What the heck are you interested in Costa cup holders . At the end of the day ITS A cheap car . May be cheap to RUN JUST as well as thay are always needing something doing on them . Iv NEVER HAD ONE AND NEVER WOULD BUT I KNOW PEPOLE THAT DO and it's a BIG NO NO . 😝.
It’s currently in for a belt change with peugot. They said the belt was fine, i ripped the sump off and found the strainer was blocked. Drove for a few weeks whilst waiting to get in with peugot. They ripped off the sump and it had debris in there.
@@torevenheim9607 I’m happy for you :) was it the same one with the wet belt or do you have the 1.6? I heard the 1.6 is spot on with no oil consumption issues :)
Are you a peugot fan yourself :)? 208 isn’t a bad motor, my main issue with the motor is visibility and wet belt system. I drove a 2024 one the other day, visibility is worse and still got wet belt! What are your thoughts? :)
Ideally you want a timing chain - unfortunately these are on older cars and quite rare on new cars, main reason behind this is, they tend to last a lot of mileage. If not, the whole life of the car if properly serviced. Dry belt - is like a timing chain but made from rubber. These are changed in accordance with your service manual which is normal every 100k mile or 7 - 8 years. A wet belt - is the top two combines. It’s a rubber belt but submerged in oil. The manufactured will recommend similar intervals to above, however, they are reliable. Mine died after 35k miles, I hear the same horror stories with other manufactures, sometimes as low as 10k. These belts often disintegrate which means the oil strainer gets clogged and starvs the engine of oil OR Snaps. Ether or it’s a right off. I’ve seen ford eco boast (known in the trade as eco booms) snap as little as 10k and a couple of years old. I have spoken to Peugeot directly and they say the tech is getting better, but only time will tell. Would you like me to do a video on this? I have a wet belt - peugour 208 Dry belt - VW Touran Timing chain - g wagon & Spirfire
I learnt to drive on this exact model in 2016-17 & I absolutely hated it. Bad handling, poor visibility, insipid to drive. Then I switched to a Suzuki swift & it was like night and day.
What the heck are you interested in Costa cup holders . At the end of the day ITS A cheap car .
May be cheap to RUN JUST as well as thay are always needing something doing on them . Iv NEVER HAD ONE AND NEVER WOULD BUT I KNOW PEPOLE THAT DO and it's a BIG NO NO . 😝.
@@maljohn6584 to be honest, it’s not a great car 😂
Omg that engine going to explode. U need to change belt or better trade in
It’s currently in for a belt change with peugot. They said the belt was fine, i ripped the sump off and found the strainer was blocked. Drove for a few weeks whilst waiting to get in with peugot. They ripped off the sump and it had debris in there.
ive got a peugeot 208 e-hdi diesel it very quick car for diesel 0 car tax my car is allure model
The diesel ones are a lot better than the patrol ones. Even the 1.6 petrol is a good one to have :)
What a TH-camr. What a guy
Thank you so much! Means so much :D
I have never had a Peugeot with that 3 syl wet belt engine, only diesel and they works just fine. 😊
@@torevenheim9607 to be honest, I’ve heard noting but good things about the diesel :)
Had only good experience with this cars, and no oil consumption 😊😊
@@torevenheim9607 I’m happy for you :) was it the same one with the wet belt or do you have the 1.6? I heard the 1.6 is spot on with no oil consumption issues :)
For more spacious,buy bigger Peugeot series arr and compare other with same class with 208....😂😂
Are you a peugot fan yourself :)?
208 isn’t a bad motor, my main issue with the motor is visibility and wet belt system. I drove a 2024 one the other day, visibility is worse and still got wet belt!
What are your thoughts? :)
what is dry belt and what is wet belt? which is better?
Ideally you want a timing chain - unfortunately these are on older cars and quite rare on new cars, main reason behind this is, they tend to last a lot of mileage. If not, the whole life of the car if properly serviced.
Dry belt - is like a timing chain but made from rubber. These are changed in accordance with your service manual which is normal every 100k mile or 7 - 8 years.
A wet belt - is the top two combines. It’s a rubber belt but submerged in oil. The manufactured will recommend similar intervals to above, however, they are reliable.
Mine died after 35k miles, I hear the same horror stories with other manufactures, sometimes as low as 10k.
These belts often disintegrate which means the oil strainer gets clogged and starvs the engine of oil OR Snaps. Ether or it’s a right off.
I’ve seen ford eco boast (known in the trade as eco booms) snap as little as 10k and a couple of years old.
I have spoken to Peugeot directly and they say the tech is getting better, but only time will tell.
Would you like me to do a video on this?
I have a wet belt - peugour 208
Dry belt - VW Touran
Timing chain - g wagon & Spirfire
@@TheTriumphGuy101 Thanks for the answer! If you think a video about belts would benefit others too, then sure!
@@automotive1970 sweet! I will do one this week :D
Good video,thanks
Thank you so much :) means a lot :D
I learnt to drive on this exact model in 2016-17 & I absolutely hated it. Bad handling, poor visibility, insipid to drive. Then I switched to a Suzuki swift & it was like night and day.
Ahhh good man! Yeah the blind spots are awful on it! Especially as a leaner! Suzuki is probably far better in reliability too!
Looks like the car makes a good rubbish bin as well judging by the crap inside it! You obviously look after it!
Mechanically I look after it :) it’s my commuter car :)
Wet cambelt replacement costs £650 😢
I know! Just had mind fine! 45k Mike’s :(
i did mine at 69000 miles. did it myself so was only about £80 but still not ideal