Gary,
I'm with you, Brother! Just imagine trying to tell
someone that a properly maintained Yugo is actually
very reliable and quite satisfying to drive! Only
those few folks who still cherish and drive them
understand. Somehow people develop these strange
ideas and then the myth is perpetuated. Properly
maintained British cars don't leak oil any worse than
any other car. And, their electrical problems aren't
unique to them either. Just about any 40+ year old
car is going to have corroded connections. Yeah,
people don't seem to understand. Then they are
dumbfounded when their beige automatic toyota spamry
needs work. Go figure!
Regards,
Ben Pender
some Yugos (2)
some MGs (3)
and 7 other Euro cars
- gary freeman <riven2649@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I reiterate strongly, and I don't know where these
> kinds of supposed problems of cars get started; but
> Peugeots with their cooling systems in good
> condition do NOT have overheating problems. If your
> Peugeot is overheating, diagnose the problem and
> fix it. Again, New Orleans is a real test as for at
> least 5 mos. of the year you have temperatures from
> the mid eighties to high nineties and humidity
> usually in the high nineties; and we could idle a
> Peugeot with the a/c on all day and never have the
> temp go above normal. I drove my 1974 504 to
> California, and coming over the mountains to San
> Diego in August with all kinds of overheating
> warning signs and 55 gal drums of water alongside
> the road, I kept my a/c up high and never
> overheated a bit. It's like people, "experts", who
> will tell you how Alfas have overheating problems
> and blow alot of head gaskets. NOT TRUE! They do
> have head gasket problems, but not because of
> overheating. They use six "o" rings to seal the oil
> passages from the block to the head, and again,
> being real rubber, they lose their resiliency over
> time and start getting oil in the coolant. When you
> replace the head gasket, use American Viton "o"
> rings, and you won't have that problem again very
> soon. It's really aggravating to see myths get
> started and then passed around as if they're Gospel.
> I don't care who of you thinks you know of this
> Peugeot overheating problem, but I was around tons
> of them for years in a very hot area, owned my own
> one, drove scores of 505 and 604 demos; and I NEVER
> had a problem. Explain that. As cars get old, not
> only do radiators get clogged ( and rodding them or
> replacing them is the only solution ); but also the
> inside of the engine builds up with scale. If you've
> kept up with your coolant changes, this will be
> minimized; so overheating problems are usually
> caused by the neglect of the owner.
>
> "J. Ashment" <wyofisher@caldsl.com> wrote:
> No, but I had my 2 core radiator recored with a
> denser 3 core. Best thing I
> could do, that car is much more heat tolerant now,
> I can even run the AC
> while driving in the city now. Still the Peugeot
> cooling system is too
> passive and long stops and stop and go traffic
> still heat the car up and
> force me to turn off the AC, but I highly
> recommend a better core. Also, I
> use the 504 diesel's 72 degree thermostat in the
> summer, and the 80 degree
> thermostat with a 1/8" bypass hole drilled in it
> in the winter. Keeps the
> temperature right neat the middle and usually
> slightly cooler that the
> middle.
>
> Joe
> '82 505 TD (XD2S) with 368,000 miles
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "pugmanvancan" <rwfoub@telus.net>
> To: <peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:49 PM
> Subject: [Peugeot-L] Diesel radiators
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> > Hi, anyone ever stick a 2 or 3 core radiator
> from a different car into
> > a Peugeot 505 Turbo Diesel?
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Richard
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