PSA (Peugeot/Citroen) XUD Diesel Engine - How did they get it so right?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

err sorry but the xud is inferior to the totally legendary xd1 (2.1l) xd2 (2.3l) & xd3 (2.5l) which were by far the best engines with extreme reliability, longevity and the ability to be happy starting heavy loads it tick over as well as being perfectly able to pull seamlessly threw the entire rev range uniformly until the governor cut in regardless of if they were n/a, td or tdi.

 

Agree to disagree on that one. They were rough! Good but rough! And so less successful.

Edited February 6, 2011 by TimberCutterDartmoor

[b101uk]

Agree to disagree on that one. They were rough! Good but rough! And so less successful.

 

 

do you know how many different makes of vehicles the world over had the 's in over the years or how at the time there was nothing to touch them with little in the way of weak points and was even available as a marine version from the factory and have been built and fitted to vehicles and boats on every continent between 1960 & the present day!

 

Yes the XUD are good BUT they are not very good in harsh environments due to there obvious inherent weakness that the ’s don’t suffer from.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Perhaps it's the way you say it rather than what you say???!

 

The thread is about the XUD and at no point suggests it is the arena for know-alls to argue the toss and try to get one over on it. Admiration of great engines is welcome; not though the wearying drip of "I know more than you do", for crying out loud.

 

Yeah, the Ford Sierra for one - like that was a hot vehicle!

BTW - I marinised an XUD9A and it was utterly superb in the 20' tosher it now powers...

Edited February 7, 2011 by TimberCutterDartmoor

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Haha the good old days! When "turbo-diesel" was a watch-word.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnt3AmGgH94&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Spain, 1990 - 309 Turbo Diesel[/ame]