#1: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) - Hit a snag... Author: devotedsniper, Location: Tamworth, StaffordshirePosted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:43 pm ---- Hey,
So since i already have a progress blog up on my old club i figure i really should start one on the 206 club, so here goes, this could take a while
So first things first, car history, well to start with i've owned 2 '99 106 zest 2's with the little 1.1 SPi engines in them, the first one was written off (never failed me once in the 9 month i had it, my sister wasn't happy i killed her first car (and mine)) no pic other than the right off damage which i doubt you wanna see (cracked bumper, squished boot), next up was a heap of junk which constantly broke down, i spent well over 1k on repairs alone, in the end i offloaded it to my neighbours who broke it, heres the heap of junk;
So afterwards i didn't really have the cash for a new car so i ended up walking alot and car sharing with my housemate, and here's her baby, a Renault Clio Sporting (1.4 8v), with the exhaust snapped in half...that was one loud trip back from my parents i tell you, 30 miles with no exhaust is near deafening;
Anyway thats it for history, so why did i get a 206? Well since were no longer living together (shes on work experience, i'm repeating my second year of uni ), i'm now back with my parents planning on travelling everyday so i needed a reliable (french reliable? i know i'm kidding myself), and comfy car (a 106 is definatly not), so off to measham car auctions where i picked up this for a bargain of £750 + buyers fee's, a 1.4 8v LX;
So once i got home i hit the bay buying goodies, some parts i needed, some i didn't and some i just wanted. So here we have the usual rocker cover gasket (seem to need one of these every time i buy a pug), 150watt FLI front speakers, 120watt FLI rear speakers, amp wiring kit, super bright headlight/sidelight bulbs and a cheap radio to last till student finance comes in;
While i was waiting for all that i went digging around the garage for something i thought broken, only to find out after buying a new one it wasn't, my old sony xplod active sub, now it was scratched all over so i decided to refurbish it, word of warning sony sticker glue is very strong it took an hour to get it all off the plastic, and heres some before and after pics;
Next to go on was the speakers... i hate these stupid clips! i never wanted to see them again after the 106 but there back to haunt me door off;
Front Speakers in, a perfect fit, god knows why people suggest 17cm, 16.5cm bearly fit;
Rear speakers in, and what i'm guessing peugeot class as sound proofing back on..;
So after all this work went into wiring up the speakers and sub, the lil pug went typically french on me and decided the headunit was no longer allowed to work and after about a weeks worth of trouble shooting it turns out the memory feed is dead, no idea whats wrong with it so i just ended up wiring it to the battery, and eventually i got it to work ( a big thanks to; Richie_1, Chris1.1, Sazismail, richardw1992, and sam w from 106OC), we have life!
The cars now a couple grams heavier, it's meant to get lighter not heavier!
Also while stripping the wire described in the manual as antenna, this fell out oh well i don't need it and if i do i can always wire it in manually;
Now i'm trying to keep the car looking fairly standard (with a hint of gloss/matt black) so to keep in with that theme;
Next up were 3 small mods, paint front badge, mist style washer jets and a new gearknob and gaiter to replace my slightly worn one;
Anyway a few days later i had a nice surprise from Mr DVLA, my new V5 (i must say i'm not liking the new colour), so once i received this i went about checking my paperwork when i came across something which made my heart sink a little;
After reading it it turns out it wasn't too bad, the offside door and wing had dents, i'm assuming they were replaced as there mint when i had a look (offside is passenger side isn't it?, either way the doors look fine), in fact the only bad points for the car other than the rocker cover leak are 3 scratch's 2 on the bonnet (deep, need touch up pen), and one down the rear quarter on the passenger side (again deep). Anyway after reading and doing some research i'm pleasantly surprised with the cars history;
- The car has only failed MOT 3 times, once due to a misting shock, once for the headlights aiming too low and the year after the headlights aiming too high with the drivers side also pointing too far right
- The windscreen was replaced in 06 at 31k
- The rear washer jet doesn't work (after fixing the pipe which had snapped it's still not firing out of the washer, and i can't get the third brake light off to save my life
- Last Serviced in November 2010 and a full check up (service history in log book till 05 too, but receipts for after 05)
- Nearside lower arm front bush is flared (so i'm asumming this will need doing for MOT)
Next up i went about debadging my rear and i must say i'm quite happy with how it turned out (i wasn't sure about it before i did it), and i found a use for my natwest railcard, they keep sending me them but i have no use for it ;
Oh and afterwards to get the tcut off i washed her and she certainly does shine with a bit of demon shine on her;
God this is dragging on i really should have put this up earlier.
Anyway my new headlights arrived, so on with the strippage!
Primer, only to run out half way through;
While i had no primer i went about making a h4 to h7 adapter (i may add a relay later on, it depends what there like);
I was disappointed when i received these headlights they aren't in the best condition, the sidelights holders are burnt. an indicator bulb holder is missing, and one of the headlights adjuster plates kept falling out of the holder meaning i had to strip them back down to connect the headlight adjuster, anyway pic of the sidelight holders condition (lucky i can reuse my current ones..;
While i was waiting for more primer my computer got infected with the damn french meaning i had to cannibalise my first home built machine (now my friends old machine, yes i build them to make cash on the side) for spares since i'd spent all my cash on the car, I'm a poor student money either goes to the car or the computer, it's usually 50/50 but sometimes either side wins and hench the old machine got stripped of it's ram to last untill my student finance comes in september, come january this will either become my server or go in my car for an in car computer, we'll see, that is if it doesn't die first....and yes that is pink coolant ;
Anyway while i was fixing that my primer arrived, along with some matt black and high temp matt black;
Which meant these could be finished, and yes i forgot to add the indicator glass when i took the photo;
Later that day while i was reassembling the headlights my Gran Turisme brake calipers arrived, looking rather sorry for themselves but for £12.50 i can hardly complain, anyway thats what the high temp paints for, they even came with a set of what look like new pads, bonus! even if i'm planning on getting green stuff pads ;
So like anything else to do with a car seized bolts were an issue, after a few days of coating the carrier bolts in WD40 and using a hair drier (i'm not joking it gets hot enough to do what a blow torch does, not as hot but it still works) they eventually loosened, and hour or two with a high speed drill and wire wheels, i was getting no where near refurb, but they were in a good enough state so they'd still look good on the wheel and weren't going to cause more rust so i sprayed them (not sure on the colour, i'm wondering if HT laquer will make it darker, if not i can always get more paint, there not going on yet anyway;
Next up was unseizing the piston, solution? cut head off the brake lines, connect to foot pump and pop, out they come looking rather sorry for themselves, 10 mins with the wire wheel and some more paint and heres the results;
Ok now were getting somewhere the last post of my updates on the other blog
While the parents were on holiday meaning no old man moaning at whatever i do to my car, i decided to get to work on my dash so out it comes;
Prep and Prime;
Now i wanted a 2 tone paint job on the dash, so these got done in matt black;
Along with the wiper arm cap and bonnet vent to keep up with the theme;
While thats all drying, i went about detangoing the clock and milage gauge, yes that is f1 on my computer;
And the finished product of my painting skills;
Anyone else thinking i should get a lockwood kit? I plan to resolder the LED's and swap them for some blue ones later but i'm not too sure when it comes to the dial paper, anyone think white would look good with those dials? I don't think they do a black version so it will probably have to be white if i do it, i'd rather have black if possible though.
The old radio had to go back in, the new one was causing my new phone to spaz out and it would only play my phone out the rear speakers and i'm not willing to risk it;
Something i forgot to mention was the brake lines wouldn't come off along with the rest of bolts so a little "persuading" was in order ;
There now more or less refurbished they just need new dust caps as there torn to shreds;
So thats all for now except for the future plans list which is below;
- 14" or 15" alloys in black or gun metal grey
- fit brakes with greenstuff pads and grooved discs
- 180 seats, door cards, steering wheel
- Cam (maybe, i'm waiting to see what new MOT rules are like since my MOT is january)
- Sports Exhaust with sports CAT (need to keep it legal now)
- Front Fogs (which means new bumpers too)
- Either colour code or black the bumpstrips
- Panel Filter when i service it, along with new cambelt
- Fit headlights
- Disc rear axle
- Quickshift (the throws are too big for me, but i want one which doesn't ruin my interior with a stupid metal stick for a gear selector)
- Dye headliner
- Check the airbox for blockage (the car didn't seem accelerate as fast as my 1.1's on the trip home but it may have been me not used to the car, i know it's heavier but it should be somewhat nippy, maybe i'm too used to the rev happy 1.1, but then again the clio sporting seemed to accerate slowly compared to the 1.1 too)
- VTR inlet off a saxo (it's done quite often on the quiksilver 106 with some nice responses and this has the same engine so it's a possibilty)
Anyway i think thats it, sorry it took so long guys. Last edited by devotedsniper on Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:52 am; edited 1 time in total
#3: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: Will180, Location: NewcastlePosted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:06 pm ---- good read. you seem to have good project in the works there mate il be keeping an eye on this one
#4: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: karimali831, Location: EnglandPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:07 pm ---- very nice! hope this finishes well wish to get the same done on mine
#5: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: pug206lx, Location: Taking a gearbox off somewherePosted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:22 pm ---- Very nice
And Offside is drivers, Nearside is passengers
#6: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: myke, Location: United KingdomPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:24 pm ---- Not gonna lie, this is one of the only project threads where I've read every single word lol. It looks great, keep it up
#7: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: devotedsniper, Location: Tamworth, StaffordshirePosted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:03 pm ---- Thank you all for the comments, the cars currently sorned, don't you just love being young? 1.2k cheapest for car insurance which i can't afford till septembers student finance.
I'm not sure how fast progress will be since i'm having to budget £300 a month on petrol for uni journeys alone but if the facts on paper are accurate these can do 53mpg on extra urban runs which the runs to uni basically are so maybe i'll be getting close to that which means it will be less. There will probably be alot more progress january since the majority of septembers money is getting me out of my overdraft, the petrol cash will take me back down to £0, then there's insurance costs, and well your all motorists you know the costs.
I just pray this car is going to be reliable the 13 miles i drove it back, she didn't miss a beat, very quiet and so far nothing seems be leaking so thats all good signs compared to my old 106 which seemed to break every 5 mins from either fuel and air delivery faults or the rear brakes broke (3 times in 13 month, that thing just broke rear brakes, and no i wasn't doing handbrake turns or heavy braking unless it was nesscary). The only thing this car seems to have is some electrical gremlins such as the memory wire for the radio, it just completely died after changing the radio (even at the plug where the radio loom connects to) so i will have to keep an eye on it.
#8: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: JordGJ, Location: Leeds / West MidlandsPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:49 pm ---- Rare that I actually read these all the way through... (bad i know) but that was a good read, good bits of progress, would be nice to see some sports bumpers or wheels like you plan to, as bigger changes
devotedsniper wrote:
So thats all for now except for the future plans list which is below;
- 14" or 15" alloys in black or gun metal grey
I understand money is an issue but i'm selling my wheels cheap so don't be afraid to send me an offer since they seem to fit what you're after quite well!
#9: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: Lewis, Location: Isle Of WightPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:58 am ---- very nice mate, looks like you did a tidy job of opening the crystals up... oven job??
#10: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: shell-vt, Location: durhamPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:41 am ---- how did you split the lights...
#11: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: Timon2210, Location: PalestinePosted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:46 am ---- nice shop,looks great,keep the good work buddy
#12: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: Timon2210, Location: PalestinePosted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:47 am ---- nice Job*
#13: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: devotedsniper, Location: Tamworth, StaffordshirePosted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:22 am ----
Lewis wrote:
very nice mate, looks like you did a tidy job of opening the crystals up... oven job??
Shell-vt wrote:
how did you split the lights...
The first ones abit worse than that but i used a very hot hair drier, a flathead screw driver, and a little bit of rage, to glue it back i just used industrial strength glue. Absolute pain of a job to do, the plastic lips abit of a mess but as you can't see it when there on the car it doesn't matter to much.
I could do with leaving them out in the cold one night to see if condensation builds up before they go on the car, i just hope they are properly sealed, i dont want to have to take them apart again, the new glue is stronger than the original stuff. The lenses needs abit of a refurb also, so that will need doing also before they go on.
JordGJ wrote:
Rare that I actually read these all the way through... (bad i know) but that was a good read, good bits of progress, would be nice to see some sports bumpers or wheels like you plan to, as bigger changes
I understand money is an issue but i'm selling my wheels cheap so don't be afraid to send me an offer since they seem to fit what you're after quite well!
Thanks for the offer, right now i've banned myself from buying anything, but if there still around come end of september i might have em off ya. I was looking at the SP bumpers but the wings seemed abit different, abit more flarred which means i'd need those to doesn't it?
Timon2210 wrote:
nice job,looks great,keep the good work buddy
Thank you.
All thats left to do on it at the moment is have the interior out so i can get all the human slime out of the car from the previous owners and fix the slight tear on the drivers seat so i can shift them when i get a 180's interior
I may go about taking apart my intake and giving that a clean also, i know these engines are terrible for idling when they get dirty so i may as well do it before i start going through the hell of that the old SPi took me through.
#14: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: JordGJ, Location: Leeds / West MidlandsPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:59 am ---- You don't need sports wings to get a sports front bumper no
#15: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: Timon2210, Location: PalestinePosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:00 am ----
JordGJ wrote:
You don't need sports wings to get a sports front bumper no
That is 100% right
#16: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: Addaz, Location: SuffolkPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 4:23 am ---- Ahhhh the old VTR inlet swap, one little hick up though
You cant buy the older version as the port allignment is different
You need an inlet manifold off a saxo past 2000
#17: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: devotedsniper, Location: Tamworth, StaffordshirePosted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:29 pm ---- Hmm well i seem to have screwed up refurbing the glass of my headlights i have in fact made them more clouded rather than less, there not completely screwed as when wet or have glass cleaner there crystal clear but then it dries and they look terrible Looks like i need a couple of higher grades of sand paper. I'll get some pics up in tomorrow or in a few days and see what you guys think i need to do to save them (i've lost my phone charger meaning i can't take photos since my supposed super high tech phone can't hold enough power to last more than 2 days...curse me for leaving the wifi on constantly ).
jordGJ wrote:
You don't need sports wings to get a sports front bumper no
Ah right thats good to know, i was only asking because of past history with the 106's needing the side skirts and archs so the bumpers didn't look out of places (bit sticking out where the arch lines up with it). I might get the wings if i find bumpers off a car being broken though. I was thinking of GT repping it anyway, either way i need bumpers for the fogs, country roads aren't going to be nice in the mornings this winter, and if last year was anything to go off i couldn't see more than 10-20 metres in front in the clio with the fogs on so i will probably need them on this too.
Addaz wrote:
Ahhhh the old VTR inlet swap, one little hick up though
You cant buy the older version as the port allignment is different
You need an inlet manifold off a saxo past 2000
Yeh i know, if i had the old alignment i'd be getting the S1 rallye inlet instead since this is supposed to be the best in terms of airflow (and looks the best if i do say so myself), besides there's plenty of written off saxo's and 106 usually down the scrapyard which became a montly visit with the old 106 (like hell am i going to pay £300+ for a new throttlebody not including sensors, £60 used including all as good as new sensors and jobs a gooden :P, so i would expect a VTR one will be similarly priced there pretty fair down there), pretty sure i remember seeing some 206's too i may have to bully my dad in to taking me down there to see what got any going.
#18: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: az87aris, Location: Doncaster UKPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:18 am ---- Looking good so far although I can't make my mind up with your CC'd interior bits. I'm planning to do mine but am thinking more along the lines of gloss black, I think the blue is just a little too bright.
Looking good so far although I can't make my mind up with your CC'd interior bits. I'm planning to do mine but am thinking more along the lines of gloss black, I think the blue is just a little too bright.
Keep it up!
The dials are the best colour brightness to go off, the rest are abit messed up since my dash sits in sunlight so it throws the colours off on my phones camera, . If you do go down the colour code route though i highly recommend paints4u (google) they do a very good match, and the fact it was the only place i could get the paint (other than peugeot themselves), considering you see alot of this colour on the road no where such as halfords do the paint. There cans are also very good i didn't even get through 1 can, i ordered 2 considering it took 2 cans of primer to do it all.
#20: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy): The Problem solving begins! Author: devotedsniper, Location: Tamworth, StaffordshirePosted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:17 am ---- Well not much has happened mod wise but i have come across a problem, so anyway yesterday after posting a letter i came home and decided to run the engine since it's been about a month, and it's going on the road in the next few week.
First Problem!: Battery completely dead, now i was expecting it to be somewhat flat but it was completely dead, no headlight, no lights when turning ignition, central locking dead, thankfully after charging the probs solved so no harm there.
Second Problem!: My car seems to have developed an exhaust leak, so after starting it up, everything was fine (still very very quiet, i was expecting it to run a little rough for the first minute or so, so this was a nice surprise) until the engine came up to operating tempreture i noticed white smoke coming from the engine, at first i thought it might be water but i gave it a sniff and it smells oddly like exhaust. Now i'm having some issues locating the leak, it seemed to be coming from the 1st lambda (blow the smoke away it appears first there, and at the back where it bolts to the engine), since smokes hard to find there's a few pics below of the same thing to point out where its coming from on the engine side;
So anyway i went to tighten the lambda only to find it was already tight (got my dad to try too and he found it tight), so i went about looking for another leak, now this is where you guys come in does anything look out of place in this pic below?
Now a few notes on this issue, the heat coming off the exhaust is different in different places, on the lefthand side the heat coming off is hotter than the right (now i'm thinking this maybe because of the dipstick), also i thought it might have been the oil from the old leak which i fixed but also when i think about it, it wasn't doing this last time i started it so i don't think it is the old oil. Oh and you can't see the smoke very well once the heat guard is off by eye so the phone was definatly not going to pick it up (i'm guessing the heat guard was acting as a dam, building it up until it escaped out the sides.
some better news though, i finally figured out what was wrong with my rear washer, after getting the third brake light off with a bit of brute force i found there was a kink in the tailgate (why do french cars play up in areas you can't physically reach?), it's now working well and it's one more thing ticked off my to do list.
Also while checking the pump i found i have new brake pads on the car (shame the standard brakes fitted to this are pants, maybe they need bleeding, but they didn't really feel spongy or anything).
Next thing to do on my list is sometime in the next week the throttle body and induction pipes are coming off, the throttlebody is covered in oil from the breather pipe (along with abit of the induction pipe it's connected to, i think i need an oil catch tank it was pretty filthy), so this will be cleaned, along with cleaning out all the induction piping along with checking for any possible blockage.
Just one last question would alot of oil covering the throttle flap (the bit which controls how much air comes through, not sure on it's proper name) cause the engine to seem abit like it's hanging back? I know these engines start idling badly when they get too dirty anyway. (although my idles spot on so i'm not too worried)
#21: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy): Cleaning the the inlet Author: devotedsniper, Location: Tamworth, StaffordshirePosted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:56 pm ---- Bit of an update:
So on fridays post i mentioned the throttlebody being caked in oil, see below;
So anyway i decided to go about cleaning it, after about an hours worth of undoing, tugging, finding something else connected at the last minute i finally got the inlet off to find behind it 10 years of grime... I guess i should clean this up before i put the mani back on..
And heres the filthy thing :
Now it doesn't look that bad on the outside, apart from the oil around the rubber gaskets but when you take a look on the inside it's caked in oil and general dust which the filter didn't stop (sorry it's hard to get a decent pic with something like this);
So on with the cleaning, the tools of choice? a hose pipe, engine degreaser (spray can style) and wd40, 10 mins later and look at the water ;
Now i was abit stuck on how to get it dry, i was already planning on just leaving it a day but i decided to give it a helping hand by using my paint equipment..
Final Fase of operation inlet clean, all the sensors and throttlebody was cleaned (along with the coilpack since it had to come out to get the manifold off;
Now some bad news, i'm praying this isn't what i think it is but look whats in my coolant reservoir..
It's a really dark and murky, but it doesn't exactly look like oil either, are there any other things this could be other than the headgasket? The only other thing i've heard is when 2 different types of coolant get mixed together, dunno how true that is though.
Oh and one last thing, how do you remove this part of the induction piping?
Thats about it for tonight.
#22: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:12 pm ---- Is it the box you are trying to remove? Look to the right and it will be secured onto a bracket which the box clips onto at the top. I don't have this air box system but that is how mine is, you just push the clip and pull upwards.
If not, you may want to get the passenger arch liner off and try from there, as with this box setup they have an air feed duct going to the arch liner
Is it the box you are trying to remove? Look to the right and it will be secured onto a bracket which the box clips onto at the top. I don't have this air box system but that is how mine is, you just push the clip and pull upwards.
If not, you may want to get the passenger arch liner off and try from there, as with this box setup they have an air feed duct going to the arch liner
I shall give that a try tomorrow, thanks for the advice.
#24: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: marc206, Location: Bourne, LincsPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:26 pm ---- Will keep an eye on this, should be interesting
#25: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: devotedsniper, Location: Tamworth, StaffordshirePosted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:46 pm ---- So a little update really about whats been going on the past week...
First off the cars done it's first 320 miles and didn't really miss a beat, i figured out that from a full tank down to a quarter remaining it's averaged about 39-40MPG which isn't bad considering i did nothing but stop start, getting to 60 and hitting another roundabout straight after for 60-80 miles.
So anyway i've discovered a few issues on my journeys, only 1 thing maybe 2 could be considered majorly wrong, so the wonderful list of where my moneys going to be going begins
Minor Issues
- The power steering makes weird rubbing noises upon start up, once the engine warms up abit the noise goes away (this could possibly be the alternator, aircon, or anything else in that region on the aux belt, probably a bearing on one of them)
- One of the rear number plate lights is broke, the glass is missing and the bulb doesn't make a proper connection
- I need new license plates, the A on my front one is coming off, meaning it will soon be illegal (you can stick it back on for the time being)
- Current headunit won't turn on the subwoofer (connect the remote cable to the ignition wire on the radio and it does come on but the radio refuses to notice it
- Wipers Smeer all over the place
- Lots of play in the gear stick when in gear (can move the stick left to right about half an inch), also it vibrates and moves when accelerating (so by the sounds of it i need new linkages and an engine or gearbox mount)
More Serious Issues
- After visiting a friend (car just hit 220miles in the 320), i checked the coolant again and there was a bit of oil floating on top
- The clutch is on the way out, push the clutch in and you hear a loud whirring noise (my dad thinks it's the thrust bearing), but once it's heated up again the issue goes away, but i believe it may be slipping slightly also.
Oh and one last thing cleaning the inlet improved my cars throttle response and it pulls alot better now.
So after discovering the oil in my already sludgey coolant, i decided to be proactive and try some of the wonderful Holts Radweld;
Now this stuff worked miracles on the Clio Sporting, when that was drinking a litre of water a day i decided to give this a try and it stopped the leak completely, and this was after we took it to a garage who couldn't find a leak even with there ramps leaving it running, the headgasket was checked and that came back fine so that was a total mystery (although my dads new renault is doing it too, so i dumped some in that too).
Unfortunatly it's too early to tell if it's stopped the leak as my coolant system needs some serious cleaning (more on that later).
Wednesday & Friday, The Clio Strikes Back!
So while not relevant to this project, it is my old car and my housemates (well ex housemates) car it does bring back some fond memories. So after being dragged out to my housemates work (she does alot of driving for her nursing job), i had a very unnerving night lets just say that, loud noises like the engines about to explode while driving can make you a little nervous is all i have to say, the worst part? she's been driving it for months like that aparently.... That car never got abused when i was driving it...well except for when i gave it a thrashing.
So after driving around for a while i determined that the problem was either the driveshaft, cv boot or the wheel bearing, it was making different noises depending on which way the wheel was turned and also when you got over 40mph it sounded like the engine was over revving but drop the clutch, rev the engine and it isn't the engine as the noise is still there.
Come friday the car was jacked up on my drive, confirming my suspicion of a bad wheel bearing (turn the wheel and hold the spring you can feel it grinding on the passenger front, also the wheel wobbles even though i had to call in my dad as reinforcments to get the wheel off the bolts were on that tight (sue me i have freshers flu! i shouldn't be doing this s**t when i'm ill, but hey i never could say no to her lol)).
Today
Good old student finance came in today
So i decided to get my servicing gear and service the little pug, today is a good day to be fair student finance comes in and eurocarparts have 25% off at the moment (code crazy25 i think, click engine parts and the banner tells you), i decided to pick up the stuff and my god tamworth customer service is slooooooow, they only had 1 person on the desk and when it was my turn they didn't have the parts ready for me like they said they did, but hey ho i only paid £99 for something that should have cost me around £120-130;
So what do we have here?
- Guttmann Oil and Air Filter
- Bosch Super 4 Spark plugs
- Denso Pollen Filter
- Carlube Triple R 5w40 Fully Synth 5L
- Triple QX Red Antifreeze and coolant 5L & 2* 1L (turns out it's not premixed though so i have enough to do 2 changes, perfect! explained later)
- Carlube Gearbox Oil 2L
- Holts Speedflush
- Top Tech 12v Digital tyre pump/light
So nothing really much to say about the majority of things, the pollen filter was pitch black on one side (guessing it never got changed, but the burning smells gone now), the oil filter was left unchanged (couldn't get the plastic black housing off without breaking it, need a bigger socket to fit over the top, it's too tight to undo by hand), thats about it in terms of regular stuff.
Now when it came to changing the coolant, my god er you should just see the pic instead and no that isn't dirt in the pool of water/coolant...
Lots and lots of brown sludge, now i must not have done this properly, i heated the engine up to operating temp, heater on hot, fans on, took the bottom rad hose off and then push clean water through the reservoir. Refilled the system (weirdly it only took 1.5 litres of water and about 2 litres of coolant so i cant have got it all out), bled the system on the 2 points i could see, took it for a drive and there is more brown sludge but i plan to dump the speedflush in on thursday, go to uni come back and redo the coolant.
I do have to say though that even with the coolant still iffy, now that my car is fully serviced it pulls even better and i thought it pulled well before, damn Kwik Fit overfilling the oil.
So after the servicing i hit halfords and ebay websites and bought a few goodies, so what did i buy?
- A new headunit, hopefully this will make my sub work
- Bosch Aero Wiper Blades
- Drivers Suspension Strut Cover (to stop water build up on the strut on the 206's flawed design!)
- new number plate light, along with a couple of LED bulbs for them
Just need to find the other bleed points (if there are any others) on the coolant system to do the coolant correctly. Can anyone tell me if there are anymore bleed points except the one on the top hose which goes into the cabin (into the heater matrix i assume?), and then the big allen key head one on the radiator. And also was my technique right for flushing? Next time i may refill with just water till it becomes completely clear, probably should have done it this time.
Thats it for now though, back to ebay to see if there's any other good deals going.
#26: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: devotedsniper, Location: Tamworth, StaffordshirePosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:44 am ---- So heres a small update, for the bargain price of £72 i have won myself some Leather/suede seats from a Gran Turisme thats been broken not a GTi so thats a nice surprise considering i already got calipers off a GT. So here they are:
There pretty much perfect except for the cracking in the leather as seen below (on both front seats):
Now i did win the door cards, and glovebox to match the seats but i decided against it since the blue ones match the actual car rather than the grey ones (they'll be up for sale on ebay soon along with the old seats if anyones interested in them, there pretty much perfect, only need a clean. And the old seats the drivers one has a slight tear, i can email pics to anyone interested).
A few side notes the drivers strut cover, license plates, headunit have arrived and been fitted, along with the coolant being reflushed and the puddle of coolant looks much more healthier (although it seems to have turned my new coolant somewhat brown but the oil is fine i checked so god knows), pics below:
And the final note i won a GTi handbrake, along with phase 2 rear lights and am currently bidding on a leather speedo surround.
Thats all for now.
#27: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: devotedsniper, Location: Tamworth, StaffordshirePosted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:14 pm ---- Hey guys this is a 2 part update (1 old i forgot about, and todays)
Old
My new rear lights arrived which i won on ebay to replace the older style rear lights (or what i like to call, 106 lights made to fit the 206, same horrible style).
Old:
Halfway through:
Done:
Only problem with them is i lost the plastic screw which holds one of them on down the hole below it...
Well with plenty of things keeping me busy this month i haven't had much chance to update (uni assignments, modding friends pc case, death, etc.) , not much has happened but a couple of things have happened 2 little, 1 expensive .
First off my rear lights have developed a problem well one of them, condensation won't stop building up, see below;
It's taken a good 4 hours with a hair drier blowing air into it to dry it out, once it was dry i got abit drastic with electrical tape
Yeh that should stop the condensation right?
Next up i can say i got my first speeding ticket the other week, stupid mobile van was sitting on a hill right where it changes to 40 (or to 30 depending which way your going), now i go this way every weekday to uni so here i am climbing the hill in the 30 start accelerating since i know exactly where the speed change is, get on the top of the hill only to see the damn van, caught me doing 40 in a 30. i suppose it was going to happen sooner or later, lasted longer than most of my friends. anyways...
So why am i showing you my (filthy) car in an unfamiliar place? Well on tuesday my cars clutch was back making the constant ticking noise when the clutch was disengaged (even after 30 miles, normally it stops when it's warm when it happens), went to bed, got up started off to uni, got halfway and the clutch went hard and the ticking noise could be heard when driving, so i turned round. Managed to get it home which was abit of a nightmare when to get it into gear without it grinding my toes had to be jammed right against the steering column.
And the noise? Disengage the clutch and this time it was "tick tick tick, grind/tick, grind/tick" and repeat with the ocasional THUD. Took it to the garage to have a new clutch, picked it up thursday asked the guy about the clutch and a few things came up.
- This is the 2nd clutch it's had replaced, and the one they took out was a valeo one so it was abit weird it's had two clutchs before this one (bear in mind it's only done 106k).
- My gearbox was being a right b*****d to them, it refused to take the driveshafts back in but they couldn't see anything wrong with the gearbox itself, after abit of messing they finally went in.
- The old clutch had chunks missing off both the cover (the bit which grabs onto the arm? someones been riding the clutch alot anyway) and the clutch plate itself had chunks missing from it (i assume thats what the THUDS were on the way to the garage.
- And some actual GOOD news has come out of this job, front end wise it's all MOT worthy according to the guy (he does the MOT's at his garage), the only thing he sees that will need replacing for the MOT is the cat as it's developing a hole.
If anyone wants a cheap DECENT garage with great staff in the tamworth area go to Coton Van & Truck Hire (01827 57171, www.cotonvanandtruckhire.co.uk) they charged me a grand total of £252.07 for everything (thats £62.06 for a Valeo clutch, £5 Gear oil, £140 for 4 hours labour) the rest is VAT and £3 for some engine oil which i needed.
One final thing, my new clutch? I HATE IT! it's too light and i'm not used to it, it's horrible but in a good way (i'm just not used to it, i like a heavyish clutch).
Thats all, should be more progress after xmas.
#28: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: devotedsniper, Location: Tamworth, StaffordshirePosted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 5:12 pm ---- Well guys i'm afraid to say that this may be the final update for this car, it's in need of another big bill repair
I've been helping my friend move to her new house, several small journeys all week long (along with one to birmingham), and it appears that the unusual amount of small journeys have finally killed my engine, on the weekend was the full on moving everything, i must have done 60 odd miles which usually is less than a quarter of a tank, noticed my tank was down to half, thought it normal since id already been to birmingham since filling up, today though after filling up yesterday must have done 30 mile and its already down to 3 quarters.
Went to check my oil while i was waiting for my friend to get here and unlock the door to her new house and look what i find (it wasn't quite this bad when i opened the bonnet, this was after i opened it slightly only to find it starting to overflow, never done that before even when the engine was hot)...
Thought great do i have enough oil to get home since this is clearly my headgasket gone? Pulled it out fine, wipe, go to push it back in only to find it wont go back in (granted its abit of a pain with the way it is anyway but it always went in fine before), eventually with a bit of wiggling it went in, pull out to check and look...
It's snapped clean.
So now i'm left with a choice since the cars now officially off the road till january, i can either have the head gasket done, swap my engine out for a newer 1.4 with less mileage (i'm assuming multi-plex engines are the same except the wiring?) or since my friend is getting some money soon and buying a new car i can always buy the clio sporting off her since she's only going to part-ex it anyway.
Hmm now the pro's and con's of either cars;
clio pro's
- I know all the work it's had done to it since my housemate bought it.
- I have serviced it twice in the 2 years since she's had it.
- It's got a complete new exhaust system minus the manifold
- Never had any engine of gearbox issues other than an engine mount failure
- It has alloys
- Bucket seat style standard seats
- Great Brakes (even with the rear drums leaking fluid, they still manage to hurt your neck when slamming them on)
clio con's
- Bodywork is in need of some attention (mainly the front bumper)
- No aircon
- Central locking is semi broke
- The clutch is heavier than my 106's were, i mean like moving a really heavy rock with your foot (not quite sure whats going on but i'm guessing it needs some attention)
- The gas pedal seems lower than the brake pedal (again may need some attention as this wasn't like this when we car shared)
- Driving Postion is abit cramped
206 pro's
- New Clutch
- Good bodywork
- Good economy (up untill now)
- Aircon
- Lower milage than the clio
- Guy who did my clutch says front end wise it will pass MOT
- New exhaust apart from CAT/Manifold
206 con's
- Can't get the driving position right
- Headgasket gone
- Don't like how the clutch feels now (yeh yeh thats just me but im the one who has to live with it)
I guess the 206 wins, i don't think i could go back to the clio if i'm honest it's quite cramped (even the 106 had more space inside) and even though it's a "Sporting" my 206 even with the headgasket gone pulls better than that.
I might have a look into getting a newer 1.4 8v, but at the same time i see no point other than lower miles since even with the headgasket gone it pulls very well (in fact if it weren't for my fuel consumption dropping through the floor i wouldn't have known).
Thats it for now, any opinions on which of the 3 i should choose are welcome so long as it isn't something along the lines of "clios are s**t!"
Cya.
#29: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: devotedsniper, Location: Tamworth, StaffordshirePosted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:39 pm ---- Hey guys,
So it's been a while since i updated the old blog (i got lazy and stressed, i'm sorry ), anyway quite a few things have happened and after re-reading through this i notice i left on quite a cliff hanger, anyway i kept the car but it put up a fight wanting to be free but i'll explain in a moment.
Anyway so i left it with the head gasket blown, well i had that fixed back in December for £425 and thats for everything labour, new gaskets, new cambelt, oil, coolant new dipstick and a 500 mile checkup which it passed with flying colours. but during the 500miles to the check i broke down 1..2..3..4, yes 4 times in the space of a week, twice the RAC had to be called out, so the list of problems that happened are below.
- Got the car back on a friday
- Got halfway to uni on monday and the EML started flashing and running like a dog (engine shaking crazily like an engine mount failure), fault codes read and it came up with an intake temp sensor failure and a suspicious single/multiple misfire. Turned out to be the coilpack.
- Tuesday...halfway to uni and the STOP light started flashing, looked at the temp gauge and it was showing 120c, got out felt a pipe and it was cold, turned engine back on to find it sitting at 60c (bear in mind this was only 2-3mins after the warning light)
- Wednesday...driving around i notice my car was sitting constantly at 60c, taking 20-30mins from 60c to get up to 80c only to have it drop straight away as soon as moving, thought my thermostat was stuck, go to fit a new one and whats this? THERE IS NO THERMOSTAT, I'VE BEEN CONNED!
- Thursday... driving home from uni and i lose all power, open the bonnet and what oh what could it be boys and girls? Petrol sprayed all over my wonderfully clean engine, the fuel line that connects to the rail had popped off, pop it back on, try and wash off as much petrol as i can with the little water i had in the car and set off again, lose all power again, check engine to find its popped off again resulting in another call to the RAC, after about 30mins of him trying he eventually got it to stick on properly (aparently it's a 2 click system, 1 seal, 2 lock, i only did 1 click).
Yer 2011 has been a bad year for me...
Anyway roll on 2012 and it's that time of year, time for the dreaded MOT but surprisingly it looks like times are looking up dropped it off, came to check up on how it went and it passed with only 2 advisories and there really petty considering this time last year my 106 failed with over 10 advisories. The 2 advisories were Rear wiper blade split (FIXED), and rust on drivers front suspension (surface rust, nothing bad). OH and the the new mot certificate is cheap and tacky, i could remake it in word and it would look legit on a piece of cheap asda a4 paper.
Anyway with only 1 advisory left to fix i figured that now would be a great excuse to get some goodies, so i managed to pick up some Apex 35mm lowering springs with shock absorbers from an 03 206 for £30 (springs have only done 2k, and the shocks are in good condition so chances are there going on the car and the old ones are being sold).
Now i know what your thinking, whats the point in lowering when you have those aweful tacky trims, well i treated the car to new shoes too, welcome some 205 Speedline SL201 also known as pepperpots, got them for £50 with 4 good tyres (2 new);
The paints flaking off them but structurally there is nothing wrong with them, not even curbing, the next few pics are of the refurb stage (only done 2 of them at the min and i may respray, i'm unsure at the min i'll explain later), so pic number 1 is 20 mins after jet washing i didn't think it would work but it worked surprisingly well;
The rest of the paint refused to come off with hand sanding using 400grit paper so i resorted to my new toy a Dremel 4000, now i bought this for modifying my new computer case ready for the new computer i'm building but i have found many other uses for it, the only problem with using this it seem that the alloys arent hard enough to cope with 35,000 rpm, and started leaving marks on the center so i decided it was good enough but it was too late the alloys put up a fight and melted my extension cable
Anyway next up was the priming stage, one of the wheels i've done had a chemical reaction on the rim and no mater how much resanding, it kept coming back (looked like it was cracked), in the end i cheated with filler...
After saiding that down and reprimering the rim, i finally moved onto the paint stage, but what colour? Ford Graphite Grey with a hint of Bleu Tivoli (aka colour coded paint), now the pictures below don't really do the colour justice i think it's the lighting that throws it off as they look greenish in the images for some reason, but there more blue, i'm unsure anyway i'm thinking of going over it with grey to return it to Graphite Grey (when i can be bothered to do the other wheels i'll do a side by side comparison.
Inside
Outside
By the Car (please excuse it, it's filthy)
As i say i'm unsure on the colour, at times i like it and at times i'm unsure. Oh and one other thing i don't suppose you guys know what bolts these take? Everywhere i've looked/asked people have said flat seated bolts (same as the 205 1.9 speedlines) but the holes on the inside are flat but in the center where the hole for the bolt itself is it seems they require a taper so i'm unsure and i sure ain't buying 2 sets of bolts considering there £30-40 for a set.
Think thats about it, all that i can think of anyway, cya.
#30: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: craigdmjv, Location: WiltshirePosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:54 am ---- well done with the progress but i think the lights would of looked better colour coded
#31: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: ramigojag, Location: worcestershirePosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:43 am ---- You can get stuff to fix up that leather seat, ive go some in my garage ill try and find the name for you but it repairs it and you wont even realise it was ever damaged
well done with the progress but i think the lights would of looked better colour coded
Thank you for the comment and for reminding me i still need to fit the lights, i'm not 100% sure i'm going to bother fitting them now, i quite like the idea of getting some morettes since there pretty cheap for 206 (or maybe angel eyes).
ramigojag wrote:
You can get stuff to fix up that leather seat, ive go some in my garage ill try and find the name for you but it repairs it and you wont even realise it was ever damaged
If you could get me the name that would be great thanks.
Anyway i have a small update, i finally finished refurbing my wheels and settled on using just graphite grey as i couldn't decide if i liked the combination colour, pic of finished wheel (next time i refurb them i'll be sending them off for sand blasting);
Next i decided to do a quick check on my rocker cover for mayo (last time i checked it was covered) and i'm happy to report that there is none which i'm very happy with, while the rocker cover was off i decided to check to see if there was oil reaching the top of my engine properly and it all looks ok so i believe it's my tappets which need adjusting, it's driving me insane, it seems to get louder when the engines warm, i have noticed though since looking at the pic (below) that the right side of the engine seems to be darker (have some sort of build up on the last 3 arms?), other than that everything seems healthy (any other suggestions other than tappet adjustment would be helpful, i can record the idle noise on cold temp and running temp if needed);
Can you spot the difference in the pic below?
Yes i did my rocker cover in graphite grey while it was off and ordered a carbon pug badge from Galphin Auto Vinyls, i did have a pic but my computer got a virus sorry.
Next up i finally got round to washing the car after 2 months of poor weather, which gave me chance to colour code my side bumpstrips;
After this i decided to do my front bumper along with fit my alloys which is where i've hit a snag, the guys who did my head gasket have overtightened my drivers side wheel bolts meaning i can't get them off, there so tight infact it's bent (unsurprisingly) the standard peugeot wheel brace and somehow managed to crack the socket of my other wheel brace, in the end i gave up and am now waiting on an impact wrench to arrive, a cheap RAC 12v one, meant to have 350nm torque so should do the job, if not it's back to the garage to complain (thats got to be a first? you did my bolts to tight?).
Thats all for now i should hopefully be able to do the rest of the bumpstrips and fit my alloys this weekend or next, and in a few weeks time it's the easter holidays so i get 3 weeks off uni meaning i can finally go about lowering my car 35mm.
#33: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: DRAPER, Location: TamworthPosted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:27 am ---- love the interior colour coding that what want to do to mine but no idea where to start
love the interior colour coding that what want to do to mine but no idea where to start Sad
Thanks, your best starting with the middle part of dash, the two side vents, and the handle surrounds then if you feel more won't look to out there do something like the dials.
Small update again
i can finally say Victory is Mine! I have finally got that drivers wheel off which means the alloys are now on and i quite like the look of them on the car now. The only problem now is it appears my tracking may be out as after putting the new wheels on i notice my cars pulling slightly to the right.
Now for some sad news, i've come across the first piece of rust on the car, when putting my alloys on i noticed this...
So i'll be fixing this tomorrow, and then i think during my holiday and im going to be painting the underside of my boot to make sure i don't have a big eroding whole in my boot anytime soon.
#35: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: Addaz, Location: SuffolkPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:10 pm ---- Its just surface rust/corrosion where the paint has come off, i really wouldnt worry
Just get touch it up by hand (flat down the rust, primer then colour?) then put some SP arches to take the stones till you can have it done properly?
i didnt think wheels would look nice on 206 but i like this pic for sum reason
i was abit unsure when i was bidding on them, but they do look quite nice.
Mike_XS wrote:
All 206s have wheels dude
Didn't you know? some magically float, it's why the standard suspension acts like a boat when going round tight corners at speed
So anyway i'm splitting this post into 2, maintenance and mods since i've been busy the last few days and will be for a further few.
Maintenance
So first up i finally got round to sorting out my rusty wheel arch, using my dremel and a paint pot of colour coded paint from paints4u, the end result is;
Not bad for 5 mins work, while the back wheels were off i decided to give my rusty drums a lick of paint until i decide to attempt sticking a disc beam on (need to sort my front brakes before that though), so rusty drums (there pretty bad);
sanded and painted;
Next up, coolant change not much to say about this other than Holts speed flush seemed to have reacted with my coolant/head gasket brown liquid, my coolant was originally orange then turned brown...and after using holts speedflush it turned bright green...
I'm pretty sure it's my radiator which keeps turning my coolant brown so i removed it, flushed it with water for an hour. if it does it again i think i'll buy a new one, there were alot of feathers on the front of my radiator which is abit weird considering the aircon radiator is in front...my car must have eaten alot of birds in it's life...
Final maintenance post is the valves, i adjusted them this morning which went fine, some of the inlet valves were quite far out, turned engine over by hand, again fine, started car to find it's a little quieter and i seem to have some more power in the lower range than what i did before Anyone got any ideas what else can cause tapping noise in time with the engine?
Mods
Finally the good stuff! First mod of the day is more leather! I definatly prefer this wheel to my original one, it just seems to be better fit in my hands. It's more or less like new which is great considering it's from a 99' GTi;
Second mod of the day is not complete, i managed to get a hold of a 1.6 throttle, just need to track down a cheap inlet to match. It came with all the sensors and plugs for it, it's abit grimey but i cleaned it up while i was cleaning up my 1.4's (surprisingly clean considering the last time i cleaned it was before the head gasket failure);
To Do
So my to do list for tomorrow is as follows;
- Lower front suspension and decide if the back needs doing, i think the back is lower than the front anyway, but i'll know if it needs doing or not tomorrow
- Spray front and back bumpstrips
- Change Oil and reset service clock (already done air filter, sparks, etc. today)
- Trial fit front caliper to see if alloys fit over it.
Another update tomorrow, cya
#39: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) Author: JordGJ, Location: Leeds / West MidlandsPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:15 am ---- if you lower the front you WILL need to lower the back, and you need to lower both i'd say.
if you lower the front you WILL need to lower the back, and you need to lower both i'd say.
Good little project though man
Well i was going to disagree with you since my drivers side is sitting quite low after fitting my new shocks (old ones knackered, pushed in, 3 hours later still in same position), but it appears my rear axle has gone.
Went down to visit a friend in Rushdon and car felt abit weird but i put it down to the horrible M42 because once on the M6 it was fine, but when i got home i decided to retighten my shocks just to make sure there tight enough, went fine. Just took it out now to find there's an on/off rumbling/thud coming from the rear whenever i'm not on smooth roads (can be heard over road noise). It seems that i have camber on the passenger side wheel, it's more noticable than on the drivers side, the drivers is pretty much as you would expect it, pics below;
Drivers (the one which is fine);
Passenger;
I'm just hoping this will last another few thousand mile, i can't afford to replace it untill the 16th.
As for the rest of the progress i said would be up Saturday well i hit another brick wall, the locking slot on the drivers side drop link ground off as soon as i went to loosen it so i've had to order new ones (there knackered anyway, there bent). The only other progress i've had is i got the rear bumper off to spray and the final result is below;
I'm now toying with the idea that it might be better for me to buy a written off 206 (front end damage), getting the rear axle off of that and just selling the rest of the parts on ebay, think it would probably work out cheaper that way, i'd only have to invest in a 2nd pair of axle stands.
#41: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) - Hit a snag... Author: marc206, Location: Bourne, LincsPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:40 pm ---- thought your username looked familiar didn't you win a back box off me on ebay few weeks back?
#42: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) - Hit a snag... Author: Richie_206, Location: southamptonPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:27 pm ---- I really like the inside of the car. The colour coding works so well. Not too sure about the alloys mind....
thought your username looked familiar didn't you win a back box off me on ebay few weeks back?
Not sure if it was you but it i did grab one for a tenner thats standard but has the chrome tip?
Richie_206 wrote:
I really like the inside of the car. The colour coding works so well. Not too sure about the alloys mind....
Thank you, the alloys are abit marmite i come out some mornings thinking there great looking then other times i think they don't quite suit the car.
But now for an announcement, the cars up for sale as i have just bought this beauty;
A 307 Rapier 2L HDi, my mate brought one the other week and i went out in it and i love the power these have, mainly when the turbo kicks in . It has plenty of good points a few small bad points;
Good points:
* Engine is quiet (and no sign of the head gasket going thank god)
* Gearbox is nice and smooth (a peugeot box which actually goes into reverse first time and every time, it's a miracle!)
* Bodywork in good condition, no dents.
* No rust
* Engine Bay spotless
* Brake discs all round instead of s**t drums
* It's hasn't been molested, everythings standard
* £4-500's worth of discs, pads and tyres with only 5 mile on them when i brought it
Bad Points:
* Headlights cloudy on the top
* Radio Reception in some places is terrible compared to the 206
* Engine cover clips have disappeared.. there were 3 of the 4 on when i bought it, now there's only one....
* Going off some rough estimates i have only managed to get 50mpg, considering the hike in my insurance and the extra 4-7p a litre, it really wasn't worth it considering my 1.4 gets 43-44.
Mod Ideas?
* Fit a bigger intercooler (looking at haynes it has a small one somewhere on the left hand side)
* Remap
* Gun Metal Grey/Black the alloys and badges
* Maybe lower it, it's fairly low as it is though
* Change radio to cd changer version or go double din radio (don't really want to lose the heads up display and wheel controls
* Changes bodywork for facelift verion that came about in 05-06?
If anyone's interested in the 206 your free to have a look, test drives are probably going to be a no since i will have to SORN it if it doesn't go soon (may drive round the block but that would be all), the only bad part about the car is 2 bad scratches, engines quite tappety (runs fine, and pulls fine), the rocker cover needs resealing and it does have a knocking noise at low speed could be either;
* N/S/F lower arm front bush flared (noted by kwik fit before i brought the car, passed MOT January without this being noted)
* Droplinks (have new ones sitting in the garage, i will supply them with the car)
* Exhaust hitting the underside of the body Last edited by devotedsniper on Mon May 25, 2020 9:09 am; edited 1 time in total
#44: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) - Hit a snag... Author: marc206, Location: Bourne, LincsPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 2:00 pm ---- Yep that was me
#45: Re: Devoted's 206 (Pic Heavy) - Hit a snag... Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 2:11 pm ---- Is it the 110bhp one then? Sure it's not the 90bhp?
Beware of the long list of electrical faults
Beware of the water that leaks in through the bulk head and fries the BSI
Beware of the prone to failing ABS units that have been known to set on fire.
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), i'm now back with my parents planning on travelling everyday so i needed a reliable (french reliable? i know i'm kidding myself), and comfy car (a 106 is definatly not), so off to measham car auctions where i picked up this for a bargain of £750 + buyers fee's, a 1.4 8v LX;
door off;
oh well i don't need it and if i do i can always wire it in manually;
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il be keeping an eye on this one
i may have to bully my dad in to taking me down there to see what got any going.
Now i'm having some issues locating the leak, it seemed to be coming from the 1st lambda (blow the smoke away it appears first there, and at the back where it bolts to the engine), since smokes hard to find there's a few pics below of the same thing to point out where its coming from on the engine side;
i found there was a kink in the tailgate (why do french cars play up in areas you can't physically reach?), it's now working well and it's one more thing ticked off my to do list.
