Finally a car more sh&t to work on than the S2

[s2driveruk]

bloody peugeot 306 shed.

Passed its MOT last Friday which was a shock in itself, however the guy mentioned it had overheated on the emissions test which i then traced back to faulty rad fan connector and a weeping radiator.

Went to GSF to collect a new rad on Sat morning, drained down and removed the old on only to find the replacemen had some wierd bottom hose connection.

Rang back to find they knew about this issue (fecking handy I thought...niceof them to double check when i was ordering it )

transpires that my early phase 2 has an older connector for the radiator than it should - parts bin special i'm sure, however they didnt note a chassis break or anything.

Spent the next two days tracing a replacement....then two arrived today

I've skinned knuckles, sworn more than i can remember and removed loads of non related stuff from the engine to improve access but due to the routing of the hose around and through the chassis leg, just cannot get enough pressure on the bayonet connector to get it to push square onto the rad.

In desperation removed the entire hose which is threaded around the bay and onto the block out of reach and line of sight. After 40 mins i had removed it and with it any enthusiasm for anything other than torching the bloody thing!!!

It shouldnt be this difficult to replace a radiator....forearms are totally bruised and cut

majorly pis**d off and thats before i even think of the A6 with a frazzled head gasket.

so 3 cars, two off the road and only backstop is the S2....oldest car, highest mileage and still going strong the irony

[ciaranthemurph]

Good old 306's! I'll get Steve to come down and do it! Haha

Good luck with the A6 now.

[Christophski]

Dude I could have told u that from my mums one. I have replaced shed loads of it. I hope for ur sake you don't ever have to do the exhaust manifold. Mission n a half.

Sorry to say I have never had to do the rad so have no helpful suggestions.

Good luck dude

[s2driveruk]

EM is knackered, everything is toasted to trying to remove it would be fun alright

[s2driveruk]

Good old 306's! I'll get Steve to come down and do it! Haha

Good luck with the A6 now.

i wouldnt mind if mine was like his one, however mine is a joe average LX...having said that lairy fun in the wet with some lift-off fun

Sounds like you have your hands full with the beemer...good luck!

[quattro]

Try working on a B5 2.7 S4, ita also shocking fun!

[macspring]

"Finally a car more sh&t to work on than the S2"


Yes, but have you done a heater matrix with air con on an S2 ? Not that enjoyable.

[s2driveruk]

yet to have the pleasure though done most others

[Christophski]

Tell you what dude. When you do the EM its easier to take the rad and the dipstick hole thing out other wise you lose all your skin on both of them. Oh did I mention lots of snapping of studs and then drilling and re tapping? My advice... scrap it or sell it before you need to do it!

[Rusty]

Rad on a 306 is a right PITA. BTDT

[waveydavey]

Rad on a 306 is a right PITA. BTDT

Yep, me too. I think our P reg D turbo was only four years old when the rad went. It was a great car when being driven but too many things went wrong far too early in it's life to make me want another Peugeot. We had running battles with the airbag sensor under the passenger seat and the little plastic gizmo that held the drivers window in place and both the exhaust and bonnet hinge snapped.

After six years (we had it from new) we'd had enough and chopped it in for an 8 year old 16v coupe and I've been into old Audis ever since.

Cheers

David

[pixsaudisex2]

french cars are the worst to work on end of lol.

[liggy]

french cars are the worst to work on end of lol.

when i did the rad on my old dturbo the clips/union around the bottom hose fell to bits and in the end i had load of tiewraps woven together to hold the two together lol. worked surprisingly well and done another 20k with that bodge

[jimmcf]

Try changing a clutch cable on a 306 d turbo, i still have the scars both mental and physical.

Jim