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Wed 11 Dec 2002 10:20

Peugeot 106 GTI. knocking sound! - Ross D

Hi all

This is all 3rd hand information so please excuse me if I am a bit vague.

My sisters Boyfriend owns a peugeot 106GTI. SOme months ago, 6 to be exact. He suffered a suspected head gasket failure. HE took the car to the local dealer. who did all the neccesary repair work. Skimmed head etc. However when he took delivery of the repaired car there was a tapping sound. H efeared something had gone wrong with the repair and so returned it to the garage.

To cut along story short He has now had the car back at the garage every month since the original incident and each time they have kept it for a couple of weeks. They then return it, repaired! Only for the same fault to remerge after a few miles.

I dont know much about this stuff but my initial thought was that there was something wrong with the cylinder head and that replacing it would probably solve the problem??

Any one else got any more of an educated idea than mine?

Any advice would be appreciated so that he can go in armed with some ammunition next time he has to go back to the dealer!

Cheers
Ross

P.S. I think he said that the car also becomes hesitant upon acceleration.

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Wed 11 Dec 2002 12:42

Peugeot 106 GTI. knocking sound! - Dynamic Dave

Sounds to me like it's the hydraulic valve lifters (tappets) - if the 106 has them fitted?
Similar thing happened with my old mk3 Cavalier. Garage changed head gasket, and afterwards it tapped all the time (worse on startup) The garage had left the lifters lying around for a week while they sent the head away for machining as it was warped. What they should have done was to submerge them in a container of oil.

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