Why would Peugeot do this?

[tigerstyle]

XUD part  at the bottom of the pic, HDI at the top, slight different offset in the main inlet from the water pump. I fitted the wrong one, and there is nothing different apart from that! Why the big change? the XUD part should even work better with the equal bolt spacing...



Anyone got any other examples of Peugeot craziness where they change things for no good reason?

[bashbarnard]

same way the bolt holes for the pump bracket on the xud almost line up perfect with the bolt holes on the hdi pump bracket. but not quite. standard psa as far as i can tell

[xudlingo]

Dw8 and xud have so many difference on block like this they look so similar to

Back engine mount studs pattern change just to annoy you
Same with pas and alt bracket same thing
Also engine mount bolts got smaller m8
Dw8s are more like hdi's

[Toms306]

Because they like to make things awkward.

[WiNgNuTz]

Because French.

/thread

[Dum-Dum]

Because Peugeot.

[darrenjlobb]

Nope, not because Peugeot....

All manufacturers do this...Infact IMO Peugeot dont do this as much as most... Consider yourself lucky that we can bolt engine/boxs from 2010 etc straight into cars from 1988 etc without modifying anything... Bolt gearboxs from a 1980's 205 straight to a 20 year newer 16v common rail engine.....cylinder heads on random engines they dont belong from many years before / after....same with manifolds...etcetc.....

It can be annoying when you find little things that have changed, but in grand sceme of things, we are actually quite lucky!

[Redordead89]

306 for the 307! Phuuuuk

[bashbarnard]

Darren actually has a fair point. The only other engine that has this as far as I know would be that zetec engine in the focus. Still using a variant of it in brand spankers' atm.

[Niall]

Agree with Darren here.
Do people really think they would go through the cost and R&D to redesign things for no reason when they have off the shelf parts they could use?
If they had a part they could already use, they would. Just playing devils advocate but i would imagine that the reason the lugs are offset on the bottom one is because there is a waterway in a different location on that block maybe? There will always be a reason for it!

[Jonny81191]

Nope, not because Peugeot....

All manufacturers do this...Infact IMO Peugeot dont do this as much as most... Consider yourself lucky that we can bolt engine/boxs from 2010 etc straight into cars from 1988 etc without modifying anything... Bolt gearboxs from a 1980's 205 straight to a 20 year newer 16v common rail engine.....cylinder heads on random engines they dont belong from many years before / after....same with manifolds...etcetc.....

It can be annoying when you find little things that have changed, but in grand sceme of things, we are actually quite lucky!

/thread TBH. Try working on german cars!