27-01-2015, 10:59 AM
(26-01-2015, 04:57 PM)mcglynn Wrote: Good man Mark, put my mind at ease.
Are they handy enough to do a belt on? Any tips or special tools needed?
And any niggles to look for initially?
Pretty simple in all fairness, hardest part is getting the top cambelt cover off, there is room to work in there. TBF its quite a wide belt, done my old man's at 100k and wouldn't of mattered if we had left it for another few thousand.
Do the water pump the same time though.
Bottom crank pulley can make tapping noise (same as DW10)
Droplinks knocking - standard on a 206 (sounds hellish when they're wore)
Under the boot floor is where a normal one would rust (no underseal used)
Indicator stalk can wear and then flops the indicator on randomly (need to replace the whole Comms unit - not just stalk)
Injector seals can go (i've done mine around 150k) the other 2 we have are on 130 a piece and never been changed AFAIK
No MAP or exhaust sensors to worry about. standard boost pressure fed wastegater turbo. Though I have seen a 55 plate one with a MAP sensor and some weird setup on the air box.
The engine really is just throttled by the cat in the downpipe and the tiny air feed. Sort these out and it helps.
No prize winning racing machine but I would jump in mine and drive it anywhere in the country quite happily.