Mileage and reliability for a 1.8 406

My 1998 1.8 petrol 406 has just passed 100,000 miles and has been serviced
as per the peugeot servicing recommendations, with a new MAP sensor about 6
months ago.

How many more miles will it last? I see loads of 406s as taxis so they must
be long lived, will I be able to rely on for long trips if I keep it
serviced and running with semi-synthetic oils?

Adam H

 

Maybe others will disagree, but I think they most French petrol engines are
crap, The taxis you speak of are almost always TD or HDI cars due to there
high mileage capabilities and low running and purchase costs.

Andy

 

Hi,

Mmmmm, they used to be brilliant, and I guess some of them still are, but
many petrol engines are shattered by the pollution rules (think TUs now have
a cast iron block and you'll see my point).

I've no clue what they use for taxis abroad, but all taxis here are Diesels.
Even the 505 taxis in NYC were TDs (at the beginning, the very first 505 TDs
were reserved for export to the US).

 

Curiously, just up the road in Canada, we found (10 years ago) that all the
taxis were a hybrid of Petrol and LPG. They are not allowed to use petrol
within the cities but switch over to it when they leave the city limits.
The downside is that the boot (or trunk) is virtually all taken up with the
LPG tank leaving very little space for luggage.

Keith.

 

Hi,

Interresting, here (in France) I've never seen petrol taxis (even with LPG).
It's possibly due to LPG usage rules here.

I can imagine that, I guess all LPG-cars owners have to cope with a reduced
boot