Every time the topic of strut rebuild comes up, I am reminded of
the major goof in conversion in the Haynes manual. Or it could have
been a typo.
Quoting from the Haynes book- "(step) 25. Insert the cylinder in the
strut, then pour in 3.35 cc of suitable fluid - consult your Peugeot
dealer." Converting that number, it comes up .1 oz.
It should read 335ml, which is about a can of beer.
The Peugeot manual that I have says "Pour in 0.335 dm cubed of ESSO
OLEOFLUID 40 X oil. Okay, no problem. Easy stuff.
Be sure and torque that cap nut well. I had one come loose, after I
had filled the cylinder to the top, mistakenly. It's been a while, but
it was like 60 pounds or something. It might have been 80, who
knows(?) but it took a good oomph. The book says 8m.daN. I'm too lazy
to convert it right now.
It's really not a bad job, and is quite satisfying, provided you
have the right info. I don't know why they were so cryptic back then
when it came to simple measurements.
-Bill
- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, carll46674@... wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> For those of you who have done the job of replacing strut oil in the
front
> struts of a 504 / 505 or 604, I am curious to know what oil you
used. Did you
> use a strut oil intended for that purpose or did you use something
like power
> steering fluid, transmission oil, hysraulic jack oil or something else?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
>
> '79 504D
> '79 604 V6
> '85 505s
> '92
> 505DL
>
>
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