205 Just Had A Moment

[Kezzer30 40 1 Cars]

So cars being running groggy for a few weeks now being spluttering in low revs , planting the foot it has not be reacting well , uphills have be afwul . So i used the forums search button an found a few threads and came to the conclusion , it could be spark plugs , ht leads , dizzy cap and rotor arm or maybe fuel injectors abit blocked however i recently used redex so i would like to think they are fine .

However nevertheless i ordered all the ignition parts listed above and was going to change them myself tommorow .

Driving to work this morning (8mile drive) as usual (of late) started and was popping and been crap 2miles into the journey (centre of town) and all power lost and just stalled . Would not start at all , i aimlessly took off the ht leads and put them back on , but it would not start , out of my depth i decided i needed to walk down to the local garage and prepare to get my pants pulled down and spanked hard .

In desperation i pulled off one of the ht leads one more time and noticed the metal inside top had stayed on the plug , then the lead bit pulled out of the rubber cover , i also noticed the center lead has started to melt on the exhaust maifold aswel so i moved that .

One final turn of the key and boom started , and was running fine , did have the odd little splutter in the remain 6 miles but other than that it was great .

Rest assured il be on with changing the lot first thing tommorrow when im off work!

So for now a happy me

[dogboy1066 2 1 Cars]

I had something like that on an old car after i went through an unexpected flooded road. It ran really badly afterwards, power delivery all over the place, spluttering, barely made it home and wouldn't start after that. It took a few attempts to get it going again.

When i did, I got it up to temp, took the HT leads out, let all the water evaporate, put the HT leads back in, drove fine after!

[lfallgti 12]

I'd be wary of the routing of your plug leads if they are melting on the manifold. Shouldn't really

be able to get near it, are they the correct leads?

 

Also, whilst you have more than likely found the cause of the problem, 25 year old peugeots work in mysterious ways!

[jonXS 30 1 Cars]

i came to the conclusion that they have gremlins living in them.

one minute something works and the next its completely unresponsive (like my washer pump lol)

[DanteICE 72]

I'd be wary of the routing of your plug leads if they are melting on the manifold. Shouldn't really

be able to get near it, are they the correct leads?

 

First thing I thought of. Make sure you get the right leads fitted.

[Kezzer30 40 1 Cars]

Its the long center lead thats not clipped on anywhere , it bows round the back on the engine and rests on the manifold , i have a set of originals coming tonight

[dcc 855]

good god. what leads do you have? they certainly sound wrong :|

 

use a cable tie (came as standard in all french cars since 1958) to hold them out of harms reach.

[lfallgti 12]

Certainly sounds wrong.

 

Do you mean the king lead from the coil?, that doesn't clip in on the rail with the others but still shouldn't be anywhere near the manifold??

[lfallgti 12]

Am I also of the understanding that you've noticed the lead on the manifold before but didn't change it?

 

Not taking the piss, but that's just how it reads to me.

[Alan77 78 1 Cars]

I also cannot suss out how you got a king lead on the manifold, but hey ho...

Yep, check and replace the ignition components that you normally do as part of a service (plugs, points, cap and rotor). Any moisture or condensation will certainly play havoc.

As said above, keep cable ties and a can of GT85 in the boot. This standard 205 toolkit will save you on many many occasions...

[Kezzer30 40 1 Cars]

Am I also of the understanding that you've noticed the lead on the manifold before but didn't change it?

 

Not taking the piss, but that's just how it reads to me.

Yes the king lead from the center of the dizzy cap to the coil pack and i only just noticed yesterday morning miles away from house and off to work , im a chef and work from 10am -11pm so i had absolutely no chanc to change it or try to in that time , i used some common sense an moved it away and tucked it under another wire as a quick fix until i could fix it (today)

 

Also i will get a photo or two today an show u all so yoi can see what i was on about

[lfallgti 12]

Be interesting to see how it got on the manifold! ????

[Kezzer30 40 1 Cars]

Ok so first things first great news my first go at doing anything mechanical myself has ended in major sucsess the car is running absolutely amazinly now , really responsive , really smooth running engine .

However it was very plain to see why i was having problems

So hear is the lead touching the top of the manifold as mentioned above.

Thats where it had melted

Thats me just showing it was the main coil pack lead.

 

I found a brown plug that is not conected to anything and seems to have nothing to connect to any ideas?

 

Inside old dizzy

Old rotor arm

Both i thought were not too bad.

 

New set up all ready to go back on

 

The worse spark plug ive seen!

 

New for old

 

All sorted now however im a very happy man

[welshpug 1,622]

plugs look fine tbh!

 

I certainly would not route the king lead that way!

 

spare 5 pin plug with 3 wires is the cooling fan test point.

[rallysteve 22]

AFAIK the king lead should go down the hole in the centre of the inlet manifold and along with the main wiring loom to the top of the gearbox then plug into the dizzy cap. It should have some convoluted tubing over it though to prevent it rubbing on the end of the block/thermostat housing.

Steve

[Kezzer30 40 1 Cars]

Well i wasnt the one who routed it that way in the first place etc and cool cheers for the plug info