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Oh right, I see what you mean. Never done or had that done. I even took it to a specialist diesel place who checked it over and said the boost pipes needed doing and that there was nothing wrong with the injectors. I took the injectors out and had them tested by an injector specialist who found 2 of the 4 were completely shot and the other 2 very nearly shot too.

I've still got a bit of black smoke under acceleration, so the search for the cause continues.

You're not wrong there tee_cee!

Swapped it out today for the princely some of £96. Not to bad I suppose but now found another pipe to the turbo that will need replacing as the seal onto the turbo has failed. Trip to Peugeot in the morning 

Hi,
I also had a black smoke issue with my 09 1.6 expert. Same engine I believe.

To cure mine was a long and painful experience at least financially. I ended up replacing the following:
Turbo
Turbo oil feed pipe
Boost pipes to inter cooler
Air inlet manifold
4 injectors
Egr valve gasket

Alas, she still smokes a little but the black smoke has gone.

I would check all the above, I found oil in the inter cooler and needed up having it professionally cleaned and tested. Took the injectors out which is when I found the air inlet manifold to be knackered, and oil in 2 of the injectors. Found holes in the boost pipes, so replaced them.

Only when I'd put it all back together with new parts did I then find the leak from the egr valve, so took that off and found that the seal was virtually nonexistent apart from he Carbon build up almost blocking it.

Hope this helps you a little.

Mike

vaz - please don't mention poorly injectors    I recently had to replace all 4, the turbo, turbo oil feed pipe, air intake manifold and the boost pipes from the intercooler. Cost a small fortune - but for now at least she's running a lot better.

I'll say one thing though, my 53 plate 1.9D expert's engine was fairly bullet proof! The one issue I did have with it was a split wire to a sensor, but once that was rectified it ran like a dream. I think the little van is still on the road too somewhere!

I have the 1.6 also. Stupid question but, have you changed the battery? As you didn't mention that you'd changed it. The last time I had starting issues with mine it turned out to be the battery! I changed the starter motor first and nothing, to be fair though it would bump start.

Also, found out when I replaced the battery that the previous owner had fitted the wrong size of battery. So no wonder it failed!!

On my previous van I fitted a set of alloy wheels from the 807. Went straight on and looked pretty good too.

I can't make it myself this time, but interested in the next 1 ?

I think they're a little expensive from the dealer. Have you tried talking to a few breakers? Although I think you might find that they only want to include the belt with the seat.

If memory serves me right, my aux belt used to like moving off the pulley's just not all the way! I replaced it at same time as doing the timing belt & water pump, like you say drivers wheel off and the inner wheel arch, hence why I changed the aux belt at same time as timing.

On a side note, did find out that the timing was out a tad more than the allowed tolerances! Ended up spending lots of money on other parts after that though. Found the air intake manifold was broken, 2 of the 4 injectors knackered and the other 2 not far behind, turbo knackered which meant new oil feed pipe to turbo, and then after all that found the egr gasket to be well virtually not there.

My van is the 1.6 90hp too.

Hi Graydog, thank you for getting back to me

I've purchased a pair of peugeot 207cc leather seats which I thought might line up with the existing holes but alas no! Might go down the route of adapting the existing subframes to make them fit.

Yes the extra height would come in handy for anyone over 6ft! Not that I'm in that club.

Hi BlueBuoyDesign,

Welcome to the forum 

I would say that the better option would be to do an engine swap, would it be the easiest option not entirely sure having never done one. I used to have a 1.9D Expert and it performed quite well even when fully loaded.

It may be that there is a fault that needs rectifying to regain the lost power.

I'm sure one of the other members will be along shortly who may be able to offer a more technical insight.

Mike