PSA vs BMW Dooper

[minimhf]

Sorry that's me not knowing what day it is, meant Feb 2010, and I think the new engines came in in March 2010, so yes you're right, you've got the BMW engine. I'll update my original post!

[Bozzer]

Scoobychris,

The easy way to spot the Psa engine is that the turbo is in front of the engine.

Bozzer

[MiniDeLux]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bozzer (original)

I have a PSA engined Dooper which has covered nearly 30,000miles in 18 months and has averaged (according to the trip computer) approx 60mpg.

I have complained to my dealer, and posted here, about hesitation and flat spots particularly at low engine loads and despite changing diesel supplier regularly it's made no difference.

I drove a BMW engined dooper clubman today and in all but one respect it was a revelation. Smooth, quiet and totally without hestitation, even the gearbox gave a smoother, easier gearchange.

However I don't reckon the economy is going to be so good.

Anyone else here made the same observations?

I've got a 2009 Dooper with about 70,000km on the clock. Use it primarily for highway driving between 110 and 140km/hr, fairly flat trajectory everyday (basically between work and home).

I'm getting 4.8L/100km which converts to about 49 miles per gallon I believe. Tends to increase to 4.9L/100km (respectively 48mpg) in winter (use of heater, winter tires, etc...). Have been getting these consistently since I purchased the car. Don't have much occasion to use the stop/start function since this is highway driving. I imagine it may improve somewhat with proper and routine use of the stop/start.

What kind of figures are you expecting?

Pretty sure the flat spots are normal, I get no juice out of mine in anything higher than 3rd gear and power development starts to take off somewhere between 1500 and 2000rpms. Acceleration in 4th gear is pretty flat for me. I think that's normal for the PSA engine.

[louisb1304]

i am getting 46.9 lifetime mpg over the 1050 miles its done. 4mpg more than the citroen c2 i used to drive so i am disappointed with that aspect, but as for everything else, it is an absolutely brilliant piece of kit!

[morrisminiminor]

Quote: Originally Posted by ScoobyChris (original)

I could be wrong, but I thought the change happened around September 2010 as I'm pretty sure my December 2010 built one has the BMW engine?

Chris

The changes took effect from the end of August 2010. My car was an end of October one and it has the BMW engine.
morrisminiminor

[ScoobyChris]

Quote: Originally Posted by morrisminiminor (original)

The changes took effect from the end of August 2010.

That's "almost" September 2010

Chris