You need to lock the chain in place when you remove the head. If the chain
drops, you are in for a lot of work.
Brian Holm
At 06:21 PM 1/2/99 -0500, peugeot4@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>Rulon,
> If I was in your shoes I would run as fast as I could from this guy.
>I've been a Peugeot mechanic for a long time and have never seen a N9T
>cams wear out. In my opinion the lubrication of the cam is an
>excellent design. Also when you are removing the cylinder head there is
>no need to touch the timing chain tensioner.
>
> Vini
>
>
>
>Rulon Pope wrote:
>>
>> I took my turbo to slc to try to get it emission tested and licensed (by
>> the way it was wonderful to drive). While there, I had a talk to the
>> Peugeot expert there. I told him that the valves were adjusted but there
>> seemed to be too much noise for my taste and asked him if that was
>> usual. He said that a common failing of the turbo was wear on the cam.
>> He said he had replaced dozens of cams. Sound familiar. By the way, he
>> also told me that there was a head repair place in Texas that he had
>> used many times (BMWs and Peugeots) with great success. Isn't the
>> conventional wisdom that the heads typically crack in places that can't
>> be successfully repaired (near the valves). What is the wisdom of the
>> list about getting rebuilt/repaired heads? He told me they were rebuilt
>> but when I asked him where they got their heads, he said that he was
>> sure that they repaired them. Finally, he told me that the n9te engine
>> was the most difficult engine to replace a head that he had experienced.
>> Sometime about the timing chain/tensioner? Does any of this ring true?
>>
>> He also had an mi16 for sale. The first one I had ever seen. It was
>> black with probably the ugliest paint job I have ever seen. I now
>> understand why paint is the object of many 405 discussions. The owner
>> had the timing belt break and my mechanic bought it for $750. He did all
>> of the repairs and is trying to sell it for $3500 if anyone is
>> interested. Seems a bit high to and for me. Happy new year. Rulon.
>>
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