205 Turbo D. GT2052S. Bosch 9mm

[Danny Wideboy]

Does the header tank help at all ? Like why is there one in the 205 but not the 306 and yet many posts about air locks at the top of the head.
Does it still give no place for the air to escape ?

It is in a better place than on a 306 yeah because it is higher than the engine, on the 306 it is on the slam panel and lower than the engine, so a faff with bleeding.

I haven't drained the coolant so the only air getting in there is from combustion gasses escaping from the block.

It did have orange coolant residue around it when I first got it, so kinda knew it had happened at some point so would most likely happen again, especially as there is no temp gauge at all.

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I'm still using the normal 205 coolant tank on mine and its fine.

I can't remember what turbo you run, is it a 52 or a 56? Every time I look at this thread it pushes me to build another block over winter just the hassle of getting forged rods and Re-building the head with new gasket and studs. what sort of psi did you run?

It's a 52, started off running 23-24 PSI but the clutch wouldn't have it so it was about 19-20 ish when it lifted the head/blew the gasket.

Yeah that is the plan for winter for me, strip down the new block and build it up properly with rods n studs.
My mate in the parts department at Palmers Peugeot has just asked me to quote for some work he wants doing so hopefully we can do a nice deal on some cheap parts for a good price from me.