Re: '87 505 Turbo SW : cracked head [cont.]

Francois Dion (francois@hyperreal.org)
Mon, 04 Jan 1999 12:59:20 -0500

véronique & philippe moronval wrote:
> So my 505 is now undergoing open-heart "surgery" --- and if it wasn't going to cost me addit. manhours I'd be laughing at the fact that the "surgeon" found the timing chain was way too loose, and that to have access to it you need to remove (or at the very least loosen) : steering rack, assistance pump, alternator, A/C compressor, oil pan, fore fittings of the front suspension, ...and I'm probably forgetting a few parts !!!

Ok, that kind of answer what I just emailed you... (i'm reading my email
backwards from
today, well over 500...)

> Thank you Peugeot Engineers !

The timing chain was designed to work for the life of the engine. I bet
the tensioner was
broken or something...

Ciao,
Francois Dion (francois@hyperreal.org)

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