Peugeot Conrod Failure. New Engine fit

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Tue 5 Jun 2007 16:09
Peugeot Conrod Failure. New Engine fit - goosethedriver
Hi all.
Heres the deal, been reading up on HJ, and i see i'm not the only person to have experience a conrod failure in what i thought were bullet proof Peugeot Diesel engines. Mines a 306 S reg, 86000 miles on the clock, a common era for this to happen, but low mileage. I've only had the car a year, it had 72000 on the clock when i bought it, and had allegedly been off the road for 8 months before hand. I immediately changed the cambelt, and oil, and have done a couple of oil changes in our 14000 miles together, most of them being motorway miles. Then one day in March, after a gentle poodle down the motorway, i pull away from the end of the slip rod, and pop, away she went. No knocking, or any sign at all of something being a miss. Pieces of engine casing from front and back, on the road along with 3 litres of oil!

So, i've got the engine out, and got the add-ons fitted to a replacement engine which was only scrapped because of a broken turbo. Swapped my turbo for that, gearbox, alternator etc, and i'm good to go. Then i read Honest john!!!

So my new engine wont work if i just plug it into my car? Dam. Of the 2 options, grind off immobiliser, or swap pumps, i'm opting for swap pumps. The Haynes "Book of lies" says this can be done without removing the cambelt, cool, but how do i lock the shaft of the pump once it is removed from the engine. I have no equipment for checking the timing if the shaft moves and the new engine needs fine tuning with the new pump.

Any suggestions. I am a fairly keen home mechanic (Hate paying rip off garage prices!), but am a little nervy of removing the pump and looseing the timing on the new engine.

Once this is done, the engine can go back in the car.

Any advice very muchly appreciated.
Cheers,
Marty.
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Tue 5 Jun 2007 17:20
Peugeot Conrod Failure. New Engine fit - RichardW
Do a net search on disabling the immobiliser, and you will find that it is not too difficult to do - you can bypass the electronics without too much aggro.

I'd have said avoid the DHY engines still, but it's a bit late now! Check that your 'new' engine is not a DHY, which might go the same way as the first one.....
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RichardW

Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....
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Tue 5 Jun 2007 17:55
Peugeot Conrod Failure. New Engine fit - goosethedriver
Hmmm ok thanks mate. Gotta admit i got all set up to take the old pump off last night, which to be fair, will never run that engine again anyways, but thought i'd leave everything be for now...some more research perhaps! Will it stick out like a sore thumb though if i've got grinding marks everywhere and dodgey wiring???

Dunno what the new engine is, cant find where this DHY business is stamped on either of my engines. But my gut feeling is get it going, and flog it to an unsuspecting car salesman!!! No more Peugeot for me afetr this i'm afriad, very dissapointed.

Out of interest, girlfriends P reg 1.9TD has 181000 on the clock, i'm gutted!!!
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Tue 5 Jun 2007 18:45
Peugeot Conrod Failure. New Engine fit - RichardW
tinyurl.com/2vyjuv

About half way down tells you how to do it. Should be possible to do it without too much dodgy looking wiring!

The engine code should be on a plate fixed to the front of the block near the starter motor. Only engines with DHY code were afflicted with the conrod issue - first batch went at around 30k, second at around 80-100k.
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RichardW

Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....
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Tue 5 Jun 2007 18:55
Peugeot Conrod Failure. New Engine fit - Screwloose

On later Peugeots the engine code is in the car's VIN number. ******DHY*** 123456
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