Fast Marina Magazine

Barmy wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:25 pm

mickthefitter wrote:

balmy wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:15 am The V40 is based on the Focus platform isn’t it? But with a Peugeot engine?

I used to have a C30 that was fitted with the Ford/PSA Group 1.6 diesel engine. Yes I think the V40 still has a Focus based platform, but uses Volvo’s own diesel and petrol engines.

Volvo don’t make there own engines anymore haven’t for a long time, still PSA for the diesels & I think the petrols are GM


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Some Volvos use other people’s engines, some use Volvo’s own design. VEA engines - Volvo Engine Architecture.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_E ... chitecture

Having had a number of PSA cars and fords running PSA diesel engines I can honestly say that they seem to make the best in oil burners.
Even the troublesome HDI which I ran up to 480k which loved cambelt...
Though if it went, you only need change the rockers only.
The Ford 1.8 tdci with its 2nd cambelt running in oil ' yes you read right' was the most troublesome engine I've ever known and cost me dearly.
The PSA 2ltr 163hp version ... the very best.
As for torsion bars , My 405 and daughter's 306 which still runs well today at 25 yrs old handle extremely well. The 405 1.9 td was still one of my fave taxis. My current 2015 Mondeo with the PSA 1.6 runs very well at 190k and still does 60mpg average. Despite it needing a head gasket recently which was a cheap fix.
T

Peugeot rear Torsion bar suspension suffers from inerrant wear to the rear axle cross tubes due to bearing failure leading to bad tyre wear and MOT failure PSA solution is rear axle replacement, alternative is a engineering shop repair still not a cheap option
Dave

Gee tc wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:46 am The Ford 1.8 tdci with its 2nd cambelt running in oil ' yes you read right' was the most troublesome engine I've ever known

The Ford EcoBoost does that too...

They're even worse.
Complete wreck if it goes wrong

Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

My brother has a 1.2 Eco boost Ford and the engine blew on that. He got Ford to change the knackered lump with a new one so he was lucky.
I told him to sell the car before the the new engine does the same.
He had so many issues with coolant leaking from header tank, heater matrix then a hose until the engine gave up. Also when only a 3 cylinder if you have a spark plug fail (Was not the coil) the engine runs like a pig and damages the CAT! So he had the CAT replaced.
Not only did he get a new engine but also the garage bills paid for all the 3 water leaks. The heater matrix was over £700 as all the dash had to be removed to replace it. Be a good car if it had a different engine.

If you get anything slightly wrong with the engine.
It's almost terminal.
Modern stop start technology causes many problems with oils which burn and carbonise wrecking bearings and turbos on these.
I always switch it off in.my own...keeps the oil circulating, cooling and protecting

Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

According to the current issue of Classic Car Weekly an article states "The 'new' car (Marina) relied heavily on parts from the Morris Minor" and "the TC Jubilee of 1975 featured lurid green paint that absorbed moisture".

Write a sternly worded letter Matt, dare ya!

Darers go first!

Send me the article and a contact and I will!

Incredible that such rubbish is published in a classic car newspaper! Fair enough if journalists give their opinions, but to be so factually incorrect is ridiculous.

ScreamingLordStokes wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2020 11:57 pm Incredible that such rubbish is published in a classic car newspaper! Fair enough if journalists give their opinions, but to be so factually incorrect is ridiculous.

Classic Car Weekly used to be really good about fifteen years ago, with interesting articles. I think now it’s just about the adverts, and the rest is just filler.