Peugeot 308 diesel hdi - Chain or cambelt? - khoojohn

Is the Peugeot 308 diesel chain or cambelt driven?

Peugeot 308 diesel hdi - Chain or cambelt? - khoojohn

sorry found the answer on the review page . It's belt.

Peugeot 308 diesel hdi - Chain or cambelt? - Peter.N.

Very good engine too.

Peugeot 308 diesel hdi - Chain or cambelt? - hardway

2.0 hdi then the answer is both,cam belt runs up to the exhaust cam and the a chain runs to the inlet cam.

Peugeot 308 diesel hdi - Chain or cambelt? - Peter.N.

...only on the 16 valve one I think.

Peugeot 308 diesel hdi - Chain or cambelt? - hardway

I stand corrected but in fairness I did say there was two cams.kind of implies 16 or more valves.

Peugeot 308 diesel hdi - Chain or cambelt? - Peter.N.

True, I didn't pick up on that.

Peugeot 308 diesel hdi - Chain or cambelt? - unthrottled

Why do people keep asking this question? It's hardly a deal breaker either way. On balance I prefer belts, but I wouldn't turn down a car with a chain engine.

Peugeot 308 diesel hdi - Chain or cambelt? - Peter.N.

Possibly because they want to change the belt if it has one?

Peugeot 308 diesel hdi - Chain or cambelt? - unthrottled

Then the handbook would say that. I'm assuming these questions are from people in the market looking at various cars and the belt/chain question is a deciding factor. Weighing up the possible high cost of replacing a rattling chain with the almost certain moderate cost of a replacement belt, I'd still err on the side of a belt. But I wouldn't turn down a car because it had a chain engine.