Troubles that befall us..

[Ray Bell]

About 700km into my journey from Brisbane to Harden-Murrumburrah, on Saturday afternoon, I heard a sort of a wheezy sound from the engine and the power reduced markedly..

Shutting it down, I was coasting to a stop and decided to have another listen... but it wouldn't turn at all..

The verdict?

I didn't pull it apart, but number 2 spark plug has foreign metal jammed inside it... and the engine stops just shy of Top Dead Centre when turned in either direction...

Peugeots have a reputation for breaking pistons, I guess this is the problem, first time it's ever happened to me... and this one was probably only 240,000km old! Car has done 640,000km but has had two engine refurbishments along the way, though possibly they never changed the pistons last time...

I have another engine, just have to retrieve the car from Coonabarrabran (we made up a stiff-bar towing device today) by towing it with my other car... need another driver though.

Then I guess the fuel injected engine will be going in a little ahead of schedule....