- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, "peugfan@..." wrote:
I could pull only the two plugs on either end; the two middle plugs
wouldn't budge. I soaked them with PB Blaster which didn't do much
good, although maybe after a few months....? Could this be related?
Engine feels like it's "running on three cylinders".
Uh oh. I will predict that the head is severely cracked, with two
of the cracks running down the centre cylinder spark plug threads.
This happened to me with one of the 404 KF2 Injections some years
ago (1988) when I froze the coolant on a long descent, creating an
airlock and overheat when I was climbing a hill right afterwards. I
cooked the engine even though it ran that way for only about one
minute.
About a year later, the #4 plug was so tight that I broke two spark
plug tools getting it out. The engine seemed to be running fine
actually. A post-mortem a year later when I scrapped the car
revealed a nice dislocation-type crack right up the plug hole
threading. I still have that head (not sure why - souvenir?).
Years after that I bought a brand new head which I still keep in its
Peugeot box, as insurance against a similar misfortune with my 404 C.
Regards
Mike Tippett
404 Coupé Injection
405 DL (semi-retired at 366,000 km)
Mercedes-Benz B 200
smart fortwo cdi pulse cabriolet
Received on Sun Dec 2 00:01:35 2007
