RIGHT GENTS - thinking caps on .

Daughter has got a runaround of a N reg PUG .

It ran out of juice ,few days ago , and now(after being filled) it runs on throttle ,but not on idle .My first thoughts are idle jet blocked - carb full of crap .

Any one know if this is right -is the PUG a fixed jet car ( oh -it'sgot a carb) ,and if so where abouts the idle jet is and if just cleaning the idle jet will do ,or is it a case of carb out and clean all jets ???/

My immediate thoughts are to lift carb out ,empty bowl to get rid of crap ,take out jets ,clean them etc - but what problems will I face taking out carb ?

Anyone know anything-or can help ?

sounds a bit new for a carb , are you sure it has one ?

might be single point injection

Regardless of carb or injection if it has a fuel filter then replace it.

The amount of cr*p in the bottom of a tank that old that is going to have been dragged through is high and it will block the filter. That will reduce the flow through the filter and might well mean not enough will get through at idle, but might when the increased force to pull more through is used under throttle. (Not sure what I've posted makes sense, but I know what I mean and I hope you get the idea too )

I remember the old pug petrol cars running a bit rough if you missed out a fuel filter service, so it's worth a shot for what will be a very small outlay.

If it is a carb rather than SPI (and I have to say I'd be a little surprised if it was a carb) then you're going to need a full set of gaskets as a minimum.

As above though, I'd think the fuel filter would stop that before it got into the system.

if it is a 309 xn then it will be on a carb,if so strip & clean out carb & jets & fit in line fuel filter,however i dont think they made a 309 on a n plate, its more likely to be a 306xn with single point injection:thumbup:

If it's on a N-plate it's surely not a 309? The last of those were L-prefix I think, and the first were 1986 cars (source Wikipedia).

I'd agree with changing the fuel filter, and maybe running some injector cleaner through it, then change the filter again!

The 306 sedan was available on an N plate, which looked like a 309, and while the 309 wasn't made that late, I guess it is possible one or two could have been kicking around.

The later 309 even with carbs did have fuel filters as standard from my recollection but if for some reason yours doesn't then fit one in line as said above.

If it's a 306 then I have a haynes if your stuck for any information.

Sounds like it will most likely be a 306. They were never great those smaller petrols they put in them.

Phil

And I have the Citroen ZX petrol manual on my desk here.

Lets ask the OP, Just to clear up any confusion:

Is it this 309

Or this 306

Or a 306 sedan like this (which looks a bit like a 309):

front:

rear:

or 309 like this:

For what it is worth, I thought the 306 etc got the XL/XN/XS/XT or SL/ST for the saloon and the 309 went with the G* naming convention such as GL.

If I'm right then the car has to be a 306 hatchback.

Edited 1 October, 200916 yr by cheezemonkhai

The 309 is a 306 with a boot or sometimes called a notchback. This range had a large amount of engine configs. So VWD which engine?

The 309 is a 306 with a boot or sometimes called a notchback. This range had a large amount of engine configs. So VWD which engine?

No it isn't - it's an entirely different and much older car

The 309 is a 306 with a boot or sometimes called a notchback. This range had a large amount of engine configs. So VWD which engine?

No it isn't.

The 306 came in hatchack, estate and saloon (306 sedan) as pictured above.

The 309 was the knotchback car with much more in common with the 205.

It was the precursor to the 306 and is not similar to it in terms of parts.

3rded, with the note that the 309 was actually a hatch, albeit with unusual rear end styling (see #10, photo 3).