OK, I've admitted it, my life has ended, I've bought an MPV

alexp-j · Unread post by **alexp-j** » 23 Dec 2006, 09:15

The Goodwood is getting tired of being the only car so has decided it needs some TLC.
So I bought this Scénic yesterday (it's the wife's really):

1998 1.9 dTi with A/C & ABS. 100k

1st thought: how difficult is a cambelt change?

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 23 Dec 2006, 09:35

Ahh well, at lesst it is French Alex...

So why did you desert PSA when you could have had an 806?

Bananaman · Unread post by **Bananaman** » 25 Dec 2006, 20:26

Me too!

reblack68 · Unread post by **reblack68** » 26 Dec 2006, 20:28

I had to to Squire's Gate for bits when I was on holiday. Very helpful they were too.

jeremy · Unread post by **jeremy** » 26 Dec 2006, 21:51

Ah the Scenic - which must have been the only car advertised as having a defective handbrake!

(Wasn't it the one shown running down a mountain to join in the family picnic fun?)

alexp-j · Unread post by **alexp-j** » 26 Dec 2006, 21:56

I seem to remember a Scénic advert a few years ago where the car did a lot of donuts etc on the stage of a school play or something to the tune of the Lightning Seeds' It Could Be Marvellous,

Or was that the same one?

citrojim wrote:Ahh well, at lesst it is French Alex...

So why did you desert PSA when you could have had an 806?

Because I need a car not a Conservatory

and Xsara Picasso's look awful.

jeremy · Unread post by **jeremy** » 26 Dec 2006, 23:17

If the engine is a relative of the 1721cc heron headed OHC unit used in the Renault 21 its probably nearly indestructable - which was just as well as I've never had anything as good at dumping its water!

Gearbox was much the same - but the thing caught fire when the electric fan siezed - cleverly wired on the ignition circuit with a 75 (yes - true and correct - 75) amp fuse. Interesting afternoon with the dash and loom in front of the TV cutting out the burnt bits and soldering in new - and then it ran for about a year before I replaced the fan!

alexp-j · Unread post by **alexp-j** » 27 Dec 2006, 07:30

jeremy wrote:If the engine is a relative of the 1721cc heron headed OHC unit used in the Renault 21 its probably nearly indestructable - which was just as well as I've never had anything as good at dumping its water!

No idea, it's a 1870cc F9Q 734 (dTi) Turbo Diesel engine
I imagine they'll be like the PSA XUDs & just change the head on a very similar block.
AFAIK the dCi lump is the exactly the same but common rail injection.

Bananaman · Unread post by **Bananaman** » 27 Dec 2006, 16:18

reblack68 wrote:I had to go to Squire's Gate for bits when I was on holiday. Very helpful they were too.

Car was part of a fleet at one of the clinics I work for, now valeted and sans stickers and sans green flashing light on the roof (sadly).