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Citroën C3

The supermini, sharing PSA's engine families with the Peugeot 208 of the same year — so the 208's community knowledge applies directly, which matters because there is far more of it. On the petrol side the PureTech three-cylinder runs its timing belt inside the engine, in oil: it degrades rather than snaps, and the debris it sheds is what blocks the oil pick-up, so a timing or oil-pressure code on one is a service-history question first.

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Generations

SC 2009–2016

VTi and HDi engines; conventional and widely serviced.
- ETG5 / ETG6 automated-manual
Body styles

Hatchback

Platform

PSA PF1
Engines
1.1 — TU1 · petrol · 40 kW (54 hp)

1.2 PureTech — petrol · 50–81 kW (67–109 hp)

1.4 VTi — petrol · 54–70 kW (72–94 hp)

1.6 VTi — EP6 · petrol · 88 kW (118 hp) · 160 Nm (118 lb-ft)

1.4 HDi — DV4 · diesel · 50 kW (67 hp) · 160 Nm (118 lb-ft)

1.6 HDi — DV6 · diesel · 55–84 kW (74–113 hp)
Transmissions

5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic · 6-speed manual · 5/6-speed ETG5/6 automated manual

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive
SX 2016–present

PureTech petrol and BlueHDi diesel, with a particulate filter on both.
Body styles

Hatchback

Platform

PSA PF1 platform
Engines
1.2 PureTech — EB2F · petrol · 50–81 kW (67–109 hp) · 106–205 Nm (78–151 lb-ft) · wet timing belt — debris reaches the oil pick-up rather than the belt snapping

1.5 BlueHDi — DV5 · diesel · 75 kW (101 hp) · 250 Nm (184 lb-ft) · cerium additive dosed from a separate tank, with its own level codes

1.2 turbo — EB2DT · petrol · 81 kW (109 hp) · 205 Nm (151 lb-ft)

1.6 — DV6 · diesel · 55–73 kW (74–98 hp) · 233–254 Nm (172–187 lb-ft)
Transmissions

5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 6-speed automatic · 5/6-speed manual

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive

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