You may have seen my earlier posting "1991 605 head gasket gone - DIY or junk the car?" Well, I decided on DIY and I'm now beginning to collect bits of engine all over the garage floor...
So - first problem for your assistance (there will be many more, I'm sure):
Spec: 605 SLi, 1998cc, injection, 8 valve, XU10 RFZ engine
How to detach the exhaust manifold from the exhaust front pipe?
Exhaust attaches to manifold at rear of engine. (or rear side as its transverse, but you know what I mean) There is about a two inch gap between the engine and the bulk-head. The exhaust manifold bolts are too rusty to remove, and there's not enough room back there to swing a spanner anyway. So obvious thing to do is leave the manifold on the head and detach the exhaust front pipe. Manifold is attached to exhaust front pipe via a big flange and two sprung bolts. Not a simple nut-and-bolt arrangement, there are these spring things. Impossible to attack it from above as there's so little room behind the engine. Impossible to get to it from below as there's all kinds of suspension and cross-beams in the way. Apparently (I'm guessing) Peugeot saw the problem, and fitted these sprung bolts which fit into slots (not holes) on the manifold side - some kind of quick-release mechansim, but I'm stuffed if I can figure out how to release the front pipe from the manifold.
I know there any not many 605s in the world, but anybody out there got one and done this ?
Dave, Winchester, UK