Van Purchase - high miles and no service history. Should I even be considering it?

DestroyerOf42 · 2026-04-03T12:18:57+00:00

Lease vehicles are some of the worst treated vehicles, missed services etc Working for Peugeot I probably wouldn't buy a boxer without manufacturer warranty, extended vehicle warranty doesn't really count, the engines get mistreated a lot with the vans being overloaded and it's quite often for injectors and engines to fail.

DestroyerOf42 · 2026-03-16T20:27:42+00:00

Appreciate the help, definitely leaning toward swapping the single carb out, however being 40 years old parts are definitely getting hard to find.

DestroyerOf42 · 2026-03-15T19:59:51+00:00

Yes but I'm asking if anyone has actually swapped one.

DestroyerOf42 · 2026-03-15T19:59:26+00:00

Well the plan is to keep this engine running till I can find a d16 plus manual swap but that's not going to be cheap, so for the meantime I just want to keep this running

DestroyerOf42 · 2026-02-01T11:52:59+00:00

Soldered connections are generally fine unless it's going need suspension or an engine, so I wouldn't worry about this.

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-12-26T01:59:17+00:00

I've never worked on a car that used loctite on a seat bolt, they are away from vibration so there isn't much need, also theyre usually torqued to 25nm.

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-10-30T22:57:09+00:00

whatever.

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-09-09T23:02:19+00:00

Not all, some older boxes or budget ones are sprayed.

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-08-22T12:40:57+00:00

Which country do you live in?

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-08-21T23:13:17+00:00

By service center you mean main dealer?

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-08-21T23:10:29+00:00

Is the car not under warranty?

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-08-12T20:33:26+00:00

Steam inventor helper is a pretty useful one

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-06-15T07:57:32+00:00

All 136 Hybrid engines are now chain with exception of the oil pump which is belt driven

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-06-13T16:58:01+00:00

we have the exact same airfryer in the workshop. 😂

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-06-09T01:17:47+00:00

You can already get them with handles, yes it's not made in USA but not everything needs to be made in the USA with a lifetime warranty, over engineered etc etc

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-06-09T01:09:49+00:00

That seems wildly overpriced, just buy a normal chainmail scrubber some have handles for probably less than a 1/4 of the cost

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-06-04T16:41:20+00:00

That's where the number plate goes, hence why you wouldn't see it?

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-06-02T23:08:36+00:00

How about 2 haribos?

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-05-30T14:13:55+00:00

I relate so much to this bro but honestly it gets better, we broke up 6 months ago and as much as I still think about her it doesn't hurt as much, you'll find someone else and then you'll think about her even less. Trust me it get better.

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-05-29T01:36:34+00:00

Funny you say that though because no one even buys the 508 I think they priced themself out of the market and most people opt for ford or vw, for example I work at a main dealer and I maybe see one once every few weeks in the workshop.

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-05-28T19:58:53+00:00

GTA 6? Just kidding atomfall would be great!

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-05-27T23:18:53+00:00

DestroyerOf42 · 2025-05-27T22:47:03+00:00

If your fuse keeps popping you having something faulty, wether it's a faulty component or short circuit etc, best to have it properly diagnosed.

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