[Peugeot-L] Re: 505 N9TEA head crack fixes

From: the505inme <the505inme_at_yahoo.ca>
Date: 10/25/05


Wow, Iv'e never heard of any chem working. How do you know the head is cracked, instead of it being just the head gasket? I blew my h gasket, and had nearly a gallon of coolant in my oil. The head turned out to be fine! It's good that you are keeping a 505 alive, becasue there are so few of them. I'm curious though....how is it that your daughter keeps breaking 505's?

  • In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, "Tamara Johnson" <jlb@9...> wrote:
    >
    > I have inquired from time to time of members of this group if any
    > chemical repairs were successful. No reply was enthusiastic and few
    > were cautiously positive. Finding my daughter had reduced the 87 to
    > scrap, water in exhaust and oil, I tried Steel Seal after its success
    > in a 79 El Dorado my son drives.
    >
    > Lo and behold, success again. Though a veritable fog bank issued from
    > the exhaust pipe upon restarting the engine after a long period of
    > idleness, after the prescribed running, without removing sparkplugs,
    > no evident leaks. It will be interesting to see if the stuff holds up
    > over the long haul but considering the relative ease of repair and
    > that this engine was considered kaput by experts, I am impressed. I
    > shall soon use the chemical on another 505 she killed two years ago.
    > If it fixes that one and the 87 continues to function, perhaps many a
    > 505 Turbo can live longer.
    >

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