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by Sebastijan
Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:36 pm
Forum: Engine, Clutch and Transmission
Topic: Fuel Injectors?
Replies: 12
Views: 8798

You MUST have variable valve timing and high revs to get more than 100BHP/litre. Not really, but it's a big trade off on the low end power (a bike engine for instance). After all most VVT systems just switch over between two cams, so if you imagine runing just the top end cam you get the same result.
by Sebastijan
Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:21 am
Forum: Engine, Clutch and Transmission
Topic: 406HDi boost loss
Replies: 6
Views: 4459

OK, so the car's off to the garage (it's time for a service anyway), and I described the problem to the mechanik, the first thing he thought of was the air mass flow sensor, so I also mentioned the LP pump, aparantly it's a miracle that it lasted this long anyway, so he'll have a look at that too, a...
by Sebastijan
Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:33 pm
Forum: Engine, Clutch and Transmission
Topic: 406HDi boost loss
Replies: 6
Views: 4459

I wouldn't even think of the air mass flow meter, since I don't see how that could wear out. Sorry, but I'm not at home with the termology (I'm not form England), the LP pump is the pump at the fuel tank? A VAC pupm is a vacume pump? If so, where? The boost control solenoid would actuate the bow off...
by Sebastijan
Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:21 am
Forum: Engine, Clutch and Transmission
Topic: 406HDi boost loss
Replies: 6
Views: 4459

406HDi boost loss

Hi guys, I went trough the forum a bit and found a couple of topics that might or might not be the same problem as mine, but noone seems to describe their problem all that precisely, so I decided for a new topic. I drive a Peugeot 406 HDi, and lately the engine started doing some odd things. The tur...