ashy90 wrote:
Hmmm dont be too sure! Are you refering to ALL petrol engines in general, or just Citroen petrol engines?
Was reffering to old fashioned British Leyland stuff where 60k was needing a rebuild..
In reality, petrol engines are much better these days then of old due to better oil quailty..
The 2.oi 8v PSA engine was a cast block and much stronger... The smaller engines 1.6 and 1.8's were wet liner engines.. Im not sure if they are as strong as cast block engines..
The Mini has had two family of engines fitted in them actually. The first generation from 2001 used whats known as the Tritec Engine, of single Cam 16v Cam chain OHC engine... This is a Chrysler/Rover venture..this was then replaced by the PSA/BMW Prince engine, as said above, used from 2005 in the Mini, and 2011 in the Bmw 1 series...
From 2012 Saab - seeing as they have been mentioned a lot here, are ALSO going to be useing the Prince engine in the new 9-3
So, here comes a Universal Mechanic, who eventually will only need to know aout one make of engine..
Sharing a pug 207 1.6 hdi Sw 16v.
M reg Xm 2.1 td auto exclusive S2 269k and rising
L reg XM V6 12v SEi auto .. Light project
A very sad...
1994 XM 2.1 d auto