Tales from beyond the grave AKA Dan & Emma's Black Xantia, pug 206HDi, Daniel's 206 Verve 1.4i, GTi180 plus XUD9TE 206!!

[CitroJim]

Even more curious Dan! This is getting interesting...

[ekjdm14]

Indeed, another good old fashioned mystery to add to our "collection"... I will be examining the pistons & rods very closely and hopefully be able to pull some part numbers to be able to cross reference where the rods came from. Engine is sat upright again now, manifolds off and almost ready to lift the lid when the drizzle allows!

One thing worthy of note, although doubtful of any consequence, is all the rods/caps are numbered as one would do when rebuilding an engine. The numbers aren't stamped in though, they appear to be acid-etched & I'm wondering if it's a factory thing. (there is a number 1 stamped into each rod, although I'd imagine that's a tolerance identifier?) I can't honestly recall any previous XUD rods I've handled being numbered in such a way though, and surely numbering them in production would be unnecessary?

Only thing I can think of if these aren't etched from the factory, is the engine was rebuilt early in it's life/perhaps warranty? Still doesn't explain how a set of the weak DHY rods would have made their way into a DHX coded engine, because there'd be no need to number them if they were replaced either...