Peugeot's Massive fail at Le Mans 2010 - DNF

[CountryPug]

Sorry this is a couple of weeks late, I actually forgot all about it until my Ford fanatic friend reminded me about it last night

Peugeot had a terrible outing at Le Mans this year, with none of their 4 cars finishing the race. I will refer you to the following artical if you wish to read about HDI engine failure: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans

Because of this, the spectacularly slower Audi TDI walked away with victory. This is a blow for Peugeot's marketing department, no doubt they were going to market some sort of special edition after a Le Mans victory.

Remember the 405 Mi16 Le Mans which was brought out after the 905's victory in 92 and 93.

[FarmerPug]

Peugeot will probably try again and suceed next year now it knows where the problems are from, i want peugeot to win more with their HDI engines because the VW group TDI's are not great, the 1.9tdi found in a golf and a4 sounds louder than some tractors.

[Welly]

Imagine your about to enter the race, the engine purrs beautifully, everything is good and then.........


*Beep* ANTI POLUTION FAULT

[sirwiggum]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_90 ... ng_history

Any word on what the engine issues are so I can look for them on my own HDi?
Flywheels?
MAFs?

Noted that 2007 the clutch went. Sounds familiar.

[Welly]

Le Mans, France – With just over 2 hours to go in the 2010 running of the 24 hours of Le Mans, the final factory Peugeot 908 HDi FAP seems to have blown an engine. With a puff of smoke from the right engine bank the Peugeot limped back to the pits and was rolled into the garage with oil leaking massively from the engine bay. Peugeot who have looked virtually invincible all week, and have been faster than Audi all week has seen a repeat win virtually slip away over the last 8 hours. There is one Peugeot 908 HDi FAP left on track run by privateer Team Oreca Matmut. Currently Audi is running 1, 2, 3 and the final Peugeot is about 5 minutes behind, but still pushing hard to make a podium appearance.

[sirwiggum]

Imagine your about to enter the race, the engine purrs beautifully, everything is good and then.........


*Beep* ANTI POLUTION FAULT

Maybe got blacked flagged because the flexi pipe ripped itself to shreds

[Bailes1992]

I wan tthat 405
How rare are they and what engines did they come in?

[Welly]

The 'LeMans' 405 had a 2.0 16valve (160bhp?) and full leather interior, and body kit. It was a nicer version of the MI 16

[CountryPug]

I wan tthat 405
How rare are they and what engines did they come in?

Yeah, they were a special edition of the Mi16. From memory about a 1000 were produced.

[steve_earwig]

Without the four wheel drive I guess.

[CountryPug]

Without the four wheel drive I guess.

Yeah, some Mi16's had the 4 wheel drive system and all the T16's had it. The T16 was an awesome machine, 200bhp (220bhp on overboost), an even rarer car. About 400 (50 for the French Police) were built and as far as I know they were all left hand drive.

[Welly]

Forgot about the T16.

Almost as powerfull as my Volvo

[sirwiggum]

Was there not a homogolated 405 based on the one raced at PikesPeak?
Was a coupe bodyshell, back in the day when they were sold in the US?

[CountryPug]

Was there not a homogolated 405 based on the one raced at PikesPeak?
Was a coupe bodyshell, back in the day when they were sold in the US?

Yeah there was, just a show car though. Believe this is what your talking about

[sirwiggum]

I like that, in a "precursor to the 406 coupe" kind of way

The Mi16 was one of the models sold in the US?