Pug 206 Diesel engine tick

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Wed 8 Oct 2003 19:18
Pug 206 Diesel engine tick - clachnacudden
Hello folks,

Wonder if you could put my mind at rest on a ticking noise coming from my 1.9 Diesel engine?

The noise only appers when I am cruising at 65-upwards and not when I am stationery; I wouldn't go as far as to say it is loud but it is noticeable with the radio off.

The car only has 18,500 on the clock and is due a service, aswell as an oil change(6,000 miles ago). Could that be the reason..?

The noise is certainly new with no apparent loss of power?

Any comments greatly welcome.

Cheers
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Wed 8 Oct 2003 23:42
Pug 206 Diesel engine tick - DL
HDi model?
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Thu 9 Oct 2003 10:00
Pug 206 Diesel engine tick - Ben79
As mentioned above, the car is a 1.9D, not a HDI.

If you have driven 18,000 miles and are overdue a service by 6k, that means the car has not seen the inside of a garage except for the check up service at 1,000 miles.

You don't say how old the car is, nor what your average journey legnth is, but I would guess the engine has suffered extreme wear due to the legnthened oil change interval.

I'm 99.9% sure your warranty will be invalidated, so this could be very expensive.

I'd get the car to an independent Pug specialist for a service and a check.

Ben
On my 3rd Citroen. Saxo, Xsara, C5.
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Thu 9 Oct 2003 13:33
Pug 206 Diesel engine tick - DL
Doh!

It's just the HDi models I have driven in the course of my work do indeed exhibit a rattle/tick at certain revs - possibly just noise from Diesel combustion.

In other words, it's nothing to worry about.
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Thu 9 Oct 2003 13:38
Pug 206 Diesel engine tick - Ben79
DL, Tell me more about this tick you hear, I will try and replicate this on my C5 HDI 110 and dads Picasso HDI if I can.

Ben
On my 3rd Citroen. Saxo, Xsara, C5.
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Thu 9 Oct 2003 13:41
Pug 206 Diesel engine tick - DL
Mid-range under hard acceleration - it can (and does!) sound rather alarming....but easing off the throttle the noise goes, which 99% confirms to me that it is a combustion noise.

This was evident on HDi 90 and 110 models that had covered in excess of 50K
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Thu 9 Oct 2003 21:08
Pug 206 Diesel engine tick - clachnacudden
I bought the car with 12,000 on the clock with the service done at that time..so I have done 6,000 with the same oil.. See five (I mentioned the oil chage to the dealer when I took the car back 3,000 miles ago for an ECU download they told me to wait until the 20,000 mile service.).personally I normally change the oil every 3,000 miles or so by myself I just don't have the space anymore...(live in a city)

The car is a 2001 1.9D 206 by the way...
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Thu 9 Oct 2003 21:18
Pug 206 Diesel engine tick - Ben79
Sorry, I misunderstood what you meant regarding when the oil was changed. I would take the car back to Peugeot. The Peugeot Citroen diesels are very tough normally, but I believe they prefer frequent oil and coolant changes.

Ben
On my 3rd Citroen. Saxo, Xsara, C5.
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Thu 9 Oct 2003 21:17
Pug 206 Diesel engine tick - Ben79
Our HDI's have 12 and 13,000 miles on them, must wait a bit then!
On my 3rd Citroen. Saxo, Xsara, C5.
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