06-09-2012, 04:41 PM
ALL XUD9 and DW10 conrods are "forged"... They just have a weakness seemingly around the little end area - if you look at the wrist of a XUD9 vs a HDi conrod, you'll see that it actually goes smaller underneath the pin on an XUD9, whereas a HDi is almost straight downwards, there's just a lot more meat there...
Shame they still snap lol... The cranks and rods are forged, the pistons, however are not...
I personally rekon they're out of a Citroen van, they might be out of a 2.2 8v, rare as shit, but they defo won't fit... I can't understadnd how there's "BTED" on them, there's no "BTED" 8v other than the 2.2 8v... If they are 2.0 rods, then feck knows, mishmash of parts has happened...
On another note, if you're putting in those rods, I'd personally change the shells... They really are scored up... I know it's another £100, but if you're wanting something reliable, then it's worth it IMHO... I would want to change those... Me and Dave often have these discussions lol.... Also the scoring is what also leads me to believe they are from a 16v, the 16vs have horrible problems where if the oil is neglected, they just eat themselves VERY quickly, you look at almost any 16v engine that's been used hard, it'll be scored up.
Shame they still snap lol... The cranks and rods are forged, the pistons, however are not...
I personally rekon they're out of a Citroen van, they might be out of a 2.2 8v, rare as shit, but they defo won't fit... I can't understadnd how there's "BTED" on them, there's no "BTED" 8v other than the 2.2 8v... If they are 2.0 rods, then feck knows, mishmash of parts has happened...
On another note, if you're putting in those rods, I'd personally change the shells... They really are scored up... I know it's another £100, but if you're wanting something reliable, then it's worth it IMHO... I would want to change those... Me and Dave often have these discussions lol.... Also the scoring is what also leads me to believe they are from a 16v, the 16vs have horrible problems where if the oil is neglected, they just eat themselves VERY quickly, you look at almost any 16v engine that's been used hard, it'll be scored up.
