Paul's estate mk2 - air intake on

[Paul_13]

Peugeot 306 1.9 dturbo glow plugs.

Auto x?! Maybe

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http://autx.co.uk/

[Alan_M]

How do these work? I mean, do they just come on when you start the car or do they only come on when the temperature gets below a certain point?

[Paul_13]

It come on earlier as the heaters were blowing hot from cold pretty quick

[cully]

they assist in getting the car up to running temp making it more fuel efficiant apparently
i believe they cut out under low rpm to stop large loading on the engine or the coolant temp gets above 68c

[Josh_Quant]

That reminds need to check mine when I change the thermostat

How many was working on yours?

[Paul_13]

All the glow plugs looked very sorry for themselves

[Paul_13]

Hmm think my turbo is on the way out.

Lots of blue smoke on start up and lots of oil coming out the compressor housing when I looked under neath :/

Might give the ihi rfh4 a go or stick a gt2052s on, or rfh5

[Paul_13]

Just got to Wales and the coolant light was on on the way here and on again

It's drank 3 litres

[Niall]

What is it with you and destroying cars

[Paul_13]

Don't start...
Too dark to go and look, I'm in Newport miles away from home.

Could be one of the following

-HG failure although the coolant system isn't pressurising
-rear water block seal failed /block cracked
-water pump seal gone /spindle seal gone
-split hose
- matrix

[Toms306]

One of your coolant heater plugs loose maybe?

Can't be matrix, you'd notice 3 litres of coolant on the floor lol. Very unlikely to be HG failure on a HDi. Though knowing your luck it's probably a cracked block or something major lol.

[Paul_13]

Heater plugs are tight but I'll look.


Bit f*cked, I'm in Newport with no tools

Just going to fill it with water and hope it's nothing serious

[tigerstyle]

There is a friendly chap in Penarth who knows 306s well.
Now does mx5s but not exclusivley, if you could make it to his tomorrow maybe for a diagnosis/tools?

Google Penarth mx5

[Paul_13]

Thanks for the recommendation, we're travelling home in a second.

[Niall]

If you cn get a good look down the back (not easy i know) see if any of the core plugs are leaking? If so you could pikey seal them just for the drive home or if you're really lucky to find a auto factors open today, may get one off the shelf. There 52mm iirc.

[Paul_13]

[welshpug]

aye!

doh! I'd be leaving the cap on the furst click and topping up frequently, put it undee pressure and itll piss out then any air that gets in expands even more than coolant forcing whats left out.

[Paul_13]

Turns out that's a coincidental door leak.
Shouldn't be trying to diagnose problems with a fuzzy head

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There's a tiny little hole in the top of that

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Gota load of these left over from the 205 gti 6 conversion years ago luckily

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Not even that old which is the scary thing

[Paul_13]

Just got to sort out the door leak now.


So f*cking relieved it wasn't the matrix.


I was thinking it doesn't smell like coolant and it's not warm

[Toms306]

Your footwell rubbish papers would be tainted pink if it was coolant also. At least it was an easy fix!

[Paul_13]

Just about to change the injectors to 076, see if the 3k power dip disappears and the tapping!

[Paul_13]

Number 2 injector washer would not come out for shit.
I've just put the new injector on it and it's not leaked. Only problem now, the leak offs are leaking

[Paul_13]

Goes like stink now. Old injectors Murray of been completely knackered

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Goes like stink now. Old injectors must of been completely knackered

[Paul_13]

Just replaced the leak off pipes and taken it for a proper drive.

Wow

My old injectors must of been f*cked

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The 3k power dip has disappeared as well! Happy days

[Sambarker]

Glad the injectors worked

[Paul_13]

Handbrake turns are bad mmmmkay

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[Niall]

Got your moneys worth out of them mate

[Paul_13]

believe it or not the back end actually locked up... Then the pad come off the backing

[Paul_13]

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More work on the beam.

Got the bearings out and the tube is usable

Got the replacement bearings and shafts but need a press to do the shafts.

Any one know the thread pitch off the top of their head?

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[bashbarnard]

M8 1.25 I believe but its been ages since I've had one apart so wait until someone confirms before you take my word.