A mention for the xud

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A mention for the xud

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Praise well deserved. Diesel Car magazine regarded the XUD as a breakthrough in reliability and a new-found smoothness and flexibility. It was to a great extent responsible for the public's acceptance of diesel passenger cars. The BX rode this wave, and played an important part in Citroen's commercial recovery.
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I never knew it was available in the Lada Niva. I wouldn't of minded owning one of those.
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...and in a Suzuki Vitara...
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And in the Rover 418D, the Talbot camper vans up to late 80s had the 1.9na, also a popular conversion in the Suzuki SJ 4wd jeep

Also listed on Diesel Bob's top ten.

And I read somewhere used to power a canal barge.
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rutter123 wrote: Mon May 17, 2021 3:07 pm And I read somewhere used to power a canal barge.
The Smurf Blue marine XUD...
A great read here - a journey of discovery:
https://frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/view ... 63#p611963
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I believe an XUD9 was also shoehorned into a motorbike.
I'm sure someone will be along with a picture quite soon....

I think it's a great engine, none of my many diesels over the years have given any major probs and my current TD is on 294000 so it's nicely run-in and still on its original lucas pump, headgasket and turbo.
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Wasn't there a guy from Finland on here many years back who used one to power a giant log saw.
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and the Fso Caro!
Lots of Motors, mostly semi broken....