Turbo Diesel Leaking Oil ? Pug 306.

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Mon 19 Jan 2004 02:26
Turbo Diesel Leaking Oil ? Pug 306. - KingGreg
Hi,

Just acquired a cheap, reasonably high mileage Peugeot 306 1994 XRDT.

Appears to lose oil at a dripping rate whenever the car is idling. Didn\'t appear to lose much on a journey (dipstick still full). Definately not coming from sump gasket or plug, but maybe from front?, behind fuel pump? (difficult to tell).

Removed intercooler for better look but unable to see anything yet.

Just wondered if this was a common problem and where the source could possibly be.

Grateful for any ideas or suggestions.

Cheers, Greg
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Mon 19 Jan 2004 08:52
Turbo Diesel Leaking Oil ? - solara
Did you check your rocker cover gasket?
I would change it anyway, seeing as you have the rocker cover off to check.
I know the rocker cover bolts can become loose, especially due to intercooler getting in the way of regular checks.
Have you checked the rear of the engine (around the turbo)?
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Wed 21 Jan 2004 01:32
Turbo Diesel Leaking Oil ? - KingGreg
Thanx mate.

Had the head off today, quite obviously a blown gasket. Oil-way on cylinder behind fuel pump has put indent on corner of gasket.

The rest of the gasket, head, valves and bores all look tidy, so should be OK.

Picked up a new gasket, headset, cambelt and a couple of filters at the factors this afternoon, so after 60 quid, should be back on the road tomorrow.

Hears to hoping....

Greg
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Wed 21 Jan 2004 08:55
Turbo Diesel Leaking Oil ? - Malcolm_L
Might be worth taking the head down to a local engineering shop to get it trued - if the head is warped you could be wasting your time?

They shouldn't charge a lot to skim it if that brings back to
within tolerances.

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Thu 22 Jan 2004 19:28
Turbo Diesel Leaking Oil ? - DL
This oilway leak is a common failure on the XUD engine - quite difficult to pin-point..
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