On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 07:06:03PM +0100, Thomas John wrote:
>
> Hello together,
>
> there are some rather bad news coming up for classic car nuts in Europe.
> New EU legislation against old cars, especially Diesel cars, means that
> cars without catalytic convertors may be banned from entering most big
> cities in the near future. Cities are required to do anything they can
> when air pollution exceeds some allowed values and it is very likely that
> at least some cities will try to achieve this goal by simply banning old
> cars (while others might introduce city traffic fees or other general
> regulations that would affect both old and new cars likewise)
>
> However the point is that nearly all RWD Peugeots come without any kind of
> catalytic convertors and Diesels without any anti-pollution filters.
I am in the same situation in Chile. Old cars without cats have at least one
day a week that cannot be used. In winter you may have 3 days a week without
your car if air polution is really bad.
I am converting the engine to fuelinyection and catalytic converter
installing Megasquirt, a simple ECU that you build yourself. I will have
to get the car tested by a state run facility and trye to get approval for the
change. I still dont know if, even meeting the spec, I will get 'catalytic'
status to avoid the restrictions. We'll see.
>
> The old Diesels are lost anyway, nothing will help these engines to ever
> meet any kind of recent emissions regulation.
>
> But old gas 604s all have the PRV6 and this engine was made well into the
> 90s, e.g. at Volvo even still in RWD configuration. Also the 605's and
> Citroen XMs did have PRV6 as far as I know.
>
> So I'm asking two questions:
>
> 1. was there ever a Peugeot / Citroen PRV6 that did at least meet the
> "Euro2" emissions standard?
Are the 3.0 V6s in 406s PRV6? If so, yes. I have seen 2000 model year 406s
with a V6 engine that meet Euro2.
>
> 2. has anyone ever heard or seen an old PRV6 RWD Peugeot that was fitted
> with a c.c., probably going together with a newer fuel injection system.
> Probably some 504 convertible guys would have both interest and money to
> spend for such a conversion. And is there any possibility to get a "Euro2"
> (not only "Euro1") emissions standard for these conversions?
>
Euro2 should not be difficult to meet with port inyection and a cat. You
may not get Euro2 approval status though, even if you meet the standard. Check
the letter of the law... At least down here, if the car was registered before
september, 1992 (the date the law went into effect) you don't get a 'green'
sticker unless you pass a test and jump through a lot of bureucratic hoops.
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