205 websites?

Hi all, Just bought my first ever Pug. It's a 205 1.8D. Anyone know of any
websites along the lines of this one which is for Volvos ?
http://www.brickboard.com/ Would really appreciate it.
Plus, what does one look out for in the above car? any warnings or gotchas?

Cheers, Stuart.

 

Hi,

gotchas?
No really "special features" on 205 D's, just some points you should not be
surprised of :
- badly adjusted tailgate ;
- noisy tailgate on bumpy roads ;
- cracks appearing above rear side glasses (on 3-doors), sometimes on
lower parts of bodykit. May show how hard it has been driven.
- fusebox not closing properly (at least on LHD models, experienced on a
'88 XR, '91 DTurbo & '93 Junior D).
Now, specifically to XU / XUD series :
- bulletproof ;
- may have oil leaks around camshaft cover - very common on early
XU/XUDs (87-91), my '93 Junior D only have a tiny leak on an angle of the
cam cover ;
- might be hard to engage into 2nd (BE1), or into reverse (BE3).

mmm... I guess that's all. Nothing special or really annoying, indeed.

 

you could start from here

http://www.peugeotlinks.com/en/index.en.html

 

choice, always change oil and filter every 6000 miles, if you never do
anything else, I do mine at 4000.
http://www.andyspares.com/discussionforum/

 

Thanks for the responses guys. Some useful sites there for me. Looks like I
bought a nice little car.

 

Hello,

You've bought a good car (I'd say an excellent car if it wasn't 20 years
old, i.e outdated, indeed). And anyway 5 millions customers can't be wrong

 

Nice website G.T, Looks like I'll have to learn more than school French tho
!!!
I like the older cars. At the moment in my drive I have a '91 Volvo 740
estate 2.0l automatic, '90 Volvo 740 SE saloon 2.0l manual 5 speed, '88 BMW
318 coupe carb version so the Peugeot will feel right at home !!!!!
I use the 740 auto as my main driver, but the Peugeot will be taking over
that duty, cutting my fuel bill by a huge amount. Also I will have to learn
diesel, never had one before, and I prefer to do my own maintenance so I
know what has been done, what needs to be done and it has been done right. I
just retired my old Volvo740 estate, that one was an '86 2.3l manual which
did 340,000 miles before rust became too expensive to fix for the MOT.

 

The diesel is very, I mean, very very reliable. I drove about 346000 km in
mine and it still started like new. Oil leakage may appear, but that's
nothing to worry about. That's just a little sweat. I swapped the XUD7
engine for an XUD7T engine last year. But the car itself had had a little
bit damage so it went to its maker, but I sold the engine seperately because
it was still good. Now I've got another 205 Dturbo. I've bought an
intercooler and i'm planning to build it on my car. I don't know about your
dutch, but www.pug205.nl is a great (dutch) site. My old one is still
viewable, including some pic's of the engine swap.
http://www.pug205.nl/205/andere_autos_jon.php
That's it.

Have fun with your car.

Jon.

 

Hi Jon,

Quick question regarding the Dturbo. Where are you planning to mount your
intercooler. I have the same car with the same plans so was just wandering.
My idea was to get an auto bonnet with the raised bulge and cut a makeshift
vent and mount the interccoler on top of the engine using the mounts from a
BX/ZX/306/405. I have the intercooler and manifold, I just need to find the
time and money to do it.
Saying that the car may get passed on to my girlfriend in which case the
parts will probably remain in the garage gathering dust

 

Hi,

Nice, I don't know, it still looks like an old russian site And
incomplete, 'cause I still haven't made a chapter for electrics. Perhaps
I'll add some extra technical sections, like principles of CAN buses, for
example - even if there is obviously no CAN into a 205.
And, no, I won't translate it into english , as anyone here knows (keep
in mind I'm posting here for a while now, perhaps since Feb, 2001 - can't
remember) my english quicly shows its limits.

I
I agree, I feel the same, even if I let my car to a trusted mechanic for
heavy servicing, like timing belt.

5 cylinders, I suppose... I'm not that keen on Volvos, they may well be
reliable, but not really my ideal car...

That's where it proofs it's all made of steel

 

Hello,

That seems to me it's the best place to fit an intercooler, 'cause there
isn't enough room close to cooling rad', IMO.

 

Well, that's exactly my idea. I've got the parts and the hoses and the mount
for the vacuumpump laying here too. You know that you've got to reposition
the vacuumpump? I now need and bonnet from an automatic and some time to put
it all together. I also need to find out how to raise the fuelpressure. I
already found out how to raise the turbopressure.
Let me know if you've made some progress with the ic.

Greets, Jon.

 

Didnt think about the vacuum pump, thats a good point.
I was gonna put it all together myself and then take it to a proper diesel
tuning place and have it set up on a rolling road. That way i know its been
set up properly rather than just guessing my self.
Make sure you keep us posted on your progress too!

 

Well, the place I'm buying the 205D from phoned to say they were having to
replace the front and rear brakes and handbrake to get it up too scratch
for the MOT. I've already agreed a price, so the work is coming off their
end, costs me a couple of days extra not having the car - but seems to be a
good deal to me. I'm happy to wait until it's sorted, gives me a couple of
extra days with my Volvo, which I am sad about selling. I get the Pug
tomorrow and have to visit friends after I pick it up, so I'll have the wife
following me in the Volvo for a twenty mile drive, then a 50 mile drive back
home, the 50 mile bit in the dark. That should show up any smoke problems
etc. I'll probably get her to stop and swap, and tell her to stomp it while
I'm watching from the back with headlights on. Great things mobile phones
even if the 2 Jags pillocks have made them illegal to use in cars on the
move. I refuse to look like an arse with some bluetooth thing sticking out
my ear making me look like Lootenant O'Hura out of the old StarTrek series.

 

Hello Stuart,

Well, I guess you won't have annoying matters with your 205. I don't write
that 'cause I'm a Pug ham (I could, as I consider as being one - you guys
may confirm it, but it wouldn't be honnest), just because that's the way
it's gonna be : the "road stage" shows it since 20 years. Last time I saw an
R5 on a road with many tight bends, it was on its roof...

Same here, as long as you don't have a hands-free kit.

series.
Oh, I didn't care about this point. Indeed, french mobiles are now provided
with a hands-free kit as standard (most of time a wired-type, not BT), I
bought one for my mobile (Nokia 3310) considering it was just 6EUR, and the
bill up to 90EUR. OK, when I drive with both ear kit & car charger at the
same time, I have wires everywhere, but I don't care

 

Well - the little Pug is great. After filling up and driving home it's been
faultless. After driving the Volvo the Pugs fuel guage looks like it's
stuck. Hasen't moved from full yet !!!! This on a journey that has the Volvo
showing half full. Amazing.
Only thing that needs sorted seems to be the front brakes are binding. It
has new disks and pads, so I'll have to have a look.
Feels very sure footed going round the twisty bits. I'm going to like this
little car.

Stuart.

 

Hi,

Volvo
It IS stuck ! Indeed, fuel gauges are not that good on Pugs, esp. 205s. My
gauge shows full until 250km, then goes lower and lower, then 0 after 700km.
The "low fuel" warning light is quite reliable, tends to flick when there
are only 10l in the tank, should stay on when at 6 litres. Of course, I
usually don't wait that to fill the tank !

 

Yesterday I started on this project by removing the air filter, the battery,
vacuum pump and a lot of hoses. This evening I removed the inlet manifold
and started figuring out how all the hoses should be placed. I also fitted
the new mount for the vacuumpump. I had a bit trouble to get the manifold
of, because one bolt was mangled up. The only thing that could get the head
of the bolt of was the grinder. Tomorrow I'm going to see how all the hoses
should be fitted and I'll try to get me a bonnet of an 205 automatic. That's
it for now.

Greets, Jon.

 

I got myself an automatic bonnet today. I've fitted it on the car to see if
the intercooler would fit. It fits.
I've bought a hose to fit it between the turbo and the airfilter. And I've
placed the supportbrackets for the intercooler.
The thing troubling my mind now is how I can fit a T piece in the small pipe
to the wastegate of the turbo. I want to adjust the turbopressure by a
bleedvalve.
If anyone has an idea how to do that, please tell me.

Greets, Jon.