Maarten Deen wrote:
>Paraguay2 <jeromewiley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
>>Hi folks.
>
>>I am losing about a quart a week in my 1974 Peugeot 504 diesel four
>>door. After parking it, the car drips for 5-10 minutes and then
>>stops. I assume it is dripping the entire time I am driving it as
>>well.
>
>>Other than that, I am super happy with this car. It doesn't smoke,
>>****fts well, has decent power.
>
>>Not sure where to begin.
>
>Start by examining the enigne. The oil has to come from somewhere, there
>should be a place where the oil starts. Maybe clean the engine first.
>You also want to look from underneath. My 404 leaked the same way, which
>was traced to the oil pressure switch which is located in the top of
>the engine, but from underneath, so I never saw it from above.
Yeah there's going to be an oil seal died somewhere. I'd guess the
likely places are crank or camshaft seals.
>
>>Every oil change place I take it to tells me the only work on "reg'lar
>>'Merican cars", like Fords and Chevys, they "wouldn't know what to do"
>>on a Peugeot.
>
>Take it to a truck garage. They know about diesel engines.
We had a TV show here in the UK a month or so back where a guy tried
to drive a 1970 Ford 1970 Ford Torino Squire Station Wagon across the
US without paying any money to chain businesses. Needles to say the
car needed a fair bit of work along the way and some of the work he
needed doing would have been "impossible" for the chains, so if you
can find a "pop and son" place try them. An engine is an engine when
it's all said and done.
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