Off topic chat about anything you like. Doesn't have to be about XMs (though they will inevitibly come up!). You can even discuss non-Citroens in here!
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
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.
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