Diesel Power !!!!!

etlcsns · Post by **etlcsns** » 04 Feb 2005, 03:24

Use a metal one but make sure the head is skimmed, it faily cheap.
Make sure you fit the gasket dry "NO" gasket sealant, as long as you clean all the stud holes use new bolts and tighten them correctly you should not have ant trouble unless you cook the engine.
Old style paper gaskets are ok but PUG and Cit fitted the new metal laminate type on later XU td's and they are more robust suffering far less failures
Cheers
Chris
AX d 212,000 miles
XM td 295,000 miles

cit-tech · Post by **cit-tech** » 04 Feb 2005, 22:57

try turbo dynamics in dorset they no what they are doing www.turbodynamics.co.uk 01202487497

Twiss · Post by **Twiss** » 03 Jun 2005, 03:52

Thinking of droping the engine out of the car so to make the engine work easier, thought I'll ask you lot for any advise you can give me?

James.UK · Post by **James.UK** » 03 Jun 2005, 05:26

Hi Twiss, may be a good idea to upgrade your brakes? I put Volcane aircooled on my fronts, and while you're at it, get the Volcane velour interior and leather steering wheel. [^]
As for all the tuning you are doing, if I wanted a fast car to play with I would buy an old jag personaly, you can get one for peanuts... 5.3cc V12 FI are quite nippy [8)].. heh heh.. [:o)] [:D]
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rossd · Post by **rossd** » 03 Jun 2005, 13:28

Just reading through this topic and have noticed several people recommending the NA diesel camshaft. I have look this up on both Citroen PR.net and my Peugeot parts discs, and both the NA and TD cam come up with the same part numbers on both sources, meaning they are the same part, so probably no gain from fitting one??

mrbump · Post by **mrbump** » 04 Jun 2005, 07:38

Twiss,
Not the same camshaft. The n/a has longer duration for definite. I'll post up the exact specs again if i can dig them out. I will also measure the two of them (height of inlet valvelobes) in a couple of weeks to find out for sure if there is any more lift. Tis defo different tho.
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rossd · Post by **rossd** » 04 Jun 2005, 21:28

All sources show part number 0801 E8 as a diesel XU camshaft, fitting all diesel XU engines, Turbo or NA. This is both a Peugeot and Citroen number.

organic mechanic · Post by **organic mechanic** » 09 Jun 2005, 05:01

The high compression ratio on a Diesel (21ish:1) is to assist starting, particularly in severe climates. Ideally, once running th C.R. would be around 16:1 ref Heinz Heizler , Modern Engine Technology, 1998.
Maybe cam timing is biased towards this prerequisite?

Kowalski · Post by **Kowalski** » 09 Jun 2005, 14:56

A higher CR gives better fuel economy. 16:1 is low compared to everything on the market today, 18:1 is fairly typical of the best engines about.