thinking of a new car (now thinking 306 D turbo HDI)

[readie]

now i am thinking about getting the 306 HDI dturbo but every vid i see they are spitting black smoke do they all do this? or? is there a way round it?

any normal fualts/ noises to look for?

thanks

[Danr]

If you're thinking 306 you'd be better off with a hdi in my opinion thaan the 1.8 anyway.

HDI is cheap insurance, good fuel economy and vtr pace.

[readie]

arrr thanks for the information man and help

[sharpshooter]

urgh dont get a 306 lol, my mate had a 1.9 tdi with a dump valve hahaaa

[KrisB]

Whats wrong witha 306, i'm tempted to start an arguement but i wont, especially not on a saxo forum, but one thing i will say is that you're a lot safer in an accident.

You want to get a hdi, a 1.9td or a 2.0 16v

In my opinion the 1.8 16v engine isn't that much better when its a heavy car, its revvy but not that much torque.

Get yourself a hdi, instantly remap it to 120bhp or more, i work with a 165bhp hdi, not that much is needed to get there either. Dturbo is mega reliable, and i'm currently doing a 150bhp project for someone, which is about the max they will take without needing heawork and nitrous.

[daivtr]

get a derv i had a 1.6 xs nothing but trouble better built than a saxo tough and alot safer

[readie]

i was talking to the derv docs about gettin it remapped wid a front mount intercooler which they say would take it too 162bhp with a remap at stage 2

[readie]

bump!!

[Liam_LFC_VTR]

Most of them D Turbos have had the Turbo screwed thats probably why you see all that black smoke lol

My mate had one and had a lot of bother with his.........

[mitchyg_saxo]

i raced someone at santa pod who had spent 3000 on engine mods, and i killed it, wouldnt bother tbh

[J222JRA]

306 ralle ftw............man they sound awesome

[martinmac]

Mine doesnt smoke too much... EDIT: tends to be the older Dturbo models

Although i havent had the best of luck with mine tbh, got rid of my VTR to get one...

its a more solid built car, and isnt far off Vtr pace (as said), also the fact it has good tuning potential is a plus, remap to 125 bhp for like 200 quid.

But as i've found its still a french car ... things like to break and stop working, although the engine is still going very strong at 97,000 miles!

[Danr]

The diesel engines on peugeots are quite decent from what I recall.

All diesels can dump loads of black smoke...