When you consider the number of Citroen/Peugeot customers denied and yet to be denied a compensation for such rubbish engineering it makes you wonder how they get away with it. Robustness of the rest of the engine, hardly surprising as they more or less do their own oil changes in the fact that they drink the stuff as they age.
Bit harsh. The presumably more expert impartial judges of the International Engine of the Year awards clearly did not consider the now ubiquitous PSA 1.2 puretech 'rubbish engineering'.
The problem was that some of the early belts were made of rubbish material. Some became, or were made, too wide and frayed. Possibly sometimes the original oil was replaced with unsuitable cheap oil by ignorant or careless mechanics who think they know it all, possibly after too many miles. Perhaps also the original oil filter was not changed hoping the customer wouldn't notice, thus increasing the likelihood of blockage of the mesh uptake. Possibly some owners neglected to keep the oil level above the minimum mark. Our 2019 car displays an 'oil level OK' message - I don't know if this has always been standard equipment.
I continue to think that this is a cracking little engine and am very pleased with ours, although admittedly it has done only 20,000 unstressed miles in one of the lightest vehicles (Pug 2008) which use it.
Edited by John F on 18/07/2023 at 11:34
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