Channel 205 UK - Peugeot Hoggar pickup truck - Day 1

In this episode - we mostly shelter from the rain but do get a chance to get to work on the Peugeot Hoggar now it's here with me in the UK.

[@lucas1600]

14:13 - Street Car Garage is a mechanic workshop in Jundiaí, a city in the São Paulo state :)

[@Channel205UK]

thank you for the information:-)

[@EudesRJ]

Here in Brazil we use 100% ethanol, except where gasoline is less expensive, it varies from state to state. First flex cars had a gasoline starter small tank, the but by 2010 I believe most manufacturers had eliminated it by replacing with some glow plugs (like diesel, right?) to warn the ethanol on cold starting. I don’t know, I’m from Rio de Janeiro and what is considered cold here is anything bellow 30°C

[@wellsouza88]

This Hoggar is equipped with the "cold start" fuel tank, it is a tank with a red lid. This system was replaced by the Flex Start system, which uses heating in the injection nozzles themselves and/or also heating candles in the injection nozzle flute.

[@Channel205UK]

Right now its 9°C but it's encouraging that my Hoggar starts instantly in these temperatures. The sensors must all be in good order.

[@BMPellogia]

you probably got some gasoline in that small tank because the injection is automatic.

[@EudesRJ]

@@Channel205UK on the 2 weeks of cold we have in Rio de Janeiro (between 9~14°C on my area) my UP never had problems to start on ethanol. Starting on cold was a known problem on old cars from the 70s and 80s, on the mid 90s I believe it was a thing from the past.

[@BMPellogia]

7:05 i'm willing to bet that corrosion was caused by the use of our sugar-cane ethanol. That fuel contains water in its composition and sometimes water accumulate in the back mufflers because its never hot enough to evaporate. The exhaust on flex-fuel or ethanol only cars always corrode from the inside out, specially if you use poor quality fuel

[@EudesRJ]

My family exclusively uses ethanol for years and I didn’t saw corrosion because of it, usually I saw those kind of corrosion on cars that are parked outside on the grass, mine is parked over a cement floor and didn’t corroded. Only the regular surface rust spots on a few parts.

[@Channel205UK]

That's interesting to know thank you. The exhaust gas does have a smell to it which I assume comes from it still running ethanol remaining in the tank as I have not yet put any UK fuel in to it.

[@agoradacerto]

Is E85 available there? It would run very well on it

[@agoradacerto]

That rear muffler was marked as Faurecia, there's a big chance it was the original.

[@lucas1600]

Typical UK weather :D

[@Channel205UK]

Indeed. I am well stocked up on anti corrosion wax for winter!

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

Peugeot were BANNED from saying 1 007 They were forced to refer to them as 1000 7 Valeo were a key supplier to Peugeot & Citroen