Peugeot 205 Gear box oil fill plug

btw I have a Peugeot 205 XE 1.1 from 1986

Hmmm, you may have the early one. I think they changed in '88. If I'm right, it's on the front of the gearbox, pointing slightly upward toward the radiator, and is a recessed square drive, same as the sump plug. It is NOT a level plug, only a filler. If you suspect the level is low, you should drain it completely and then add 2 litres of engine oil.

It depends which box the OP has. The above is for the BE 1/5 as fitted to the 1500 (XU5J engine)

According to my sources the 1100 (XW7 engine) has either the BH 3/4 or BH 3/5 box and that uses a common oil supply the engine.

Hi,

Exactly. That's one of the XW (Pug 104) series features.

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Yes quite true. So when did the TU engine come into production? That used the MA box and that had the filler on the end. The only other

The TU engine and MA gearbox were introduced in 1988.

thought it was 1.4 litres but correct me if i'm wrong nigel

Definitely 2 litres. All the BE1 & BE3 gearboxes have 2 litres. They just changed from engine oil to BV oil around 1988 on the BE1s.

its bugging me now.... wonder where i got 1.4 litres from

Dunno of any gearbox with 1.4 litre capacity. And I go back quite a few years. :-))

Hi there,

From old sources, Jeff ! I'll explain later.

Not enough ! Reporting to my technical workbook about 205D's, first specs (83-86, IIRC) give : - oil change every 45,000km or 2 years if the cars runs less than

You should have a French source :-)

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I went in to work today (on my day off!!!) and checked with my technical circulars of the period. In 85 Peugeot decided to increase the capacity of the BE1 gearbox from 1.5 (in this country) to 2 litres. I also noted they did the same a couple of years later to the Talbot Express gearbox--from 1.8 to 2l.

Hi,

Oh, I hope it wasn't *just* for the BE oil capacities :-)

I thought it was later, here. My technical data (the well-known (here) RTA) may well be wrong on some evolutions.

Talbot Express, it says something to me... Wasn't that a van, similar to C25s, J5s and Ducato's ?

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No, not quite. Had to pick up some tools to do some work on my car (just for a change!!)

Yeah. It was the J5 on the continent. Has now evolved into the Boxer. I do believe they are mostly made in Spain (the Express/J5 was) and nobody I know likes working on them.

thought i was losing it for a while there

Hello,

What brand ? Pug or Talbot ? I guess Talbot definitively disappeared, but I've not been in UK for a while...

Nope, Val di Sangro, Italy, by a company called SEVEL, owned at 50% by Fiat & 50% by PSA.

Eeerrrrr... Same here :-) Bulletproof engines, but rusty bodykits (esp. first models, a friend of mine has a '82 C25, sure it is !).

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Talbot Express, Peugeot J5, Peugeot Boxer.

I stand corrected!!

Buletproof?? Well, maybe the petrol models, engines straight out of the 505, the diesels were from Citroen, and were a converted petrol type of 2.5 litres. There was no specific time for changing the cambelts (there were two--one did the fuel pump only) and if they snapped it was extremely difficult to get the engine back into the correct timing position to fit the new belts. It was done by the "drop a valve onto the piston" method and using dial gauges and was a pain in the backside to do.

I agree about the body rusting, although the chassis seemed to hold out ok for rust.

Hello,

True, but with some differences.

One for "half-over head" camshaft, the other for pump. The CX had a "gear cascade" (spelling / term ?) timing.

Yeah, the valve dropping ! I forgot this point (keep in mind I'm not a mechanic), and I always thought it was a bit "exotic" - was the same method on the CX. Mmmmm... a bit of Citroën methods on this engine :-) Engine access wasn't that good (even if you don't often need to access them with correct servicing), because of its position (low low behind bonnet). But the C25 / J5 / Talbot Express had real qualities instead, good performance, quite comfy (considering it's a van), silencious. And the Turbo version which made them even faster :-)

My point is, these vans came with plenty of qualities & some defaults, but were representing all what Renault missed with their (crappy) Trafic.

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