Berlingo XUD9TE project (Y THO?)

[Lacquer Peel]

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.

[SiC]

But everything is far from him.

 

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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]

[Lacquer Peel]

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.

[Sigmund Fraud]

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 !

[Lacquer Peel]

Amen to that.

[Asimo]

. 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.

[Guest Hooli]

But everything is far from him.

 

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That confuses me, you appear to be suggesting there is civilisation near Glasgow.

[cms206]

That confuses me, you appear to be suggesting there is civilisation near Glasgow.

The SVM started in Glasgow and it's surroundings...

 

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[Lacquer Peel]

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.

[vaughant]

Oooops yes that is a slight* issue.

[vaughant]

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]

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.

[twosmoke300]

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 )

[Lacquer Peel]

Yes, Berlingos are based on the 306/ZX platform. Didn't realise that would be an issue!

[twosmoke300]

It certainly was on the boxer !

[Lacquer Peel]

 

✔Not too far south

✔Cheap

 

✘Lucas pump

 

I'm going to bid anyway.

[warren t claim]

 

✔Not too far south

✔Cheap

 

✘Lucas pump

 

I'm going to bid anyway.

There's more to life than running on veg.

[Lacquer Peel]

Free fuel tho.

[KruJoe]

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.

[jonathan_dyane]

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.

[Twiggy]

An off-licence and a scrapyard are all the "civilisation" one should ever need !

 

You forgot the chippy !

[loserone]

That far north would be a chipper, surely?

[Lacquer Peel]

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.

[Lacquer Peel]

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...

[bub2006]

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

[Lankytim]

Don't DW8 engines get ring gumming on veg? Did I dream that?

[Richard]

is it possible to ungum them?

[Supernaut]

If you get an XUD with a Lucas pump, at least it's a running engine for now. You can then source a Bosch pump (and injectors) later and swap it.

[Lacquer Peel]

Don't DW8 engines get ring gumming on veg? Did I dream that?

 

They shouldn't, the combustion chamber is similar to an X/TUD.

 

I've just spoken to the seller on the phone, he seems alright but I can't collect it til next weekend.

[Supernaut]

Where is it?

 

Be good to meet you, and lend a hand.