Peugeot 306 Petrol To Diesel

[floggmolly]

Is It Possible For Me To Put A 1.4 HDI Engine Into A 1.4 Petrol 306? If So How Would Would I Go About Doing It? And What Would I Have To Change?

[Harlequin]

YES in the same way that you can fit pretty much any engine in any car....


long answeer:

are you nuts?

the 306 never came with a 1.4 HDi , and in fact only came with any HDi engine - a 2 litre toward the end of its `life` , for the most time it had the awesome 1.9TD and not quite so awesome 1.9 non turbo; so you would need the engine , wiring loom (all of it) , gearbox , weld in some engine mounts ,and the ability to set everything up including the computer you`ve just got which you dont have , oh and change the fuel system - complete , from petrol to diesel (and prolly missed alot)


sell the 1.4 and buy a TD

[citronut]

i agree with most of what Harlequin says
apart from the welding in engine mounts, as i thought all the PSA lumps that hang from mountings like the XU/D's and TU/D's, and pretty sure the HDI's will switch from any model cit or pug,

[spider]

It will fit as far as I know it uses more or less the TU engine mountings. You'll need the diesel gearbox.

Regarding electrics, its mostly plexed. You'd have to source / customise a 107 HDi / C1 HDi loom into the 306 one, unless you wanted to go plexed, which will be very difficult with a 306, possibly using a 307 and a 206 as donors.

It's likely to be very difficult to do, especially dropping it in will not be that bad just mixing / matching mountings / pipework / exhausts, its the electrics that are going to cause you problems. You'd also need to replace the pickup in the tank with the diesel unit too.

TBH, the TUD5 is a better choice in a 306 (yes I know it was never fitted into this) as it will drop in more or less and be very reliable. Failing that an XUD over a DW8

[Peter.N.]

One of these would probably be a lot cheaper:

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Peter

[scrapcar]

It's not worth doing far to much aggro, you would be better off just buying a diesel version.

[spider]

Agree. Unless there's something really specific about the current vehicle that makes it worthwhile to do that and not replace it.

[floggmolly]

Yes Harlequinn I Know That It Never Came With This Engine. And The 2 Litre Or 1.9 Has To High Tax. 1.4 Hdi Would Be Far More Economical And Cheap On Tax. Spider I Was Also Thinking About That 1.5 Engine Aswell. Would That Be An Easier Job?

[Peter.N.]

You won't get much more economical that the 2.0 Hdi, I can easily get over 60mpg from my 406 which is a lot heavier and the tax is £130.00 per year, it would probably be less in the 306, providing you car was registered after March 01, otherwise they are all the same.

Peter

[Xaccers]

Yes Harlequinn I Know That It Never Came With This Engine. And The 2 Litre Or 1.9 Has To High Tax. 1.4 Hdi Would Be Far More Economical And Cheap On Tax. Spider I Was Also Thinking About That 1.5 Engine Aswell. Would That Be An Easier Job?

I'm sure someone posted elsewhere that even with a different engine your tax will not change.

[Peter.N.]

For the engine size/emmisions to make any difference to the tax class that car must be registered after Mar 1st 2001.

Peter

[spider]

It was me who posted in Chat about theoretical tax questions.

The TUD would be far easier to fit though if you really wanted to do this but I don't think your tax band would change anyway as Peter has pointed out.

Not to mention your insurance company will not be happy (read expensive) if you do a conversion to something that was not factory produced.

[myglaren]

It was me who posted in Chat about theoretical tax questions.

The TUD would be far easier to fit though if you really wanted to do this but I don't think your tax band would change anyway as Peter has pointed out.

Not to mention your insurance company will not be happy (read expensive) if you do a conversion to something that was not factory produced.

Indeed, mine had a fit at the time and I had to supply an engineers report to them when the 3L PSV engine was removed from my Volvo 265 and replaced with a lowly 2.2L 4-banger.
Insurance doubled