I thank all my Peug-Advisors for the thoughtful advice. We're headed
down the replace for reliability road. BTW, in consulting on this
issue up here, most of these hoses are well made, of good materials
and would be good "backup" material. I studied an engine being
cleared for removal with about 250 K on it, and all its orginal hoses.
There are a few other weak spots, however, on the mi16 engine cooling
system, notably a plastic junction box bolted on the back of the
block into which a few hoses merge. The plastic of the '90s was a
maturing, but not a mature technology, whereas rubber was much
farther along. I think we can expect these kinds of parts to fail
under stress faster than the rubber in the hoses. Just a thought.
Rob Bast
Hinesburg, Vermont USA
'92mi16
'91mi16
89505v6
57citroen2cv
On Sep 22, 2006, at 12:56 AM, N9TE wrote:
> Gotta agree with Ben & Paul. These are old cars and even though
> you might
> be "wasting" some of the useful life in a couple of components,
> you'll more
> than make up for it in terms of reliability and saved towing
> costs. And you
> really can't put a price tag on reliability - as I'm sure you're
> become
> aware of. Although everything turned out just fine, you wouldn't
> want to
> play the what-if game if things became more difficult for a family
> member
> stranded in a car charged to your care. You can also save some of the
> better hoses or used components as "backups".
>
> Another good reason to do scheduled/preventative maintenance is
> that you can
> create a list of parts you need to scrounge/hunt for and fill the
> list over
> time and undertake repairs at your convenience rather than the
> convenience
> of the inop car.
>
> Change those hoses! Gotta keep those lions roaring.
>
> K o l l
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert S. Bast" <bastrood@gmavt.net>
> To: "peugeotclub Group" <peugeot-l@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 7:27 PM
> Subject: [Peugeot-L] '91 405 mi16 breakdown/question
>
>
>> daughter called from the scene of the breakdown, and as we sorted it
>> out over the phone, the issue was less dire than first reported as "
>> Dad, the car is stopped and smoking!" Actually, it was steaming,
>> and a nice pool of antifreeze developed, about 2 ft x 3ft as
>> described to me, passenger side, under the engine. Alert daughter
>> had stopped the car on the first sign (smell) of trouble and turned
>> it off. No overheating took place. I had her call the tow service to
>> take it to a shop.
>> My guess, from a distance, is a break in the lower radiator hose,
>> but we'll find out when the shop looks it over.
>>
>> My question for the group would be this: would you replace all the
>> hoses you could at this point, not just the failed one? a my guess is
>> that they are mostly the originals. Should I expect that the rubber
>> in this car which is original is not going to hold up much longer? ny
>> other things we should look for? this was a dramatic instance, not
>> something slow to develop. I had the car for the past week after
>> some body work repairs. It is running well and looks great ! I 'd
>> post pictures of the cars, but my connection to the group, which goes
>> way back, somehow does not allow me to post such a thing, or view
>> things others have posted. The relationship is verbal, but heartfelt.
>
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