Radiator Issues

[roccorich 16]

Dont you do the cambelt through the wheel arch?

 

And does taking the engine mount out not help too.

Edited October 23, 2013 by roccorich

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

Its possible to do all the cambelt work with the engine mount left in place. A bit tricky feeding the belt through, but saves removing the bolts that secure the mount bracket to the head/block as they can be a cow to get out.

 

If you are struggling disconnect the top mount and lower the engine down on a jack, then you get a bit better access to the water pump and tensioner from under the wheelarch.

 

Certainly for the cambelt covers its a lot easier when you've done the job before and know where the bolts are hiding!

[James Cornell 10]

Well I have made some progress and I have now got the cam covers off and the alt belt out, however I tried to jam the ring gear on the flywheel using a chisel and screwdriver and when I gave the pulley bolt some welly they pinged out...

 

So to avoid any unwanted damage to the engine I have tapped up a friend for a favor and he is going to come over tonight with some big screw drivers and lock it for me whilst I undo the bolt.

 

This did give me time to clean the inlet manifold which was shocking on the inside and took a lot of prep to get it clean, then onto the exhaust manifold which kindly had heat tape on it which rubbed against my arms whilst removing the bolts and I now look like I have eczema!

 

I did also remove the oil breather and clean that but when I took the top/ bottom breather pipe off the engine it resembled feta cheese and fell to pieces in my hand so I need the big pipe which goes into the black oil breather which also has a secondary pipe coming out of it which goes into the rocker cover...

 

It looks like a one-off Peugeot only special and I can see me getting stung to replace it but I have no choice so if anyone knows where I can get a replacement from that would be great and in the mean time I will ring Peugeot so they can laugh at me and say "oh you can't get those any more!"

[welshpug 1,661]

Baker BM do oil breathers.

[James Cornell 10]

Sweet they are only £35 + VAT, my local Peugeot garage quoted me £71 + VAT for a genuine one!!!

 

It is only a bloody hose, why is it so much?!?

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

If I gave you £85 could you make me from scratch a breather hose that will last 20 years?

 

Maybe it isn't so expensive after all.

 

Just saying.

[James Cornell 10]

I take your point, it just seems like a bit of a cash cow because they know that the pipes will perish and fail because they sit there with old hot engine iol in them all day long, still at least the £85 genuine item justified (at least to me, maybe not the wife) the £105 + VAT full breather kit

[welshpug 1,661]

They didn't intend on the cars lasting 10 years let alone 25-30.

[James Cornell 10]

Oh dear my finger slipped when I was looking at the BBM website...

 

Qty Price(£) Product ID - Product Name
=====================================================================
1 £105.00 SOHBKIT8v205 - 205 8v Silicone Oil Breather Hose Kit Black
=====================================================================
SUBTOTAL: £105.00
SHIPPING: £8.00
VAT: £22.60

TOTAL: £135.60

[James Cornell 10]

Head off and sripped, just need to re-lap the valves and rebuild it...nearly there!

[James Cornell 10]

I have replaced the water pump and cam belt tensioner and I have rebuilt the head, when I came to put the head back on last night all 9 (new) head bolts were finger tight all the way down to the top of the head except for one (number 8 in the picture below).

 

 

and so I took the bolt out, swapped it for another one and it was the same issue again. I then I removed the head (again) and put a screw driver into the hole and it was very apparent that there was something in there...

 

I have just about (given this was 11 last night in the rain) managed to get my head in there with a torch and I can see something metlallic in the thread at the bottom.

 

I have checked all of the old head bolts and they all measure the same so nothing has snapped off when I removed them and I can't shift whatever this is with a long screw driver.

 

I am at a total loss, the car is ready to be put back together (this is my main vehicle) and I can't seem to do anything with conventional tools.

 

I think my option are

 

1). By a new block (I really, really, really, really don't want to!)

 

2). Some how get a massive drill bit into the hole and drill out whatever is there and then use an old head bolt as a donor to recut the thread and remove the swarf

 

3). Possibly drop the sump off and gain access to the foreign object and then drill/re-tap from the bottom (maybe???)

 

I will be honest I am totally gutted, I was hoping to have the head torqued on last night and to just be re-fitting bit tonight and this problem seems to be delving into the world of machining and specialist tools that I don't have...

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[welshpug 1,661]

Fit the missimg 22mm spacer...

[James Cornell 10]

Legend, I am so glad the gurus are here to help, I just hope I have not mashed the bottom of the tapped hole too much trying to get the metal out (which now turns out to be part of my block