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#1476 Re: Maintenance » Oil Cooler for a 1.9D Scudo 2003? » 2018-08-23 00:46:19
If you wanna give me your VIN (starts with VF7BZWJ...) I can look up on Citroen Service which oil cooler you're meant to have. Can give you a picture and a part number.
#1477 Re: Maintenance » Oil Cooler for a 1.9D Scudo 2003? » 2018-08-23 00:29:44
I just got mine off a scrappy. I posted that thread in *checks* June 2017. Had no issues at all since.
You could see my old one had rust on the pipes, so it was clearly shot. If the replacement looks clean inside you might be ok.
Would at least tide you over till you can source a new one.
#1478 Re: Camper Conversions » My Peugeot Expert 2006 conversion » 2018-08-22 22:24:23
has no power. I hardly get to 100 kmh
Join the club!
Complete guess and could be totally wrong, but maybe the fan/shaft is sticking to the turbo casing? When it's hot it expands and sticks. Go above 3000 revs and it's enough pressure to force it to spin?
Or it could just be the ECU deciding to be a problem.
Why do you think replacing the turbo won't help?
#1479 Re: Camper Conversions » My Peugeot Expert 2006 conversion » 2018-08-22 22:02:55
Never looked that close. Just knew it was 1.9D. Will it tell me on the old reg doc as i still have that im sure. It was hell going over the Black Forrest hills. Glad i never still had it last year when i did a couple of mountain passes in Switzerland.
I suppose if it's 1868cc you know it's the DW8.
Ah I'm wrong, it was a Pilot I saw the video of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmJrCbL8GrI
#1480 Re: Camper Conversions » My Peugeot Expert 2006 conversion » 2018-08-22 21:54:21
That's not bad for a brush job.
What engine does your Convoy have? I saw a video of an LDV Convoy with a DW8 going up Hard Knott Pass once. The DW8's bad enough in the Dispatch, it was hilarious seeing it struggle to pull a van twice the size!
#1481 Re: Camper Conversions » My Peugeot Expert 2006 conversion » 2018-08-22 21:42:21
kenbw2 wrote:Casper, I notice the outside of your van is blue but the inside of your door is white. Did you have a respray? If so how much did it set you back?
No inside that was also blue mate. I sold it over a year ago. I drive a Convoy now and that was white, still is on the inside so you must be getting mixed up with pics i may have put up of that.
Maybe I'm going mad, but, er...
#1482 Re: Camper Conversions » My Peugeot Expert 2006 conversion » 2018-08-22 21:30:04
Casper, I notice the outside of your van is blue but the inside of your door is white. Did you have a respray? If so how much did it set you back?
#1483 Re: Maintenance » Oil Cooler for a 1.9D Scudo 2003? » 2018-08-22 20:50:24
Watch out that you get the right one. I have an earlier DW8 (the one with no ECU). I got an oil cooler off a DW8B and it was a slightly different size, and immediately leaked oil everywhere. I think mine was iron/steel and the DW8B one was aluminium too.
Left one is my DW8 one, right one is DW8B one.
I documented the process when I changed mine here: https://frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/view … =3&t=58040
#1484 Re: Maintenance » 2005 Scudo JTD Fuse Box and Fuses Help!! » 2018-08-22 10:45:18
Mine's a different engine so is likely different, but do you have your handbook? Mine's in there.
#1485 Re: Maintenance » 2005 Scudo Rear Springs Help! » 2018-08-19 02:52:21
I have a set of ramps too but it's still not enough to level it out. OP states 5" (12cm) height difference between rear and assumedly the front seats, my ramps are 9cm at the max height, and that's further towards the front.
#1486 Re: Maintenance » 2005 Scudo Rear Springs Help! » 2018-08-17 10:39:27
This was always a massive pain in the ass for me with my Synergie camper as I had my head at the front. Always had to park on hills. Glad you gave measurements for the height difference, I've always been curious.
I did briefly look into lowered springs but didn't find much on that. 5" is a lot to cut down. Maybe spring assisters on the front? Dunno.
Anyway in the dispatch I just solved it by having my head at the rear.
#1487 Re: Camper Conversions » First (small)Trip! » 2018-08-16 20:14:59
Why is everyone on here from Scotland!! 
My god, I'm so jealous of the colour of your van, it's gorgeous.
You don't need skills and experience to have a good time in your van. Just the enthusiasm and the realisation that it's never finished!
Looks like you had a good trip. The first of many.
#1488 Re: Camper Conversions » The van's longest trip yet. Germany, and through the Alps to Lake Como » 2018-08-16 18:12:17
Aye but I'm skint mate
Got a 1.9 with Bosch pump? Veg oil is 90p a litre, chuck that in instead
#1489 Re: Maintenance » Dispatch 1.9 06 poor MPG » 2018-08-16 16:19:59
I’m not even getting 50 miles for every £10 of Diesel
Have you been buying more expensive diesel? Assuming £1.30/litre, 50 miles comes out at 30MPG. For town driving that's not devastating, but not amazing - mine's been as low as 27MPG. Your old figure of 70 miles/£10 comes out at 41MPG, which for town driving is suspiciously high. I'd try something a bit more repeatable, like 100 miles down the motorway at a fixed speed.
What's the pulsing you describe? Like a clutch slipping, or the engine struggling. Doesn't sound healthy either way.
#1490 Re: General Discussion » Alfa Wheels.. » 2018-08-13 21:52:12
I went from steels to OEM alloys and had no problem with the insurance, although I made a point that they were OEM, the right size etc. I've never worried about making sure my tyres are C rated either.
Going up to 16" might be different. You might just about get away with them fitting. Your speedo should be okay, but check with a GPS how much you're currently overreading. You can then do maths to work out what % extra diameter you'd get on the new wheels.
I can't offer anything on the load rating, I'll let someone who knows more weigh in on that.
#1491 Re: Maintenance » Bottom ball joint » 2018-08-11 00:39:59
When I had mine replaced by a garage recently they did the whole thing.
Interestingly I don't have an anti roll bar in mine, much to their confusion. I checked Citroen ServiceBox and it was made that way. Suits me, less to go wrong.
#1492 Re: Camper Conversions » A few nights out in Wales » 2018-08-10 22:15:34
Place i keep saying i must visit is Wales. A day trip to Llandudno does not count. BTW were you howling at the moon?
I keep thinking the same. But with the distance I may as well go up to Scotland. I'd imagine for you lot Scotland is old hat though
I keep thinking we should do a forum meet. Maybe Wales wouldn't be a bad shout.
#1493 Re: Camper Conversions » The van's longest trip yet. Germany, and through the Alps to Lake Como » 2018-08-10 21:42:29
This time went P&O to Dublin which was about £120 but it's a very basic boat, mainly freight, with little comfort in the small lounges. Took a cabin for £17.50 and all was well.
£120 - is that one way or return?
#1494 Re: Camper Conversions » The van's longest trip yet. Germany, and through the Alps to Lake Como » 2018-08-10 21:41:04
Just curious if you drove through the middle of Freiburg. It's almost unavoidable and you are actually not allowed there with Euro3 vans.
I assume you had vignettes for Austria & Switzerland - or did you wing it?
No we didn't go through Freiburg, just past it. Strasbourg we had to get one of those French stickers for - Category 5!
Got the Swiss Vignette:
We didn't go through enough of Austria to need one of theirs.
#1495 Re: Camper Conversions » The van's longest trip yet. Germany, and through the Alps to Lake Como » 2018-08-10 18:56:46
So jealous!!
I so want to take mine abroad.
I might try a sneaky trip to Ireland at some point.
But travelling around continental Europe looks great.
I'd love to take mine to Ireland, but have you seen the ferry prices?! Much cheaper to go across the Channel
#1496 Re: Camper Conversions » The van's longest trip yet. Germany, and through the Alps to Lake Como » 2018-08-10 18:55:44
Well done you. Did you price the Hull overnight to Zeebrugge compared to extra fuel, hours driving and crossing at the chunnel?
Yea I did it once on a trip to Holland. It was nice to not have to do that long slog across France/Belgium. But it's damned expensive.
In this case though it made basically no difference when going to the Black Forest so Calais it was. As a tall car too, not a van/camper.
#1497 Camper Conversions » The van's longest trip yet. Germany, and through the Alps to Lake Como » 2018-08-10 00:41:33
- kenbw2
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Took my Dispatch 1.9D camper on my family's holiday in Southern Germany near Offenburg. My girlfriend had said before she'd love to see the Alps and Italian Lakes, and considering it was only a few hours away, I thought it'd be rude not to.
One camper conversion, 2300 miles, 9 countries, and for the Alpine trip, free accommodation. Pretty consistent 37MPG going a steady 60ish mph, where gradients allowed (or didn't).
Obviously had to take it for a blast on a level, straight bit of Autobahn, reached an eye watering 85mph! Other times I struggled to maintain 50mph, thank god for crawler lanes =/.
Went through France, Belgium (dodging them French tolls), Luxembourg (stocking up on cheap diesel), Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, nip into Austria just because, and Italy.
And it didn't miss a beat. Even going up the steep windy Alpine back roads, where I feared for my clutch, and even more watching the temperature gauge climb. But it pulled through.
And you know what? It was the only vehicle on the holiday to have a flawless trip. My mum's 9 year old Volvo had an ABS fault, and my brother's Galaxy blew its turbo, and all the engine oil with it.
A few highlights from the trip:
#1498 Re: Spare Parts » Peugeot 1.9 Expert 2003 breaking » 2018-08-09 17:53:42
Might help you shift parts if you can give a location
#1499 Re: Maintenance » 2006 1.9 Dispatch electrical issues- Help please » 2018-08-08 12:29:24
The locks spinning probably means that they are not matched to that key, why don't you replace them with those from your breaking van?
I'm pretty sure this is a common thing to happen, luckily I've been spared on my van but I think my 806 had it, and I've heard of it on lots of Dispatch/Expert/Scudos. You could try pushing the key in a bit. But I agree, take em out of the spares one, job done.
#1500 General Discussion » What happened to fuel prices in Europe? » 2018-07-25 01:03:35
- kenbw2
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I always look forward to going abroad, and enjoy the luxury of feeding my Dispatch actual diesel instead of veg, without the guilt of the high prices.
Just gone to check the AA site to see what to expect, and it's all upside down!
Diesel in the UK I expect to be somewhere around £1.27/litre. Europe's worse pretty much everywhere other than Luxembourg!
- France: €1.46/£1.28
- Belgium: €1.44/£1.26
- Luxembourg: €1.12/£0.97
- Germany: €1.28/£1.12
- Switzerland: CHF1.76/£1.35
- Italy: €1.52/£1.36
Ridiculous!