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 Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:07 pm |
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Hi I had my head gasket repaired beacause it had a leak, Its leaking now from the rocker gasket cover.
Is the rocker gasket expencensive to have repaired?
How do i know that the head gasket was repaired in the first place?
Appreciate any advice
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:15 pm |
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Joined: Feb 21, 2012
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Location: west midlands
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rocker gasket is not hard mate, shouldn't be too much
you wont be able to tell if your head was done by looking at it
how much did you pay to have it done? have you got a reciet?
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Last edited by anton1989 on Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:16 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:15 pm |
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Joined: Jul 18, 2011
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Location: Essex
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Two years ago on my old 306 my rocker was leaking, cost me £30 to get it fixed at a local garage. 
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:52 pm |
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Joined: Sep 24, 2011
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Location: swansea
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rocker cover gaskets are s***e on the 206s but p**s easy to change
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:55 pm |
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| kingsway2468 wrote: |
| rocker cover gaskets are s***e on the 206s but p**s easy to change |
Must be something wrong with mine then as its still on the original factory fitted rocker cover gasket from 9 years ago.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:08 pm |
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Joined: Jun 28, 2012
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Location: Torbay, England
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| mlambie wrote: |
Hi I had my head gasket repaired beacause it had a leak, Its leaking now from the rocker gasket cover.
Is the rocker gasket expencensive to have repaired?
How do i know that the head gasket was repaired in the first place?
Appreciate any advice |
Is it on an 8v engine? The Rocker gasket is a common leaking point on them. Same in the 106's/ Saxo's etc. Only a few quid from a motor factors and easy to replace.
If its the 16v engine/s its a little more involved but still not a big job at all.
Garage should charge no more than an hour's labour + price of gasket really.
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:58 am |
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Location: London
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I just changed mine 2 weeks ago for a fiver (parts from euro car parts), is a one spanner dirty job and will take less than 20 minutes. However, there's few things that u need to aware of,
1. Get a lot of kitchen tower or newspaper for cleaning.
2. Beware of the washers between the rocker cover and oil splash cover, dun drop it into the engine block.
3. Make sure u attach the rubber seal probaly and apply some oil along side the seals (like what normally u do on oil filter)
4. Dun over tighten the bolt.
5. Most importantly, leave it to garage if u r not sure what r u doing.
Good luck!
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:33 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Athens, Greece
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| kit325 wrote: |
I just changed mine 2 weeks ago for a fiver (parts from euro car parts), is a one spanner dirty job and will take less than 20 minutes. However, there's few things that u need to aware of,
1. Get a lot of kitchen tower or newspaper for cleaning.
2. Beware of the washers between the rocker cover and oil splash cover, dun drop it into the engine block.
3. Make sure u attach the rubber seal probaly and apply some oil along side the seals (like what normally u do on oil filter)
4. Dun over tighten the bolt.
5. Most importantly, leave it to garage if u r not sure what r u doing.
Good luck! |
 Good post.
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:37 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Athens, Greece
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| MrBSI wrote: |
| kingsway2468 wrote: |
| rocker cover gaskets are s***e on the 206s but p**s easy to change |
Must be something wrong with mine then as its still on the original factory fitted rocker cover gasket from 9 years ago. |
Mine lasted 11 years without even a drop leaking and I only replaced it because I was taking the cover off anyway to adjust the tappets.
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| 1.4i, 2001, 3-door, China Blue
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:14 am |
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Mine's going to be replaced next month when I adjust the tappets, there slightly noisy after 89k miles.
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:37 am |
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| MrBSI wrote: |
| Mine's going to be replaced next month when I adjust the tappets, there slightly noisy after 89k miles. |
WARNING: This is not a one-off process. You will need to re-do them periodicaly untill they settle-down again.
The engine will behave differently until it settles-down. It is by far the best thing I've done to the cars resulting in: increased power, reduced noise, dramaticaly reduced fuel consumption.
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| 1.4i, 2001, 3-door, China Blue
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:42 am |
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It sounds like a job for lunch time at work then 
Ill reuse the old gasket till im happy with the tappet adjustment then ill fit the new gasket 
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:24 am |
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I found one thing which made the process much easier is removing the 0.20 & 0.40 feelers from the set
and bending them at the end to get a nice angle. You can also get them like this with a bend from new.
It is also critical that the engine is completely cold through and through and I usually leave it over-night
as the min time quoted by Peugeot (2 hrs) is simply not enough.
Then re-do it only after about 600 miles, even if there is one valve pinging slightly when warm..
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:55 am |
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Joined: Aug 08, 2011
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Location: manchester
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is there a teppet ajustment guide on here think mine will be well over due with 120000 miles on clock
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:55 am |
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Location: manchester
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is there a teppet ajustment guide on here think mine will be well over due with 120000 miles on clock
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