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colinxm
- Has changed a sphere or two
- Posts: 299
- Joined: Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:13 pm
- Location: Jørpeland Norway
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by colinxm » Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:22 pm
This time it's on my wife's pug 307, the whiff of antifreeze turns out to be coolant weeping from behind the exhaust manifold, I hoped against hope that it was just a leeky core plug but after removing the manifold no such joy. "luckily" there's no water in the oil and no sign of it being burned in the combustion chambers - also, there's LOADS more room around this engine than when I did my 2.1td - still a bugger though
That's it, moan over - I feel much better for sharing it with folk that understand the implications for my painful and weary back instead of Mrs.P who can't fathom why I have to "mess" and "how long will it take to fix" and HOW MUCH WILL IT COST !! ?
Colin.P
1995 Cit XM 2,1 TD Silver Estate - deceased
2004 Opel Vectra Estate
2008 Kia Ceed td
1989 Pug 205 Cabriolet
1998 Ford Puma
1979 Triumph TR7
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Kit
- Knows how to use the parking brake
- Posts: 154
- Joined: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:50 pm
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by Kit » Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:18 pm
Colin, You may have fun, when I replaced the head gasket on my daughters 205Pug, 50% of the head bolts stripped the threads out of the block as I undid them! I also found a useful guide on a Pug forum that warned that if you tried to tighten the head bolts to the manufactures spec, you would almost certainly strip the threads again! 1.4 TU engine.
'95 2.1td manual VSX Estate Silver rp6791
'95 2.1td manual VSX Estate Green rp6769 sorn
