307 hdi.. Same as 306?

[Toms306]

The engine will be suffering at that mileage, considering its previous life. They start to give up the ghost before 300k even when well looked after.

Are the gearboxes really a problem? I've genuinely not seen one with issues that didn't belong to dumdum lol. I ran mine for 10000 miles with all the abuse, 250lbft and no oil and it just developed a slight whine.

All the blocks I've stripped (between 126k and 185k) look exactly the same inside, bores still look new, pistons are fine (though the skirt Teflon falls off on removal for some reason), and they don't get the cam wear like I've seen on other engines either. Obviously it depends how its been abused, but these were all several owner, part history cars...

As for the boxes, maybe its the way I drive lol, tend to drop into 3rd gear for overtakes every 10 minutes and I tend to hit bumps and potholes harder than I probably should. But I seem to have gearbox issues on all 306s, even the 1.8 had terrible diff whine and that wasn't exactly quick lol. But the HDi's are much worse, as above they all have diff whine now. And the current one I have sounds almost as bad as the TU's I had, the knob is wobbling all over the place, 3rd gear only slots in half the time without a crunch or double de-clutch and it doesn't ride smooth in 3rd or 4th any more which is annoying under motorway speeds. Its a new clutch and linkages as well so they re fine. Thought it was a driveshaft but they've also been swapped so its definitely the 'box.

306's and me do NOT get on in the gearbox department!

Hmm, glad its not just me!