There I was looking at a Xsara..

  1. Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 420
    #1
    ..then I thought I'd better run this by the French car experts on here..

    In my quest for better fuel economy over my Ford mondeo 2.0L I was looking at an 02 plate 1.4 Xsara (not picasso) and wondered if these suffered the same kind of faults like the Sax -Idle contol,coil pack failure.leaking sunroofs etc etc

    or are these generally a better build?

    Just curious to hear from those who have knowledge on these..

    Cheers as usual guys
  2. Established Member Joined: Sep 2010 loughborough Posts: 2229 1988 ford fiesta mk2 1.4- 2001 black saxo furio (d
    #2
    it's the same engine out of the furio so yes i would expect it to have similar problems. although the 1.4 xsara won't move and the engine looks proper lost in the engine bay lol.and gets anoying after a while. have a few of them in at work + i hate to drive them the acelerator is sooo stiff and the clutch has no feel it's kind of either on or off no feel or anything.

    thought about a 1.6 focus zetec or even the 1.8 tdci pretty nippy when chipped.
  3. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI
    #3
    75bhp in a car which weighs about 1100kgs is not going to be nippy.

    ICV and coil pack will likely be the same as it's the furio engine so same parts will have bene used, unsure on the sunroof
  4. Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 420
    #4
    Cheers guys appreciate the advice so far..never knew the engine was same as a Furio
  5. Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2011 Thorne+Grimsby Posts: 717 S2GTi / Megane cc
    #5
    Mine was okay, blacktop vtr 8 valve engine, was nippy but definitely not quick, sunroof is good no leaks. Mine weighs 1020kg now its stripped and is sporting a 406 2.0 8 valve XU turbo engine (when I get round to finishing it) but its got to go soon so will probably end up breaking it to fund parts for the saxo vts I've just fallen in love with
  6. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172
    #6
    engine wise they suffer the same problems as a saxo, running gear wise, they suffer the same as a lot of the parts are shared with the 306, which also suffer axle problems
  7. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810
    #7
    id check the rear beam
  8. Established Member Joined: Jan 2011 Aylesbury Posts: 1868 Seat Leon Cupra tdi
    #8
    My dad bought one of these about 3 months ago and it felt a fair bit bippier than my Furio for whatever reason. Feels very sturdy, gearbox is a little stiff from 1st to 2nd but other than that it's fine so far..guess he got lucky?
  9. Frequent Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Lurgan Posts: 767 2001 black saxo furio 2001 black saxo vts
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by f13sta View Post
    it's the same engine out of the furio so yes i would expect it to have similar problems. although the 1.4 xsara won't move and the engine looks proper lost in the engine bay lol.and gets anoying after a while. have a few of them in at work + i hate to drive them the acelerator is sooo stiff and the clutch has no feel it's kind of either on or off no feel or anything.

    thought about a 1.6 focus zetec or even the 1.8 tdci pretty nippy when chipped.
    x2 on the tdci. had a 2003 shape and it was a rocket a sensible remap would see 143bhp. standard does around 450+ miles to a full tank