Lacquer Peel Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 Everything's TOO FAR SOUTH.Peugeots were really popular around here, there's a big Peugeot dealer nearby, Ken's Garage, it's not outside the realms of possibility that someone nearby has a decent derelict 306 or 405 TD garden ornament. I just need to zone in on it. Dave_Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Wonder if this is still fs? https://www.gumtree.com/p/citroen/cheaper-citroen-berlingo-spares-or-repairs-taxed-and-mot-/1204621851 Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 I did see that. Not sure another DW8 Berlingo is what I need though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Aye, I see why - wonder what let go? If you could bag that one in Leith for 150 it could make sense, tho'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 I'm set on the idea of a standard looking white phase 1 Berlingo van with a mildly tweaked XUD9TE now. I'm not sure what happened, but having to thrash the DW8 almost relentlessly probably didn't help. Slight then sudden power loss driving at 80MPH uphill, similar symptoms to a clogged fuel filter, lots of oil spray and leakage, no compression - head gasket? It didn't overheat, at least not on the gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 But everything is far from him. uk2.png Flipping heck that is miles from any civilisation. Timewise, Perth in Scotland is the mid-point between Kirkwall and Bristol - 7hrs each way. Or to put it another way, I could drive from Bristol to Berlin and still have 2 hours spare. Or even Bristol to Monaco by car is similar time wise! I've always wondered, what on earth do people do for a job up in such remote places? (From a very soft southerner, who has 24h/365d access to food & resources) Its a struggle for someone like me, brought up and only lived in the south of England to comprehend such distances and remoteness! [/MindBlown] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 I don't really live in Orkney, I live 20 miles north of Inverness, not miles from civilisation. There's a 24 hour service station, and an industrial estate with the aforementioned badly organised old school scrapyard within walking distance. SiC and billyboy406v6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I don't really live in Orkney, I live 20 miles north of Inverness, not miles from civilisation. There's a 24 hour service station, and an industrial estate with the aforementioned badly organised old school scrapyard within walking distance. An off-licence and a scrapyard are all the "civilisation" one should ever need ! Tickman, Junkman, Stanky and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 Amen to that. Sigmund Fraud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 . Slight then sudden power loss driving at 80MPH uphill, similar symptoms to a clogged fuel filter, lots of oil spray and leakage, no compression - head gasket? It didn't overheat, at least not on the gauge.Sounds like it seized to me. Max power, max cylinder pressure: blow-by overwhelms the sealing abilities of the worn piston rings, hot gas does for the oil film on the cylinder wall, piston ring friction increases enormously (which you sense as a slight loss of power), rings break, piston welds itself to the bore.....If at that point the engine doesn't completely grenade itself, oil everywhere and no compression is just what you'd expect. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 But everything is far from him. uk2.png That confuses me, you appear to be suggesting there is civilisation near Glasgow. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 That confuses me, you appear to be suggesting there is civilisation near Glasgow.The SVM started in Glasgow and it's surroundings... Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 Sounds like it seized to me.Max power, max cylinder pressure: blow-by overwhelms the sealing abilities of the worn piston rings, hot gas does for the oil film on the cylinder wall, piston ring friction increases enormously (which you sense as a slight loss of power), rings break, piston welds itself to the bore.....If at that point the engine doesn't completely grenade itself, oil everywhere and no compression is just what you'd expect. Oh. I had similar symptoms with an Escort 1.8D that definitely did overheat.Maybe I should have changed the oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Oooops yes that is a slight* issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I don't really live in Orkney, I live 20 miles north of Inverness, not miles from civilisation. There's a 24 hour service station, and an industrial estate with the aforementioned badly organised old school scrapyard within walking distance.Good god that's practically the suburbs of a city with an international airport, how wrong they all were. I'm guessing Dingwall/Muir of Ord direction? I was up working there last year, well Evanton in the Spoolbase. Beautiful part of the world I must say, my uncle lived in Dingwall for many years, castle street I think, near the main drag. I did look into getting a full time post in the Spoolbase as it seemed a cracking place to work. Sadly if it wasn't for the icy winters I think my beloved and I/son/doggie could have easily moved to that neck of the woods, sadly too dodgy with her bad spine/hip. Scot-ads may still be a source of fruit in derv/Bosch format, certainly when I worked in Aberdeen four years ago there were loads of non t'internweb advertised chod in the Highlands and Islands. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 I live and work near Evanton on the Novar estate, not far at all from where you were working. I don't think the winters are too bad here, not compared to where I'm originally from near Aviemore but it is less mild than I expected. Scot Ads is a good call, even if it is like a pamphlet these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Do the engines in the Berlingo sit at the same angle as the 306 / xsara etc ? The reason is ask is that I once put a bx xud into a boxer van and when you went downhill the oil light would come on ! The engine rapidly developed a thirst for oil ( I assume this was due to the thrust on the pistons being wrong due to the engine being upright rather than laid back ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 Yes, Berlingos are based on the 306/ZX platform. Didn't realise that would be an issue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 It certainly was on the boxer ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 ✔Not too far south✔Cheap ✘Lucas pump I'm going to bid anyway. Dave_Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 ✔Not too far south✔Cheap ✘Lucas pump I'm going to bid anyway.There's more to life than running on veg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 Free fuel tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Those early Xsaras are pretty cars.That's the best way to go if you do win it for £75.If it looks like it'd easy win a new test, pull out the back seats and you have a new van. Seat delete is less ball-ache than a donk-swap. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 When the father put a ZX TD motor in his DW8 Bling he used the ZX gearbox. It was I'm sure a bolt in job with the air intake being the main complexity. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiggy Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 An off-licence and a scrapyard are all the "civilisation" one should ever need ! You forgot the chippy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 That far north would be a chipper, surely? Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 Those early Xsaras are pretty cars.That's the best way to go if you do win it for £75.If it looks like it'd easy win a new test, pull out the back seats and you have a new van. Seat delete is less ball-ache than a donk-swap.I think Xsaras are pretty unappealing, that one hasn't been tested for some time, the only appealing bit is the low mileage XUD9TE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 So I won the Xsara for £75, but I tried to offer the seller a favour via eBay messages before bidding ended, do the deal outside of eBay to save on eBay and Paypal fees. He said he wants £350 for it... Er... forddeliveryboy, Coprolalia, loserone and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I only paid 200 for mine last year. S plate 1.4 with 50 K on clock and 10 month Mot. He is having a laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Don't DW8 engines get ring gumming on veg? Did I dream that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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