Old car suddenly in demand

Pelicanos

We have an old peugeot 306 (diesel) 1996 and we have recently been approached several times to sell the car! What are we missing? The car appears to have no value when we look online. Is there a scrappage scheme we don't know about? Thanks

Stoke

Ahh the old 306 diesel. I (and others) know exactly why they want it. Although a Lupo SDI and some of the old Citroen's are equally as good.

Let's just say, I love the smell of chip shops....

Pelicanos

Stoke wrote: »

Ahh the old 306 diesel. I (and others) know exactly why they want it. Although a Lupo SDI and some of the old Citroen's are equally as good.

Let's just say, I love the smell of chip shops....

Care to expand!

waamo

Stoke wrote: »

Ahh the old 306 diesel. I (and others) know exactly why they want it. Although a Lupo SDI and some of the old Citroen's are equally as good.

Let's just say, I love the smell of chip shops....

Indeed. Oil burners are cheap as chips to run.

Actually should that be cheap as chip fat rather than chips?

scaredofdebt

I had one, bloody awful to drive!

However, they are pretty close to being indestructible, I sold mine in running order as the underneath was starting to rot.

Good bangernomics car.

Stoke

Pelicanos wrote: »

Care to expand!

I'll go out on a whim and assume it's the naturally aspirated XUD engine? As in no turbo....

They (along with the Lupo SDI, Citroen's and a few others) are absolutely perfect for running on pure vegetable oil. I did this for around 30-40k miles on a Lupo SDI, in all weathers both winter and summer. You're talking 70p (or less) a litre. I was occasionally able to get it as low as 30p a litre. No real detriment to fuel economy, in fact I usually got more miles to a tank than on regular diesel, but perhaps that was just placebo or the fact I wasn't putting my foot down as much. There was a slight (but noticeable) drop in performance, but hey, who cares on a car that slow anyway. I suspect your 306 isn't a missile either..... Running on veg also cleans up your fuel lines a bit, so while you'll end up replacing your fuel filter after the first couple of thousand miles, afterwards you'll probably never need to change it again.... or at least not for a very long time.

I did some rough calculations when I was doing it myself and when you took the prices of fuel, and the prices I was paying for vegetable oil, it worked out at the equivalent of something like 108MPG. Incredible savings.

If you've never considered running on veg, have a read. It's honestly a worthwhile trick.

waamo wrote: »

Indeed. Oil burners are cheap as chips to run.

Actually should that be cheap as chip fat rather than chips?

This guy knows

Pelicanos

Stoke wrote: »

I'll go out on a whim and assume it's the naturally aspirated XUD engine? As in no turbo....

They (along with the Lupo SDI, Citroen's and a few others) are absolutely perfect for running on pure vegetable oil. I did this for around 30-40k miles on a Lupo SDI, in all weathers both winter and summer. You're talking 70p (or less) a litre. I was occasionally able to get it as low as 30p a litre. No real detriment to fuel economy, in fact I usually got more miles to a tank than on regular diesel, but perhaps that was just placebo or the fact I wasn't putting my foot down as much. There was a slight (but noticeable) drop in performance, but hey, who cares on a car that slow anyway. I suspect your 306 isn't a missile either..... Running on veg also cleans up your fuel lines a bit, so while you'll end up replacing your fuel filter after the first couple of thousand miles, afterwards you'll probably never need to change it again.... or at least not for a very long time.

I did some rough calculations when I was doing it myself and when you took the prices of fuel, and the prices I was paying for vegetable oil, it worked out at the equivalent of something like 108MPG. Incredible savings.

If you've never considered running on veg, have a read. It's honestly a worthwhile trick.



This guy knows

The model is XR dt so it is turbo. Does that change things?

Stoke

Pelicanos wrote: »

The model is XR dt so it is turbo. Does that change things?

A little bit, I suspect you'd probably at least need a pre-heater for cold mornings (mainly to prevent oil dilution and wear on the fuel pump), and you'll need to reduce your oil change intervals a bit just to protect the turbo. Worst case a simple twin tank setup is what most people do on VAG TDi's.

The reason the NA's are so good, is really, it's just a case of pouring it in the tank one day and result. I didn't even wean my SDI onto it. Apparently to help the ECU with injector timing, you're supposed to go 50/50 mix and then 70/30 and then 100% so as not to confuse the ECU. It sounded like horse !!!! to me so I just banged 100% straight in and never looked back :rotfl: Changed my oil at the normal interval. Was just like a normal SDI.... except the fuel was different That car still runs today, I suspect the current owner uses diesel now because I can't smell it when I see it

owen_money

Stoke wrote: »

I'll go out on a whim and assume it's the naturally aspirated XUD engine?

Or you could even 'go out on a limb' as the saying goes

AdrianC

Pelicanos wrote: »

The model is XR dt so it is turbo. Does that change things?

It's definitely desirable to some - and the turbo makes it more, not less. A good solid 306TurboD is a scarce beast to find now, and in good nick is a VERY pleasant thing to drive, as well as being pretty damn bomb proof. If yours is 96, it probably doesn't have any electronics on the engine - does it have the keypad immobiliser? If so, then there is electronic pump timing, but it's nowhere near as advanced as being suggested above.

As far as veg goes, it depends more on which diesel pump it has (there are two different types) than on whether it's turbo or not. The Lucas pump is less flexible than Bosch, but has other advantages.

Stoke

owen_money wrote: »

Or you could even 'go out on a limb' as the saying goes

Superb. Anything useful to contribute to thread other than spelling and grammar? My head is !!!!ed today tbf buddy. We're all allowed an off day eh?