205 Cracks - Structural?

Hi,

It's structural (whatever some people say) and especially noticeable on 3 doors. You'll have the same kind of cracks under the rear wing. That's the bodywork flexing which causes this. A hard driving (like spinning around a corner like a devil) makes them longer. AFAIK fitting a front struct bar stops cracking, just because it moves the flexpoint to another place. My best advice would be "don't care". I also have them on my '93 Junior D.

Regards, G.T snipped-for-privacy@worldonline.fr

Quite usual - there's a flexible bit there where the wing and roof join - loads of them go over time. Nothing to worry about.

Thank the lord for that. I thought my 1.9 Gti had had a new rear quarter, but couldn't find any other evidence of it.

-- R

front

Thanks, Nice to know my roof won?t be falling off soon :D

Hi,

No. Even heading on the motorway at incredible speeds you won't lose the roof. Building a convertible is a bit more work ;-)

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Incredible speed? I wish. If i didn?t know better I?d swear someone?s taken 10bhp off the car now that summer is back :D The car still seems to struggle to get oxygen, and therefore to get over 75mph. It?s not too bad off the motorway though, hence the cracks :)

Streltsky

Hi,

Yup :-) I guess we all have such performances in our history. I remember having took 95MPH on a desert countryside road last year, down then uphill, damn that was good :-)

Errr, perhaps a spark plugs & air filter change could cure it. AFAIK the XU series aren't prone to vapor-locking (at least not the same way than many Renault engines, which have both manifolds on the same side). If you car has many miles, a valve clearances check could be instructive, too, even if it's shim-trimmed it may have moved.

HTH, G.T snipped-for-privacy@worldonline.fr

Thanks but it?s a Diesel. It?s a reconditioned lump thats done around

Streltsky

Hi,

Oooops, yeah so, forget about spark plugs :-) My '93 Junior D also has less performance when driven on warm weather, but still has enough power to bring me where I want. I guess that's just a feature, of an effect of too warm air inlet.

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