New Daily Beater

[leeds_182]

I wasn’t going to make a thread on this but what the hell.

There was nothing wrong with the T5, it was lovely, comfortable, fast, smooth but also only did 20mpg on my commute. I knew they weren’t good on juice but it really did start to get on my nerves the amount of times I was stopping at the petrol station.

So, I went on the lookout for something a little more economical for the rest of the year and came across this on Facebook.

Behold, the Peugeot 405 td

It’s a bit rough - was on a farm so was covered in cow s**t but the seller was a funny guy so I thought I’d have a punt at £450.

Got it back and gave it a clean. It’s not too bad for an old bus and drives really nice. Have done the oil and air filter change and got some other bits coming.

With having the Bosch pump I can apparently run veg. So, I’ve stuck a 50% mix of veg in to see how it goes. It’s £16 for 20 litres from farm foods so works out at 80p a litre which is a fair saving.

So, that’s about it. Will be running for a few months and hopefully when my mortgage is renewed I’ll be able to plunge myself back into debt and get something a bit more tasty!!

 

[Tim.]

I cannot remember the last time I saw one of them on the road... random purchase, good effort!

 

[bill]

f**k me lol

Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

 

[bill]

your where definitely born in the wrong era, bet its nice a comfy though, im getting something comfortable next.

Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

 

[Stay Puft]

If there was ever an advert to show police don’t get paid enough!

I’m joking, fair play for being mad and enjoying older cars.

 

[DaveDreads]

Bomb proof engines, that was made in the Ryton plant the company I work for now sits on.

 

[adamlstr]

Outstanding shed.

Some new 'old style' plates, and some back to black and she'll do well.

 

[Brigsy]

Good cars, engines are bulletproof. My x had one that had been a taxi, had 300thou on the clock and still run mint. Rest of the car was fucked lol.

 

[leeds_182]

Outstanding shed.

Some new 'old style' plates, and some back to black and she'll do well.

Gonna need shares in that back to black. The plastics are practically white!!

 

[Daz...]

These must be getting pretty rare now.

Proper engine though, is it the same 1.9 lump that was in the 306? They used to make some nice turbo noises with a decat.

 

[dann2707]

Costco is cheaper for oil if you have a card but assume you will do due to your line of work.

 

[leeds_182]

Costco is cheaper for oil if you have a card but assume you will do due to your line of work.

I don’t but I think my mum has. I’ll get her to grab me some next time she’s there. Cheers.

 

[dann2707]

Nw.

Keep your eye on Tesco deals too...
Got some funny looks haha

 

[Flat Eric]

As if you are running it on veg oil ???

 

[White16valver]

This would be awesome for my commute - drop me a PM when you are thinking about getting rid of it!

 

[Ben]

I’m sure you can turn up the boost on these with an Allen key of something daft.

 

[alistairolsen]

Where the f**k do you find one of these nowadays? Even looks like it has arches!

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

A pretty rare car now. They were really good back in the day. Should keep going and going.

 

[Matthew]

Is running it on veg oil even legal?

I bet your neighbors love you and your sheds.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Is running it on veg oil even legal?

Yes. Upto a certain amount of litres per year IIRC

 

[Matthew]

Really, that’s ace. Didn’t know that.

 

[william84]

How would you know if your car is able to run on veg oil?

 

[leeds_182]

How would you know if your car is able to run on veg oil?

It needs to fulfil two main criteria’s.

1) Be old

2) Be s**t

 

[leeds_182]

Yes. Upto a certain amount of litres per year IIRC

2500 litres I believe it is.

 

[william84]

Is it safe to use with dpf fitted?

 

[Tim.]

Is it safe to use with dpf fitted?

Deep Phat Fryer?

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

It needs to fulfil two main criteria’s.

1) Be old

2) Be s**t

Covers your past 3635 cars then x

 

[william84]

Deep Phat Fryer?

Yeah just for snack times. Fried Mars bar ?

 

[Paulie031]

Nice to see something different! I ran veg oil a few years ago on a Citroen zx volcane, bulletproof engines. I carried a spare filter and associated tools in the boot for a fuel filter change incase I got caught out which I did once.

Not sure if you're aware but veg oil does a great job of cleaning the tank, so that filter clogs up eventually.

 

[DrR]

Peugeot 405 mate.

 

[arChi69]

Good cars, friend used to have one about 14 years ago. Was bulletproof and economical.

 

[leeds_182]

Nice to see something different! I ran veg oil a few years ago on a Citroen zx volcane, bulletproof engines. I carried a spare filter and associated tools in the boot for a fuel filter change incase I got caught out which I did once.

Not sure if you're aware but veg oil does a great job of cleaning the tank, so that filter clogs up eventually.

Yeah, got told that the other day so have ordered a couple off Euro. It’s only 4 Allen bolts and it’s done.

 

[v15ben]

What an absolute s**t bucket!
I love it.

 

[R3k1355]

Yeah, got told that the other day so have ordered a couple off Euro. It’s only 4 Allen bolts and it’s done.

After it's cleaned the system out you're usually pretty sorted.

Be aware the fuel filter housing/lid has a weird habit of warping, and the seals at the bottom perish and leak.
If it does liberal amounts of silicone sort it out, you'll need to decrease the thing before obviously for the silicone to stick.

IIRC you can mod the filter housing to increase coolant flow and get the veg warmer, which helps in the winter.

http://www.biopowered.co.uk/wiki/Filter_modification_for_Peugeot_and_Citroen

 

[Cookson]

You've bought some utter cod piece cars in the past, but f**k me this takes the biscuit.

When's it getting lowered?

 

[leeds_182]

You've bought some utter cod piece cars in the past, but f**k me this takes the biscuit.

When's it getting lowered?

No mods with this one! That’s the rules!

 

[davo172]

???

 

[cat171]

I've not seen one in years!!

 

[Crybert]

It’s always interesting seeing what you’ll buy. Genuinely doesn’t even surprise me what you’ll drive around in?

 

[welshname]

This the same XUD engine that's in the 306 D Turbo's? I had a phase 1, there was 3 different turbo variants and 2 fuel pump, Bosch and Lucas.

Bosch is the pump to have because it's easier to adjust the fuelling and can run on veg oil. There's the max fuel screw which has a little metal tag on it to stop you adjusting, it just pops off with a screw driver though. Then you have the "UFO" which is the boost compensator. The one I had meant I could adjust the actuator from inside the wheel arch kind of area with an allen key and a small spanner. It was running about 23psi of boost during my ownership. Hilarious bags of s**t they are.