjo bolt for example...I Just love old cars
96 would be the upper end of the year scale for me though, i usually end up in <95 :pac:
To be honest I wouldnt know, I must verse myself in them a little, im hearing a little squeak from the belts though, do the crank pulleys give the same trouble as they do in the hdi's?
I take it its 'screwable' too? :cool:
Add Portlaoise to that list, they drive em on the drl's all the time without realising as theyre so fecking bright.. Seeing it a lot on our wonderful motorways too.
No pulley problems, just a bit iffy to remove when doing the t-belt otherwise they're fine! Perhaps tighten the belt up? Loosen the 2 allen bolts in the tensioner and wind it out at the bottom
You can indeed turn fuelling up or down provided you can get the tamperproof cover off
turning the LDA pin 180 degrees also another way to improve response low down!
More than likely you have a T2/K14 with a car of that vintage. Our old 97 one had a K14, the crossover to the newer smaller turbos was sometime late 97... I wouldn't go turning up the wastegate on a K14, mine sticks and you can't take it off as easy as the T2....
The XUDs are so simple, bits easy to get and so much info out there on them, makes them great fun for an old IDI :cool:0 -
:eek: Finally opened up my old engine...
Amount of slush/whatever it's called scared me really, especially another engine I run now is the same age/similar mileage. Started thinking about engine flush.
To flush or not to flush - that's the question.
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No pulley problems, just a bit iffy to remove when doing the t-belt otherwise they're fine! Perhaps tighten the belt up? Loosen the 2 allen bolts in the tensioner and wind it out at the bottom
You can indeed turn fuelling up or down provided you can get the tamperproof cover off turning the LDA pin 180 degrees also another way to improve response low down!
More than likely you have a T2/K14 with a car of that vintage. Our old 97 one had a K14, the crossover to the newer smaller turbos was sometime late 97... I wouldn't go turning up the wastegate on a K14, mine sticks and you can't take it off as easy as the T2....
The XUDs are so simple, bits easy to get and so much info out there on them, makes them great fun for an old IDI :cool:
Thats good news so, Ill have a look at the tensioner later on.
Ah tbh, id say ill leave it well alone, its a little bit too good to go messing around with, not even a puff of smoke from it, was worried when i couldnt find any :pac:
Ill have a root around the net for a bit of info on them so, any good sites you'd recommend?
They're surely hailed as one of the best diesel engines out there.
Oh another thing about Xanti, ALL the electrics WORK :eek:
must be a record for a 17 year old Citroen, feck thats a record for a 2 year old citroen :pac:0 -
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Best to use allen keys for the tensioner, ratchet will barely fit....
306oc and straight to the XUD section or feel free to ask me, I know a bit about them! :pac:
I thought the same about my 406, have the pump turned up quite high and coupled with the K14 its no slouch, despite the wastegate :pac:
Okie doke, will do thanks again
Spot on, ill have a nosey later/when i get a chance.
Well, after getting out of a 2+ tonne truck with huge wheels, this is a rocket ship :pac:0 -
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MetzgerMeister wrote: »Well, don't leave us hanging! Cad é? Mazda6 MPS??
It's not a MPS
Though it could well be gone before i sell mine.
I'll just say its more car than mine.0 -
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