![]() ![]() Quote from: Spruce on September 29, 2009, 09:13:10 pm The 1.9TD engine used in the earlier Dispatches, Experts and Scudo's pulled very well, problem was that they were not ecomonical if pushed hard. Have a look on Ebay and see how many high mileage Hdi C5's and Xsara's there are for sale. The new Hdi's from 2002 onwards got a new gearbox which allegedly solved the earlier problems. The 1.9d dispatch had the same gearbox with very few problems. They never did anything about re-routing the water drain pipes from the windscreen that were the cause of the problem in the first place. Citroen/Peugeot's solution was to fill the gearbox housing upper casing with resin so the water would run off rather than pond in the strengthening blocks. (Not saying that this is the reason in every case as they did have oil pick up problems with some engines and hence not driver related.) Gearboxes were an issue in earlier Relay's and in most instances was caused by water ingress into the gearbox through the selector shaft. The couple of failures on Hdi engines that I had involvement with were the result of driver neglect and abuse. The Hdi is the best out there, the reason why Ford was so eager to get the Hdi (rebadged Tdci) for their cars and vans. Posts: 206 I need to change my Scudo 2.0 Jtd gear cables as theyve done 100,000 miles of mostly town driving and are getting a bit sloppy now. If you plan to keep the vehicle for a while and if you do any reasonable mileage, the Hdi, although more expensive initially, will probably be the better bet in the long term IMO.įtp - won't worry about engine reliability. Fuel consumption is noticably better but we will check when we fill up next time. I've just changed my 1.9d Citreon Relay for a newer Hdi model. The 2.0 Multijet is the successor to the successful 1.9 JTD and at the same time an evolutionary construction. Later, when this car was changed to the Xantia with the Hdi engine, MPG rose to 50+ on the same journey.īut even the latest Common Rail engines can be fuel guzzlers if driven hard. Years back I had a Xantia 1.9TD as a company car when I worked for Citroen in Reading and could only average about 36 MPG on my weekly weekend journey back to the North East. Make sure air filter is ok ,try some diesel additive and give it a good motorway run, I find it sorts most smokey problems especially if its doing a lot of short city driving. The 1.9TD engine used in the earlier Dispatches, Experts and Scudo's pulled very well, problem was that they were not ecomonical if pushed hard. ![]()
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