TU3JP (KFW) Replacement with TU3JP (KFV)

[Get Wired]

Hi All,

Great to be an apart of this group & owner of a Berlingo MPV. I LOVE my van and dont want to sell it... Anyway, My Berlingo is a 2004 (M59) , 1.4 8V (TU3JP - KFW) Engine and it suffered catastrophic engine failure. I have sourced another engine from a 2002 Citroen C3 1.4 8v (TU3JP - KFV) engine. The engine looks 97% identical to mine. I would like to know if the (KFV) will be a straight fit since im using my alternator, power steering pump etc and will it be compatible with my ecu?



Any Advice will be so greatly appreciated.

[Gadgetman]

The big differences will be automatic timing belt tensioner on the 2004, I believe, and possibly different injectors(Sagem/Bosch I don't know when they used which), but that can be ignored unless you intend to mess with the ECUs.
Now, the ECU...
The High-pressure fuel rail may also be different. One model has a pressure valve at one end.(disc-shaped lump of metal), the other model doesn't have this, the valve there is at the fuel pump. you don't want the rail without a valve connected to a pump without one...

Generally, you want to use the ECU that came with the engine.
But from 2003, I believe, this got connected to the BSU and coded into the system.
You may be able to do the recoding using a certain program that's a blatantly pirated piece of buggy Software (Lexia), I don't know.
Or if the new engine uses the same model injectors as the broken one, you may be able to get away with reusing the old ECU.
(They are to a certain degree 'self learning' so... )


The bolt on parts will fit without issues. Citroën doesn't waste time and money changing molds or castings on a working model.

Catastrophic engine failure?
Those things are nearly bulletproof, what did you do?