Re: [Peugeot-L] Bought my first 505!

From: Mike Aube <maube_at_idirect.com>
Date: 06/03/05

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> 1. What's the oil capacity and what weight of oil should I use?
5 US qrts, use 15W40 diesel oil, ALWAYS use Peugeot filter 1109.35, many blown engines with the others particularly when not well maintained

2. The car cruises perfectly at 75 miles an hour, but that's with
> the pedal about 90% to the floor. Will it hurt this car to run it
> WFO on the freeway? It will only be going like 80 miles an hour...

65mph max if you want it to last, I kept blowing head gaskets at higher speeds on 500 mile drives

> 3. Next to the fan speed slider, there's a slider labled MIN and
> MAX, but I can't figure out what it does. It's not the
> heat....that's on the right of the dash.
max cooling or min cooling for the A/C

> 4. No matter what, all the air comes from the defroster ducts
> anyway.

vacuum leak or no vacuum to the controls

> 5. Someone has wired in a switch on the dashboard. It't a momentary
> toggle switch and is connected to two posts on what looks to be the
> glow plug solenoid. What's up with that? The glow plugs work fine.
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> 6. Anyone ever have any luck converting the A/C on a 505 to R-134? I
> bought a kit to do it, but can't get it to work right.
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> I'm sure I'll have more questions, but that's it for now! Thanks!
>
> -matt
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