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i have chronic diesel fumes coming in the cabin when the blowers are on hot but it doesn't come through when its on cold and the weather has turned bitter and i cant have my blowers hot so its freezing in the car haha this happened when i had my old 306 but because it was summer didn't bother fixing it.now i need to .
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It will most likely be the turbo-downpipe O ring.
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downpipe O ring . .oh . . .^^^^^^

. . . . .get a mate to help if you can as it's a pig of a job lol
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put a bead of high temp silicone on both sides also this helps
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nah aint seen one yet haha bought a the o ring gasket thing 3 quid cant complain but then my car has decided to drink all its water and has gone orange colour but not pressurised do u reckon the head gasket has gone ??
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put new o-ring and its a nice fit and the bolts are done up quite tight but still fumes coming through on hot.
any ideas ?
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Nah the head ain't gone its was just dirty coolant and a split pipe to the radiator