2000 Peugeot 306 hdi d Turbo from UK and Ireland - Comments

I'm in a similar situation the the 2nd December commenter, I also want to put a charge cooler in rather than a front mounted intercooler so I can get my 125bhp HDI Turbo 306 upto 150bhp! I've been looking for some time and have had lots of positive info from the guys at www.306gti6.com now, but can't seem to find anywhere that wil give me info as to how much it will cost to get done, And had a similar concern that things may start 'blowing up'!! lol. but after speaking to Celtic tuning I was assured that, even tho they don't offer an intercooler conversion, that they could remap my HDI upto 150bhp and that this would still be well within the limits of the engines capability.

Just can't find anywhere to do the damm charge cooler or atleast a front mounted intercooler! can anyone help with this please???

Check out www.dervdoctor.co.uk

they have already put loads of front mounted intercoolers on both hdi's and d-turbos...lots of interesting stuff in there gallery section like a water injected d-turbo and 160bhp + 35bhp nos d-turbo.

The 60mph tree showed how tough 306's are! Essentially, the fish in the Thames are being born neuter because of all the hormones being pumped into the river from the sewage and HRT etc. Well, in Chippenham there are tons of Hallucinogenic drugs being taken every day. This filters into the water table and is taken up by the trees through their routes. One in every three Elms, Oaks and Beeches are hooked and hare about the countryside late at night. My HDi was innocently sitting on the wayside and then it became another victim of drug abuse! Anyhow, THANKS to the guy who recommended Derv Doctor - my prayers have been answered and my BHP boosted!

Just brought a 98 D Turbo S - Only got a K&N Air filter fitted and got 110mph on the way back home!! Is there any other mods to poke the top end up a bit..

I have never owned a 306 D Turbo, but I am thinking of buying one. It's a private sale with Full Service History 1999 V plate 2.0 L HDi D Turbo Hatchback. Any advice on what to look out for and the MPG please?

I know it's a bit off the subject, but I have a fiat ducato with a n/a 1.9 xud engine and am going to put a 1.9td engine in it before I read this forum. My question is are the engine mounts etc the same on the xud as the hdi? I now the hdi is a common rail engine and has any one converted from mechanical to efi?

What does remapping mean? I am about to buy my dads 98 306d turbo and am thinking about installing a turbo bleed valve, would the power out put be much noticeable and can it damage anything? thanks Jason.

Hi, I was just wondering about these tuned up diesel 306's. I was looking to get a 306 when I bought a car before christmas, and ended up getting a rover 25 diesel. It comes with 101 bhp 178lbs torque (240 newton metres) and pulls to 60 in 9.5 seconds (compared to about 12 for the 306 turbo). My brother had a hdi and says the power diapears a lot faster than in my rover. The point of this post was that I got the rover partly due to it being faster and being able to get 140 bhp from an ecu remap alone, but am now wondering if the peugeot was a better choice (the HDI is supposed to be much more refined, but much more expensive).How easy is it to get the HDI over 140bhp? The cars weigh pretty much the same (rover is slightly lighter I think) so I would be interested to know performance on a 140bhp+ 306.

Hello, How do you fit a boost gauge to a 306 1.9 D Turbo. is it the same as a petrol turbo.

I had an Escort RS turbo that was around 200Bh running at 21PSI it did 140MPH at 4000RPM in 5th when I was younger, but had to sell it as it was costing me £40 a week in fuel just to get to work & was very un reliable. I then got a 1.6 205 GTI it was an amazing it was just like a go-kart until someone ran into me. I then got a mk2 Golf GTI 8v this was a good reliable car, but I decided to get rid for a cheaper to run car. I now have a modified P reg 306 TD It has the buzz of a turbo kicking in that a missed and sounds great, The handling of a go-kart & once you get used to driving them Its just as quick as the golf at a fraction of the cost.

Cheers!!!

Cobbers.

I agree with earlier comments about slagging off diesels, mine is the 2000 1.9 non-turbo model and I often leave people behind at traffic lights! Especially satisfying with silly little boy racers in their 1.2 Corsa's...or even 1.4 Corsa's, my car gives them the two fingers!! LOL!

ANYWAY, my question is this: is there actually a difference between the HDI and HDI Turbo? The BHP is the same and so is the insurance group, and cars I've seen advertised which are the basic 5door HDI's have sometimes sid 'new turbo fitted.' I'm really confused! If there is a difference, how much of a difference is there in driving an HDI and HDI Turbo?

I would love an HDI Turbo in diablo red in 3 door (My 306 is a diablo red 5 door), but sadly the Turbo model in the HDI range only did that red for the 5 door : (

Someone please help!!

There is no HDi and HDi turbo, Just a HDi Turbo, if that makes sence!

P.S I have a Diablo Red 306 HDI D Turbo, 3 Door, Charcole Grey poweder coated Cyclones... Lowerd 60mm, Bad Boy!!

OK Lets clear this up once and for all starting with the older 1.9 Turbo Diesel unit the XUD9TE.

The older 1.9TD 306's (94-99) came with the XUD9TE fully mechanical engine. This is 92bhp standard. The term "Dturbo" is a paticular model of the Turbo diesel range, they all came with the same 1.9TD engine. The "Dturbos" came with sport bucket seats, leccy sunroof, sport front and rear bumpers and alloy wheels, the lesser models, such as XRDT, XLDT, etc have the same engine, but not the same trim, hence they are NOT "Dturbos"

The 2.0 HDi's are common rail turbocharged engines with 90bhp, there is no non turbo from of this engine. There is a "Dturbo HDi" but again the "Dturbo" is just the name of the model in reference to spec level.

Now tuning..

The older 1.9TD can be mechnically tuned by turning the fuel up and the boost. They came standard with an intercooler, so a 110 realistic horses is achieveable from this. Fitting a front mounted intercooler, giving it more fuel and boost, as well as some sort of breathing mod will realistically give you around 125bhp. and true 0-60 of 9.0 seconds, with the mid range pull of an 8 second car.

The HDi's are non intercooled as standard and a simple increase of the rail pressure (remap) can take them to around 115bhp. Fitting a front mounted intercooler, and another remap, these engines can see some serious power 140+ bhp.

In all honesty, a remapped HDi or fuel and boosted 1.9 should be enough to see off a VTR.

My car is a 96 Dturbo S, a rare model of the Phase 1 cars in a funky green colour which was only made for 96. The seats are also green buckets too.

I have an induction kit, 22PSI boost, breather filter, plenty of fuel and a Front Mounted Intercooler and it can safely see off any petrol car under 115bhp.

[quote]For the Gentleman who owned the Escort and has developed a ticking noise from the engine. I had exactly the same problem as you described and it turned out to be the lower pulley so it was not cheap to repair. It cost me £230 pounds to fix with labour included. Apparently this is something very common with the 306 HDi engines. My car had 105K miles when this happened.[/quote]

I'll 2nd that.

306 2.0 HDI, 111K miles, lower pulley failure ;)

The volume of the noise had me fearing for a far worse problem.

Fortunately, I stopped within 100 metres of the noise appearing - otherwise I'm lead to believe there could have been secondary damage.

In the end it only cost me £160 (incl. £50 labour) to have put right; good local mechanic I guess.

Certainly a lot less than the sums I was imagining :S.

The only other lingering problem I have, is a whining turbo. However, it's been whining for the last 5k miles, and will probably whine for another 5k+.

I've done a little research, and it looks like it'll cost no more than £500 to put right; less if I get a refurb, and do the work myself. (well, probably 95% Father-assistance ;)

I have a 2000 306 2.0 hdi turbo when I put my foot down I get a ticking noise coming from the engine, can anyone tell me what this is? is it my turbo making a cyclic noise? or is it something to do with the engine?

Hi, been reading the comments on this forum for a while now on the Hdi, and thought it would be nice to join in.

I have a 306 Hdi d Turbo in Moonstone Blue with the added extras like leather seats etc; looks the part.

The engine was standard when I bought it, and I've just had the ECU remapped with a rolling road print out giving out 124bhp.. which was surprising. I wasn't expecting that much, but the technician who tuned it for me said I had exceptionally high air mass flow, which was healthy for the car. I've not done anything else to it.

I was thinking of fitting an induction kit to it, but could someone tell me if you really achieve any gains from this, or is it just a load of gobbledygook?

Also, where could I get a bleed valve from, and what does it do?

Just to give you an idea of the performance increase; I raced a VW Polo on the way to work this morning. It was on an R plate. I must admit he did scare me a little, because it had a 1.4 badge, and it was keeping up, and I thought to myself what's the matter with you? Eventually I did pull away, and we met at the lights and I realised it was a 1.4 16v; those are 100bhp standard, and I noticed he had an exhaust on, god knows what else, so then I really put my foot down on the throttle and soon I saw a small blue object disappearing in my rear view mirror. I think he would have wasted me if it was the standard 90bhp.. pheww!