A lot of the problems related to cold weather driving can be solved by
plugging in a block heater, this will drive the moisture (condensation) out
of the oil. Few of us drive long enough on the daily commute to sufficiently
warm up the oil enough to drive the moisture out.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Passley" <susuanpassley@sympatico.ca>
To: "'Silly Dilly'" <sillydilly@spamcop.net>; <peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 6:33 AM
Subject: RE: [Peugeot-L] Oh dear...
> Before you get into the head gasket job, the problem may just be with the
> cold weather. I had the same problem with a couple of 505's I've owned
> over
> the years. Admittedly this is a different engine, but may still be worth
> investigating. Moisture (condensation) would get trapped in the engine and
> a
> milky mess would form under the oil cap. This mess would also be present
> on
> the dipstick when checking the oil. Compression check etc revealed
> nothing.
> Only did it in the cold months. Oh...if it make you feel any better, my
> wife
> doesn't believe in checking the oil either!
> Cheers,
> Dale
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf
> Of Silly Dilly
> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 2:56 PM
> To: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Peugeot-L] Oh dear...
>
> O font of all wisdom...
>
> Had a worrying time this morning with our 93 (K) 405 1.6 carbie...
>
> The missus complained that it was sounding ill when she started it
> first thing this morning.
>
> I came out and it was making a horrid rattle. Of course me being a
> mechanic went straight for the oil level. As I suspected it had none
> in. Went to top it up and was horrified to find the filler cap was
> jammed solid with emulsified oil. Odd thinks I... (OK I had a
> purple fit and used some choice langauage) looks like its got a BHG
> (blown head gasket). Can't have surely... its only done 50K miles. No
> white smoke and the car runs and drive just as it ever did.
>
> I check the water and that is fine. Does not smell of petrol and the
> level is not going down when you start the engine.
>
> I cleaned all the emulsified oil out (I had to so I could top up the
> Oil :-( ) and soaked the wire wool gauze until the worst of the oil and
> crud that was in it had dissolved away.
>
> I took it into work as it ran and went as it normally does. No sign of
> any more emulsified oil and water level is still good.
>
> Guess the only way to know for sure is to rip the head off and
> replace the gasket :-( I was going to do the cam belt anyway as its
> started rubbing on the cover suggesting its getting a bit worn.
>
> Ho hum... I'll let you all know what my findings are. Did not realise
> these engines suffered from BFG problems. Is it normal for them to go
> at about 50K? Is there some well documented fault (and cure :-) )?
>
> --
> John Willby West Midlands GLASS rep
> ICQ: 92791912 MSN: sillydilly@spamcop.net
> Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti
> catapultas habebunt
> 19:31:21 up 17 days, 23:49, 1 user, load average: 0.28, 0.17, 0.15
>
>
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