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bjwl93

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 4:25 pm

Joined: Mar 11, 2013
Posts: 7
Trade Rating: 0

so this is where buying a cheap french car and driving it like a c*ck gets you, in the past week it has developed a few issues..
it now idles at 0rpm or 3000rpm.
if i attempt to spin the wheels i have a 50/50 chance of everything working or a noise which sounds like my gearbox is eating itself.
if i drive at a constant speed anywhere above 65 for more than 10 mins it starts to get to the upper end of warm.. ( usually around town it wont go above 80.c)
i had to brake hard earlier, was met with a bang and found my exhaust has fallen off. thats one way to decat your car! Evil or Very Mad

So current plans are... clean icv + maf sensor.
weld exhaust back on.
get standard backbox.
sell the bloody thing!

i love my 206 to pieces, but its sh*te,
id love to find a 206 with a 1.9 td but they seem few and far between :/
currently thinking 306dturbo or astra 1.7.

even still, it looks cool, sometimes...

richpowell91

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 4:44 pm

Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 898
Trade Rating: +5
Location: Melton Mowbray Leicestershire

Couple of questions,

You say you bought a cheap french car, do you mean it was cheap or are you reffering to it being a cheap because its a french car?

What MOT and service history did you get when you got the car?

The noise you get when you try to wheel spin, you said in your introduction post that the cv joints were completely buggered if they havnt been changed it could be down to them surely?

The engine temp gets the upper end of warm, whats do you class as the upper end of warm?

As you say try cleaning the icv and see what happens to the idle, might not fix it but then also because it doesnt, it doesnt mean its not the cause and it might need replacing, which is cheap to fix.

Just trying to give some advice on how to make it a good runner


	W reg, 1.4 GLX, Platinum Silver, Slowly getting there even if it does want to make me work hard for the privilege to drive it. 1988 205 1.6 Gti Long term project car. forum.205gtidrivers.co...pic=131655 - Slowly proceeding project thread.

xdoddyx

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 9:36 am

Joined: Apr 08, 2012
Posts: 37
Trade Rating: 0
Location: Newcastle

To be honest, the 206 I've owned for the last year has been the most reliable french car I've owned, might be because its a diesel, but non the less, I've owned 3 Peugeot 106's and a Clio, and this by far is the most reliable, not the most fun because its practically standard.

The temp going up while driving could be a dodgy thermostat, or an air lock.. or the water pump is on its way out, either way still not majorly expensive.

I had a problem with my 106 with the TU engines with the idle.
With the 106 you can reset the ICV by turning the key 2 clicks on, then back off 4 times (sounds like total crap but it worked for me :S)

And yes, driving like a c**k does break cars Razz

I learnt that the hard way after snapping 2 drive shafts at the knuckles at the same time 3 weeks after passing my test.


	Moonstone HDI

bjwl93

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:35 pm

Joined: Mar 11, 2013
Posts: 7
Trade Rating: 0

It was cheap because it was 400 quid, needed a few bits doing and came with as many spares as i could pinch off another one in a week, its got tax and mot till august. no service history but everything looks fairly clean.
the cv joints were replaced with 2nd hand ones off the other one, they dont click on cornering but the shaft may be spinning inside of them..
i cleaned the ICV within the first week i had it, it sorted the issue for the past 3 weeks, now it has started to do it again so i'm going to clean it out when i get the chance.

as for the overheating, if you call each line 10/c. its got to about 105ish before i let it cool down, the coolant tank is pretty mucky. myself i think the h/g is gone and someone has radweld'd it to get it through last years mot.

with the whole driving like a t**t thing, since the first time it made the gearbox noise ive layed off it alot, i just want it sold so i can get a dturbo.

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