505 Turbo headgasket
Raymond.Vandenboorn@barco.com
Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:24:48 +0100
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Francois Dion [SMTP:francois@hyperreal.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 4:37 PM
> To: Howard L Nichols
> Cc: peugeot@padui.org
> Subject: Re: '91 Mi16 for sale, and my poor turbo
>
> I've been able to catalog two common
> problems with all the email I got since I put my 505 turbo project
> on the web:
> -cracked head, usually between cylinder 2 and 3, some or no pressure
> -damaged piston, most of the time no pressure, usually the front one,
> altough Alan's brother had 3 pistons damaged I think.
>
> Not one confirmed case of damaged rings (beside high mileage
> replacement) or blown head gasket. Of course, now that I've posted
> that I'll probably get a few email stating the opposite :)
>
[Vandenboorn, Raymond] Yes, I just replaced the headgasket on
my '84 505 Turbo at 217.000 km :-(
This was also the reason for the gurgling noises in the heater.
The leak must have been very small in the past months, because I
checked the coolant level regular.
Suddenly the gurgling noises increased, and a few minutes after
that the headgasket was blown (steam coming out of the tailpipe) :-(
The head was OK. I noticed that the engine had already been
overhauled ("B" stamped on pistons and block) but I don't know when.
I have been driving the car since 134.000 km
> Most of the time, either the engine knocked, the cooling system
> was not working properly etc...
[Vandenboorn, Raymond] I have had some problems with knocking
and a loss of 1.5 liter coolant once:
The car doesn't have a sensor for coolant level! I think I am
going to put one in as soon as possible.
Raymond