Mine's a 1996 peugeot 405srdt wagon, and I've had it from new.
This is the first tank of environmentally friendly fuel it's had, now that biodiesel made at Echuca is on sale near here.
I don't mind if it uses more fuel smelling like a fish and chip shop because i don't use the car much. I cycle to and from work every day and in suitable weather take a trailer to the supermarket.
So far I've done 160km. The car is quieter, it can actually drive on idle, and there hasn't been any trouble cold starting although I haven't tried on a frosty morning.
I don't know if it is running on a blend or B100 - it looks and smells like B100 but I didn't actually ask when I bought the fuel.
Following tips off this site, I've now got a $2 Supacheap fuel filter in line and a spare for when it looks too black - my tank has had a lot of garbage and I 've needed to use fuel additive in the petrodiesel for the last three years after getting very expensive water served with fuel.
I'll keep an eye on the fuel consumption - basically the car does long runs but I'm not sure where on the Sturt Highway I can buy B100 so I can see petrodiesel being bought at times to keep the car on the road.

Congratulations on a lovely vehicle to drive, as pointed out its slow off the mark but once the turbo spools up its a completly different matter! They go like the clappers, handle well and give reasonable economy.

I would have the timing of the injection pump checked to make sure you get the best bang for the buck. It may do to have the timing somewhere between mineral and bio diesel so as to be able to use either. I would recommend watching the injection pump seals as they could well be rubber. My sister had a beautiful burgindy wagon, I almost bought it but it was a joy to drive. They have lovely long gears and will cruiser wonderfully too.

Matt

Hi Geewizztoo
A guy at my work has a brand new VW Golf 2.0TDI and he let me have a drive. Man that thing is nice. Goes like an F1 compared to the Pug. It hauls ass right from idle and sweet acceleration.

Does he run the vw on bio d??

Cheers

Unfortunately the guy at work does not run Bio in fear of voiding his warranty, although I'm working on him. He's already quizzing me on bio and he may be tempted to run a blend soon.

Cool keep working on him!! keep us posted.

I bought a 1994 405 turbo almost a year ago, runs on 100% bio and will do over 900 kms to a tank, and i do about 300km per week I didn't notice any drop in performance or economy compared with dino. goes and steers really well, but a bit of a dog to work on, Ive replaced the timing belt, and glow plugs, both which took much longer than it should due to been awkward to work on. Great little car but im not to thrilled about fixing it.