What to look for with 207 1.6 petrol (110)?

[ashy90]

Looking at a 2006 Peugeot 207 1.6 Sport 110 petrol this evening.

Is there anything in particular to look out for? Any common problems?

[addo]

Nice motor design; disappointed with how many ECU issues I've seen.

[citronut]

in particular

in particular the particulate filter and fluid can be troublesome

Any common problems?

they have a DMF flywheel, and its a horrible job to do a clutch on the 1.6 110

[ashy90]

in particular

in particular the particulate filter and fluid can be troublesome

Any common problems?

they have a DMF flywheel, and its a horrible job to do a clutch on the 1.6 110

The petrol wont have a particulate filter will it?


Do the petrol engines have a dual mass flywheel or just the diesels?

As this is a petrol. Peugeot 207 Sport 1.6 110 petrol.

Anyway, we picked the car up this evening. Its alright, nice and tidy, wheels are spotless. Drives ok. Has some nice features. Hopefully my mother will be happy with it. It is certainly an upgrade from the 206 in terms of quality. The 206 has dreadful horrid shoddy plastics - surely one of the worst cars ever in that respect. The 207 is FAR superior with much better quality materials inside and it feels more solid. Still some cheap bits in places, and does not feel quite as well made as my dads old Rover 400 that I am currently driving. But, overall, not too bad.


One thing I am unsure of though, is when the cambelt is due for renewal. It seems that there is a couple of different 1.6 petrol engines.

[addo]

Engine code in the VIN is NFU?

[citronut]

in particular

in particular the particulate filter and fluid can be troublesome

Any common problems?

they have a DMF flywheel, and its a horrible job to do a clutch on the 1.6 110

The petrol wont have a particulate filter will it?


Do the petrol engines have a dual mass flywheel or just the diesels?

As this is a petrol. Peugeot 207 Sport 1.6 110 petrol.

sorry i missed that bit

[spider]

Assume 16v unit as 110. I remember the 8v units they did a higher power one, the only real problem we had was everyone sent the wrong air filter. To be fair this was on 306's but it may still apply if they do a 90 1.6 207.

Timing belt easy on TU 16v units as its the pointer thing.

Remember long service intervals on these so check its been serviced often enough. Some owners assumed the 20K meant 20K not every two years if they did not do the mileage. Personally 10K is enough for most engines to go without an oil change in my opinion. As they say oil is cheap (Well cheaper!) and engines are not.

Usual concerns I think, check carefully all electrics work Com2000 especially. Be careful with ESP faults etc as can be expensive (expensive not difficult in most cases) to fix.

[addo]

You mean the infamous pressure sensor fault?

[ashy90]

Engine code in the VIN is NFU?

Just checked, there is indeed an 'NFU' in the VIN no.


I believe the engine no is: 'FX6D2987866'

Does this tell you anything? I think its a 16v. It seems most 1.6 petrol engine Peugeot 207's are 120ps, but this is 110.


Is it a good engine? Is the cam belt change easy and when would it be due?

[addo]

Yes, a 16V.

In the absence of better information I wouldn't run the cambelt (etc) past 4 years or 60000 miles, whichever came first.

I don't know why it is, but as mentioned odd faults that are actually in the ECU are something I've encountered. If it gets a rough running issue that Planet/Diag can't make sense of, have the ECU checked rather than agonising over sensors. The rebuilding firms have a string of documented issues on this fault.

[citronut]

Engine code in the VIN is NFU?

Just checked, there is indeed an 'NFU' in the VIN no.


I believe the engine no is: 'FX6D2987866'

Does this tell you anything? I think its a 16v. It seems most 1.6 petrol engine Peugeot 207's are 120ps, but this is 110.


Is it a good engine? Is the cam belt change easy and when would it be due?

if you send me the last 8 digits of your chassis/VIN No. i will pm you the characteristics list of every thing your car left the factory wearing,
this also includes inside and out colour and trim type, rp No. , engine type and code

[ashy90]

There is a slight whine from something, possibly belt driven I think. If cam belt is easy to change I might give it a go with new tensioner and water pump etc.

[spider]

Timing belt generally easy on the TU 16v units as there's loads of space and the tensioner is a 'pointer' type so you do not have to do the 'twist and guess' thing. Will probably just want pegging in the crankcase near front (next to transmission) and a pin in each cam sprocket.

Recommend new tensioner and water pump as you said though too.

[ashy90]

Is it a 'TU 16v' engine then? Nice to hear it shouldn't be too difficult to change the belt. Still have no idea on the belt change interval. Is it the same engine that's in the Citroen C4?