2.0 Petrol engines any good ?

[mattyg]

Hi all been offered a petrol 406 2.0 engine code rfr (silver top) know all about the hdi foibles but what are the petrols like thanks in advance

Matt

[omega]

had a blast about in one for a week before i stripped it found it quite nippy compared to my 2,1 d

[Busman]

The petrols can be really reliable and long lived. Mileages of 250k being possible.

[mattyg]

Thanks thats a relief as i have just bought one. only had the diesels before and just bought a low mileage exec im really pleased with it just didnt really do my home work on the petrols.

Thanks matt

[mjb]

If you keep up with cambelt changes and don't do any modifications, the 406 petrol engines will generally out-live the rest of the car with ease

[sirwiggum]

I had the 1.8 16v PSA petrol engine in a Xantia. Was more reliable, dare I say, than the HDi.
Fuel economy was upper 30s around town. Seemed nippy enough for 110bhp, the 2.0 would be more so.

Only thing I found was that on changing gear, the return to idle was a bit slow, so led sometimes to jerky gearchanges as you were putting the accelerator back on and it was already at 2000rpm or so.