Hi, new to the forum..
Recently bought a 206cc and discovered a horrible oil leak
Any ideas where it's leaking from?
206 cc oil leak
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206 cc oil leak
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ekjdm14
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Re: 206 cc oil leak
Wow that is nasty, how much oil is it losing do you reckon?
Hard to tell with oil leaks, even looking at the car in person but that looks major enough that I'd suggest the first points of attention should be oil filter and rocker cover gasket. To make things easier, give the engine a good wash off with brake cleaner (from top downwards of course) until as much oil as possible is gone, then sprinkle talc liberally over any suspect areas and run the engine for a few minutes. Looks like the leak is bad enough that 5mins running ought to show up a stain in the talc wherever it's coming from.
Hard to tell with oil leaks, even looking at the car in person but that looks major enough that I'd suggest the first points of attention should be oil filter and rocker cover gasket. To make things easier, give the engine a good wash off with brake cleaner (from top downwards of course) until as much oil as possible is gone, then sprinkle talc liberally over any suspect areas and run the engine for a few minutes. Looks like the leak is bad enough that 5mins running ought to show up a stain in the talc wherever it's coming from.
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'97 306 XS 1.6i, Blaze Yellow, 24k
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mickeymoon
Re: 206 cc oil leak
Which engine is it?
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Re: 206 cc oil leak
mickeymoon wrote:Which engine is it?
Yes, a good ask. If it's a TU or ET3 than it's almost normal and it will be from the old favourite place - the LH front corner of the cylinder head
I have only ever seen one dry there...
My own 207 is no exception...
Jim
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ekjdm14
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Re: 206 cc oil leak
CitroJim wrote:mickeymoon wrote:Which engine is it?
Yes, a good ask. If it's a TU or ET3 than it's almost normal and it will be from the old favourite place - the LH front corner of the cylinder head
I have only ever seen one dry there...
My own 207 is no exception...
Hmm, I gave my reply based on my belief that the CC only has the larger engines
Completely forgot there could be a 1.6TU Even if it was TU wouldn't that look a bit excessive for the corner HG leak though?'95 Xantia LX 1.9D-auto, Black, 118k
'97 306 XS 1.6i, Blaze Yellow, 24k
'96 ZX SX 1.9TD rolling shell, White, ??k
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Re: 206 cc oil leak
ekjdm14 wrote:Even if it was TU wouldn't that look a bit excessive for the corner HG leak though?
Not necessarily..
I had an AX11 in the early 90s and oil literally flooded out of there. It started as a damp weep but grew and grew until I had to have the job done as it was loosing so much oil.
Robyn's 1.4 TU engined 206 was almost as bad just before we moved it on... I was getting ready to do the HG...
16V heads are no better than 8V heads it seems...
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('96 ZX 1.9TD SX, ??k roller due to collect at weekend) - x 213
Re: 206 cc oil leak
Wow, I seem to have been lucky with my TU engines then. OK I haven't had that many of them, maybe 3 or 4 but never found the oil to leak that badly. Luck of the draw I guess, since one was the 187k 206 and that was a 1.4 as well.
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mickeymoon
Re: 206 cc oil leak
We called my 306 1.4 the Torrey Canyon.
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Re: 206 cc oil leak
mickeymoon wrote:We called my 306 1.4 the Torrey Canyon.
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Re: 206 cc oil leak
Didn't the RAF then use that 306 for target practise?
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