What Have You Done To Your 205 Today?

[welshpug 1,737]

contemplated building a bitsa hybrid alloy blocked 16v XU for it, from a pile of parts I already have, but it needs much sparky stick action first, which isn't my thing :/

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

Went to drive it and then found fuel leaking out under the bonnet. Luckily my daughter saw it leaking.

Cancelled trip out.

Found leak, braided hose split between rail and regulator.

Had spare hose and dash fittings and made a new one up.

Perfect.

Drove it later, had to avoid someone driving at me on a lane. Ran over a branch which has now put a smear and a small dent in the door.

[changingman 7 1 Cars]

Bought it home

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

Passed it's MOT - 800 miles since the last one.

Then spat it's coolant out whilst the tracking was about to be done.

Got home and fan switch has corroded and partly broken - need a new one.

[changingman 7 1 Cars]

Does what I plan to do to my 205 today count cos if so I intend to put it up on ramps and clean the engine off to see where the oil leak is , I think it's the sump gasket as the is a line of oil from left to right rather than a puddle, been told it's the main oil seal but I'm nut sure! !

[steve@cornwall 100]

Re set timing, valve and ignition. quieter, smoother and quicker now, without the annoying linking. Also has dramatically reduced the vibration from the solid rubber lower engine mount and it runs cooler

I rewarded this good behaviour by loading it with crap to take to the dump. Sorry, now have to call it the recycling centre, eh?

[changingman 7 1 Cars]

Cleaned the sump and tightened every single sump bolt which were finger tight and have potentially cured what I was lead to believe was a rear main oil seal leak, saving me a shed load of money.

[barneys66 129 1 Cars]

Parked it on the West Suffolk Motor Club stand at the massive Cars on the Green show in Bury today, helping promote the club.

 

Flip it was hot..

 

 

 

[JamPug 22]

Completed and 880 mile round trip to the south west of England in my Mardi Gras. It performed faultlessly ????

[steve@cornwall 100]

FINALLY finished the coolant plumbing on the CTI. Once again prepping the GTi bonnet for another painting lesson!

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

Had the tracking done and had a screw removed from a tyre etc.

[changingman 7 1 Cars]

Filled it with oil and coolant, checked for leaks, put new badges on, torqued up the sub frame bolts, washed it with hand wipes, emptied all the crap out of it.

[hoodygoodwood 78 3 Cars]

Took the wifes 306 cabrio for its MOT and it failed on low handbrake effort and rear footbrake effort . The handbrake cables are ancient so I have ordered a new pair , discs and pads look ok , calipers both have broken off bleed screws so I might drill them out and retap the holes then clean and rebuild with a pair of Biggred repair kits I have had sitting around for ages . That leaves the dreaded load compensator to replace , there seem to be a few different types and prices on Ebay vary from £40 through £130 from Neat to a dealer with a sense of humour at £999 !

[welshpug 1,737]

i doubt you actually need to replace it, just lube the thing up.

[Anthony 1,003]

Not my 205, but one that I'm sorting out a few bits on for a forum member...

 

 

That fuel hose passed an MOT last month a few days before he bought the car. Thankfully he'd had it delivered to me on a flatbed due to a noisy overdue cambelt and hadn't attempted to drive it, as that was an inferno waiting to happen

[welshpug 1,737]

carb hose?

 

 

even good quality injection hose is getting really hard to find these days

[Anthony 1,003]

Suspect it's more the usual issue with sub-standard fuel hose and modern fuel containing ethanol - the vapour seeps through the hose, drying it out and causes cracking. It's really scary how quickly some of it deteriorates and fails, bordering on a service item FFS.

 

I've replaced it all with proper Cohline 2240 fuel hose which seems to get good reviews regarding longevity, is bio/ethanol compatible and rated for injection use (10 bar working pressure, 50 bar burst). Time will tell how good or otherwise it is of course.

 

Obviously something like PTFE/teflon lined hose is better, but as you know works out pretty expensive once you've factored in all the unions and adapting the fuel rail for the right fittings etc.

[jackherer 543]

I recently bought a fuel pressure gauge that came with some short lengths of hose for adapting it into the fuel rail. I fitted it then took my car to Emerald about a month later and when I got there the short length of hose was already cracking! It's the first thing they check now so he spotted it straight away.

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

Mines is beginning to crack too. Could it just be the other sheath that cracks and the main tube is actually ok?

 

I thought about braided stuff but dismissed the idea as I thought the braid would hide the actual condition of it.

[Anthony 1,003]

No, I cut open the above hose and it was showing evidence of cracking/perishing internally as well. As I said, that was an inferno waiting to happen.

 

If yours cracking/perishing then replace it ASAP - especially if it's the pressurised (feed) side of the circuit. After all, some quality replacement hose is a damned sight cheaper than the potential cost of not doing so...

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

I hear you Anthony. Mines is nothing as bad as the pic you posted, but there is hairline cracks. I'm planning on doing the fuel lines so I'll replace the flex's at same time.

 

I'm insured now anyway with agreed value ????

[Tom Fenton 1,649]

Laser green standard 205 "overheating" sorted, new thermostat and fan switch, set ignition timing back up, now it's OCD cleaning time.

 

Red 205 turbo, finished putting it back together after a bust pipe and cracked liner.

 

Taking one up the road after the other was a very surreal feeling!

 

But a good day in 205 land at my house today.

[Gaz205 50]

Took my 205 back to its previous owner who had it for the last 25 years... She cried almost as much as the day I drove it away from her.

Sad times but she was over the moon with the restored results.

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

I had a fuel hose split two weeks ago.....luckily it was fairly dramatic and at slow manoeuvring speeds.

[changingman 7 1 Cars]

Ripped the instrument cluster out and started my mission to get all the gauges working