Peugeot 205 Gear box oil fill plug

Does anybody know exactly where the gearbox oil fill plug can bve found.
I know it is behind the front left wheel, but I still cannot find it.

BG

Ide

 

btw I have a Peugeot 205 XE 1.1 from 1986

 

Hmmm, you may have the early one. I think they changed in '88. If I'm
right, it's on the front of the gearbox, pointing slightly upward
toward the radiator, and is a recessed square drive, same as the sump
plug. It is NOT a level plug, only a filler. If you suspect the level
is low, you should drain it completely and then add 2 litres of engine
oil.

 

It depends which box the OP has. The above is for the BE 1/5 as
fitted to the 1500 (XU5J engine)

According to my sources the 1100 (XW7 engine) has either the BH 3/4 or
BH 3/5 box and that uses a common oil supply the engine.

 

Hi,

Exactly. That's one of the XW (Pug 104) series features.

 

Yes quite true. So when did the TU engine come into production? That
used the MA box and that had the filler on the end. The only other
1100 engine was the old Simca type, and I don't recall seeing them
fitted to a 205.

 

The TU engine and MA gearbox were introduced in 1988.

 

thought it was 1.4 litres but correct me if i'm wrong nigel

 

Definitely 2 litres. All the BE1 & BE3 gearboxes have 2 litres. They
just changed from engine oil to BV oil around 1988 on the BE1s.

 

its bugging me now.... wonder where i got 1.4 litres from

 

Dunno of any gearbox with 1.4 litre capacity. And I go back quite a
few years. )

 

Hi there,
From old sources, Jeff ! I'll explain later.

Not enough ! Reporting to my technical workbook about 205D's, first specs
(83-86, IIRC) give :
- oil change every 45,000km or 2 years if the cars runs less than
10,000km/yr ;
- oil type : 10W40 ;
- Capacity : 1.4l.
Needless to say they are BE1s.
No change up to '87 models (included).
From '88 models, lifetime lubrication (spelling ?) with 75W80 oil, 2l.
We all know what means lifetime, anyway I guess an oil change every
100,000km isn't a bad thing.

You should have a French source

 

I went in to work today (on my day off!!!) and checked with my
technical circulars of the period. In 85 Peugeot decided to increase
the capacity of the BE1 gearbox from 1.5 (in this country) to 2
litres. I also noted they did the same a couple of years later to the
Talbot Express gearbox--from 1.8 to 2l.

 

Hi,

Oh, I hope it wasn't *just* for the BE oil capacities

I thought it was later, here. My technical data (the well-known (here) RTA)
may well be wrong on some evolutions.

Talbot Express, it says something to me... Wasn't that a van, similar to
C25s, J5s and Ducato's ?

 

No, not quite. Had to pick up some tools to do some work on my car
(just for a change!!)

Yeah. It was the J5 on the continent. Has now evolved into the Boxer.
I do believe they are mostly made in Spain (the Express/J5 was) and
nobody I know likes working on them.

 

thought i was losing it for a while there

 

Hello,

What brand ? Pug or Talbot ? I guess Talbot definitively disappeared, but
I've not been in UK for a while...

Nope, Val di Sangro, Italy, by a company called SEVEL, owned at 50% by Fiat
& 50% by PSA.

Eeerrrrr... Same here Bulletproof engines, but rusty bodykits (esp.
first models, a friend of mine has a '82 C25, sure it is !).

 

Talbot Express, Peugeot J5, Peugeot Boxer.

Buletproof?? Well, maybe the petrol models, engines straight out of
the 505, the diesels were from Citroen, and were a converted petrol
type of 2.5 litres. There was no specific time for changing the
cambelts (there were two--one did the fuel pump only) and if they
snapped it was extremely difficult to get the engine back into the
correct timing position to fit the new belts. It was done by the
"drop a valve onto the piston" method and using dial gauges and was a
pain in the backside to do.

I agree about the body rusting, although the chassis seemed to hold
out ok for rust.

 

Hello,

True, but with some differences.

One for "half-over head" camshaft, the other for pump. The CX had a "gear
cascade" (spelling / term ?) timing.

True, too.

Yeah, the valve dropping ! I forgot this point (keep in mind I'm not a
mechanic), and I always thought it was a bit "exotic" - was the same method
on the CX. Mmmmm... a bit of Citroën methods on this engine
Engine access wasn't that good (even if you don't often need to access them
with correct servicing), because of its position (low low behind bonnet).
But the C25 / J5 / Talbot Express had real qualities instead, good
performance, quite comfy (considering it's a van), silencious. And the Turbo
version which made them even faster

My point is, these vans came with plenty of qualities & some defaults, but
were representing all what Renault missed with their (crappy) Trafic.